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Another couple of 20-somethings (Eva Mendes and Kirsten Dunst, reportedly) have checked themselves into rehab; and the most famous troubled 20-something of our age is out of the psyche ward and paralyzing traffic in the country’s 2nd largest city.

Hey, when our generation was young we drank too much (something young people have always done) and, unlike previous generations, a majority of us did drugs: pot, acid, meth, heroin, cocaine – you name it. If any generation should understand how their kids slipped off the rails from using recreationally to a problem, it should be us.

Well, where the hell are we?

Heath Ledger, a very talented actor, dies from an accidental overdose after mixing prescription meds (don’t get me started on the masseuse – how stupid are celebs and the people who serve them – she calls MARY KATE OLSEN! The only person I can think of who would be worse to call is Britney herself.) Are Ledger’s parents so off the radar they don’t know what’s happening with their son? Yeah, they’re on the other side of the world, but they can’t pick up the phone and call the mother of their grandchild to see what’s really going on?

Baby Boomers like to remember the Woodstock moments, but we have to channel the bad times of the psychedelic 60s too, and use that experience to help our kids’ generation. We can’t sit back and pretend we don’t know about this stuff. It takes a village, man. We have to step up, whether it’s our kid or just someone who could be our kid. Image source.

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