Quote: from UXnIHAOnUXbmUXn at 6:44 pm on May 7, 2008
did you know that Go Ask Alice was actually propganda / a lie as well? it's neither a true story nor a diary. it was written by some old mormon lady named Beatrice Sparks who writes stories that scare kids out of doing anything risky with their lives. 
Yep, that's one of the reasons I'm comparing it to "Perks of Being a Wallflower"--both books are supposedly "Based on a True Story".
Perks of Being a Wallflower was at least distantly based on a correspondence with an actual teenager, as opposed to Go Ask Alice, which pretty much made it all up.
The thesis statement is pretty much trying to prove that society's changing view on drugs, as evidenced in the books Go Ask Alice (1969) and Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999), contributes to recent increased levels in suburban drug use.