[carlosjobim]

You understood the opposite of what I wrote. Read the comment again, it's not about being hooked on drugs at all. It's about having them on the hook for blackmail.

And yes: Taking drugs or hanging out with people who take drugs is enough "kompromat" for a teen to then be extorted by drug dealers, because they don't want their parents to know.

Especially in countries where the law looks very lightly on extortion, looks very favourably on "young offenders", and is very lacking in empathy for young victims.

Not to mention: Do you think a 15 or 16 year old wants to go to the police and tell them that they are being used by drug dealers, when the first thing the police is going to do is also book the teen for drug use?

Drug dealing aren't just Mexican cartels or hood gangs, it's a network with branches into everywhere, and they need a constant supply of victims. Read some court proceedings from low-level drug cases, and you'll see how these criminals operate. It's not like TV.