American schools.

No this isn't a public v. private discussion. Its just a thing that has bothered me for a while. All over the world, viewers are fed stereotyped and vitrilolic descriptions of American high schools. It is difficult to read any genuine, first-hand experiences, but if its anything like it is described, it's not surprising America's youth is drinking themselves to death.
Now, as a Swede, these iterations fascinate me. Perhaps this is just my lame, impressionable americophile talking, but why not talk about your high school experiences. Was it anything like "Popular" or "Veronica Mars", or are all these exaggerated too far to be representative? Indulge me, please.

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What are you talking about? I'm a high school student in the United States.... ask me anything, seriously.  Do you mean soda or alcohol?

I'm going to assume alcohol for the time being, after reading post >>2

I've actually never seen drugs or alcohol in a school setting in my life, nor known anyone who has taken such substances who was underage in an irresponsible fashion (i.e. outside parental supervision.)

I do know people who use them, but their parents are very careful about what happens, how much is drank, etc.

At least in terms of alcohol, I can say that the people who do it usually do so under close, watchful, parental supervision (if they are underage), and from my FIRST HAND** experiance, I have never seen a problem with it.  (Note I said first hand.. I am not trying to imply there is no problem if in fact statistics show there is...)

The illegal drugs, on the other hand, are a different story.  I've seen one instance in which I think illegal drugs were being used, and it wasn't in any kind of controlled, regulated, or moderated environment, no parents were present, and it was done outside of responsible supervision. 

Any other questions I'd be happy to answer, just let me know.