Well, guess what...*gasp* We didn't have any of those problems at the school I went to either! We had the obligatory "problem children" of course, but I can think of perhaps fifteen out of four thousand students who were involved with drugs or got pregnant as teens. (Myself included)

I just called my grandmother who was in school "way back when" and she has confirmed that she doesn't think that things have degraded as much as you imply. She told me "Well, we had our share of problems too, but we didn't make them public!" So my guess is that in part people are just more open about their lives.

Also, my grandmother mntioned that just about everyone had an after-school job or other obligations that often kept them quite busy, so they might not have had TIME to discovere recreational drugs or premarital sex.

Personally, I think that the real solution lies in proper sex ed and more incentive to join after school activities. But hey, that might be just me.

Edited to add; I don't think I'm a "fanatic", I'm just adament about not letting stuff get shoved down my throat either. *chuckles*