Schools out for the summer

Man, has this year flown by or what. The kids are getting out of school and ready for summer break. Kids these days are not much different than the kids we used to be back in the day. But, things that these kids experience so much younger than we did are so scary. They are having sex earlier. They are doing drugs and drinking way earlier. Shooting up people at school. I don't know what this world is coming to.
Here in our little town of Hooterville we've had a scare from a boy we all know to be a very good kid. Has wonderful family and is very athletic and popular. Seems to be the All American boy. Well it seems these kids are taking a over the counter cough and cold medicine in LARGE quantities for a high thats been compared to PCP. They get this "Triple C" from the shelves at wal-mart and ingest anywhere from 5 to 30 pills at a time. Because it is a legal drug they think it won't be a big deal. Well, Ellis Jr. found out different when Monday morning, after he and some other boys had a night of popping pills, his dad goes into his room and finds him unresponsive and breathing very shallow. You see this drug he's been taking for the past couple of weeks pretty regularly has the ingredient Tylenol in it. You may know the prolonged use or extensive use of acetaminophen will damage your liver and kidneys. Thats what was happening to him his liver and kidneys were shutting down and also had some damage to his heart. He had also taken hydrocoedone and because his liver wasn't filtering like it should it had put him in a sleep his body couldn't wake him up. If he'd laid there any longer he wouldn't be here today. The other boys knew something wasn't right with him that night but, was scared to say anything because they had taken some too and was afraid of getting in trouble. He as taken to Childrens Hosp. but on dialyses and a breathing machine. After 3 days of not knowing if he'd even make it, I am so happy to say he is off all breathing and medical machines and is in a private room.
We have learned more than half the football and basketball boys were involved in the same thing and even getting prescription drugs such as Oxycontin, zanix, and what ever else they can get there hands on.
The community is coming together to keep this from happening to there child. We all met last night and discussed what us parents need to do to be aware that this could happen to ANYONES child. And that it IS Happening.
I'm scared of what there is to come of this world and these children. There are so many peer pressures and things going on that we have no clue about. These kids are dealing with things that I never would have imagined.
This makes me want to keep my kids locked under my house and I know you cant do that. So, I just pray that God guides these kids to make better decisions and that these kids put God in there lives more.
I really don't know what else to say...