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Article: We are vending addiction to our children. (open access to cigarette vending machines) (editorial)
- Article from:
- The Saturday Evening Post
- Article date:
- July 1, 1989
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1989 Saturday Evening Post Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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About 50 years ago in a small town in Iowa, five youngsters from the least underprivileged, most well-educated families were arrested for climbing up to the town's water tank, breaking into it, and swimming in the community's only water supply. The town invested in a much needed swimming pool, and the offenders grew into civic-minded adults.
It's a given that some kids have always wanted to rebel-it must be an instinct. Perhaps the good Lord made Homo sapien adolescents adventuresome and rebellious to ensure that changes would continue to occur on planet earth.
Since we don't want kids to get into serious trouble that requires unthinkable punishment, ...