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Angliholic Posted 15 years ago
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We no longer can justify writing off adolescent substace use

We no long can justify writing off adolescent substance use as bad behavior, as a rite of passage or as kids just being kids.

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Is it right to interpret the above as "we no long can write off adolescent substance use because we regard it as nothing but bad behavior, a rite of passage, or kids just being kids?" Thanks.
  

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We can no longer justify writing off adolescent substance use as bad behavior, as a rite of passage or as kids just being kids. We can no longer dismiss adolescent substance use as bad behavior, as a rite of passage or as kids just being kids. Does "dismiss" help to explain the sentence more clearly?

  • We can no longer justify writing off adolescent substance use as bad behavior, as a rite of passage or as kids just being kids.
  • We can no longer dismiss adolescent substance use as bad behavior, as a rite of passage or as kids just being kids.
  • Does "dismiss" help to explain the sentence more clearly?
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We can no longer justify writing off adolescent substance use as bad behavior, as a rite of passage or as kids just being kids.

We can no longer dismiss adolescent substance use as bad behavior, as a rite of passage or as kids just being kids.

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