4-5. Isn't straight-edge just a fad?

    Asked if he thought many kids stay straight-edge as they grow up or
    stray away from it, Karl Buechner of Earth Crisis said "There's 
    definitely a high turnover rate, but there's a true core of people who 
    always stay, and that's what matters. 

    "Things are so technical and strict now for us, that a person who's 
    going through a phase will not be drawn to straight-edge. If anything, 
    they're repelled by it. Straight-edge is a lifetime commitment, and 
    people realize that." [5]