By Tippi Rasp

CNHI News Service

ENID — One Enid teen blogs about his life — his birth in 1987, his shy and timid years at Glenwood Elementary School, and his tumultuous time in junior high.

The 18-year-old writes about a defining moment a year ago when he passed out while driving, crashing his car at 2 in the morning on a city street. He was arrested for driving under the influence.

Yet, the teen answered “yes” to several survey questions on his MySpace.com site about drinking alcohol, doing drugs and getting drunk in the past month.

Although the teen is unnamed in this story, his identity — and that of his parents and younger brother — is clear on the Web site MySpace.com.

Profiles of other Enid students, as well as their photos, are posted on MySpace.com and other blogging sites such as Xanga.com. Teens post pictures of themselves playing drinking games and partying. The Enid teens can be seen drinking, using a hookah — tobacco pipe — and chatting explicitly about sex and passing out prescription medication to one another.

The local teens write how they have logged on to the site to establish friendships, relationships and to network.

Jerry Niles, Garfield County undersheriff, said the teens are treading on dangerous ground — both with illegal alcohol and drug use and by posting just enough personal information to allow predators access to their lives.

“The dangers are great,” Niles said. “Across the country, sexual predators are a big problem. People talk. If you’ve got enough information, you can worm yourself into any Web site.”

The teens write about where they are going, plans for the weekend and even exchange phone numbers over the Web.

• One Enid teen is posed in front of a vehicle, its license plate clearly legible.

• The 18-year-old EHS student who crashed his car last year posted his parents’ names. Their address and phone number are listed in the phone book.

• Another Enid teen announced intentions to leave town for the weekend with her family. That family’s address also is listed in the phone book.

• Another teen posted his cell phone number for friends to call.