Ditto.

As I have said before, I will agree to disagree with all the people who think that using drugs is okay. It is your choice, and my choice is that it is wrong, for many reasons as I have stated above.

But there is another way to look at it --

What is your 12 or 13 y/o daughter's supplier is a 26 y/o who is supplying her so her can get sex from her??? The police couldn't do anything in the 80s as she refused to testify (and this guy was moving in on a lot of the young girls in town doing this). Had a 15 y/o pregnant wife at home with a baby already.

Also, it can take you down FINANCIALLY - if your kid becomes addicted to drugs and/or alcohol, develops mental health issues because of these substances and needs treatment. This treatment is extremely costly. I lost a house (gave it back to the bank) and went through bankruptcy to pay for 3 hospitalizations in 3 years to try to get her help. CPS did get involved and it is a nightmare to deal with them, you have no clue if you haven't been there. They took child support out of my paycheck for 6 years and my income tax refunds as payback for her being in foster care briefly, but would not go after her dad, convenient, huh?? Missed many, many hours from work to take care of these related requirements for her hospitalizations. Was called home from work by the police to deal with issues. Even better, I worked in the prison system, she would run away and I had to report it, and would get to work, they knew about it before I got there as it had been sent across the teletype system, cool, huh???

When kids start using at a young age, any substance, their brain cells are still developing and it does mess with them and it affects their brain and development.

Anyways, as I said, I will agree to disagree.

I do agree with pot being used for people with chemo, but don't agree with using drugs otherwise, and also don't like alcohol. (Was married to a violent alcoholic, so it has never held much attraction for me either.)

Oh well, my 2 cents anyways.

Even a 12 year old had more common sense than to deal with a 26 year old.. and how would she meet him? That would be a really stupid child. And marijuana is not addictive. That aside, yeah it can change the way a person thinks and while i was growing up, it definitely altered my perception and i would not be the way i am now. My belief is it should be legal at 18 like tobacco. I am not very fond of alcohol either for many reasons including violence. Marijuana is a community herb though and chances are they are getting it from people their own age... you'd be surprised how much floats around in the hands of teenagers.

That said, thanks very much for your 2 cents :) it does matter to me to hear the opposition

But there is another way to look at it --

What is your 12 or 13 y/o daughter's supplier is a 26 y/o who is supplying her so her can get sex from her??? The police couldn't do anything in the 80s as she refused to testify (and this guy was moving in on a lot of the young girls in town doing this). Had a 15 y/o pregnant wife at home with a baby already.

Also, it can take you down FINANCIALLY - if your kid becomes addicted to drugs and/or alcohol, develops mental health issues because of these substances and needs treatment. This treatment is extremely costly. I lost a house (gave it back to the bank) and went through bankruptcy to pay for 3 hospitalizations in 3 years to try to get her help. CPS did get involved and it is a nightmare to deal with them, you have no clue if you haven't been there. They took child support out of my paycheck for 6 years and my income tax refunds as payback for her being in foster care briefly, but would not go after her dad, convenient, huh?? Missed many, many hours from work to take care of these related requirements for her hospitalizations. Was called home from work by the police to deal with issues. Even better, I worked in the prison system, she would run away and I had to report it, and would get to work, they knew about it before I got there as it had been sent across the teletype system, cool, huh???

When kids start using at a young age, any substance, their brain cells are still developing and it does mess with them and it affects their brain and development.

Anyways, as I said, I will agree to disagree.

I do agree with pot being used for people with chemo, but don't agree with using drugs otherwise, and also don't like alcohol. (Was married to a violent alcoholic, so it has never held much attraction for me either.)

Oh well, my 2 cents anyways.

Final word for me on this post. And thank you for taking time to review my thoughts.

There are plenty of bad things in the world. Plenty of bad people. Bad things are going to happen. I just dont believe cannibus is one of them. It is not healthy, but not bad.
To not agree is ok, just as some believe in not eating pork, some dont believe in having a car due to environment, some dont believe gay marriage should be allowed. Chances that our children follow our beliefs... well probably likely 50% gets taken in.
As a parent, I believe it is up to me to teach my kid about life as a whole. This will include talking to strangers, partys, substances, as well as the rest of the shabang... look both ways, study hard - play hard, respect and consideration, etc.
The chance your child runs into weed along their teenage years is so incredibly high, it would be much easier to get than cigarettes at that age. It is our duty to not only teach, but also support and nourish that child enough so that when they are confronted, they can say "no, i dont need it." And to me, the only time a substance is needed is because of pain (but even still I hate hard drugs, and i personally dont even take advil. I hate pills). The world is always changing, and kids are participating in what was more mature activities early on including porn and sex (scares me too, tooo young most of the time). I love sex and have never been married but would still try to teach the importance of waiting for the one person of utmost significance. I would try to pursuade my child to not smoke until atleast 16 when they have felt the weight of responsibility and personal decision. No matter what you think about the substance, I do think there are certain ways we need to be for our kids that gives them the strength to face and beat anything, but again we must realize not everything needs beating, and weed is remarkably harmless... its mostly bad people who do the damage and they are growing in number unfortunately.

Please parents, if you listen to anything I say, if you catch your child smoking weed, dont judge them. Dont try to tell them they are running away from their problems or life. Even if you absolutely hate it, respect, patience and understanding is the only way to really show somebody how important THEY are and that you are willing to sacrifice for them, that it is possible for them to rise above and compromise with you in return. Now if your child is caught with anything else.... good luck!

Final word for me on this post. And thank you for taking time to review my thoughts.

There are plenty of bad things in the world. Plenty of bad people. Bad things are going to happen. I just dont believe cannibus is one of them. It is not healthy, but not bad.
To not agree is ok, just as some believe in not eating pork, some dont believe in having a car due to environment, some dont believe gay marriage should be allowed. Chances that our children follow our beliefs... well probably likely 50% gets taken in.
As a parent, I believe it is up to me to teach my kid about life as a whole. This will include talking to strangers, partys, substances, as well as the rest of the shabang... look both ways, study hard - play hard, respect and consideration, etc.
The chance your child runs into weed along their teenage years is so incredibly high, it would be much easier to get than cigarettes at that age. It is our duty to not only teach, but also support and nourish that child enough so that when they are confronted, they can say "no, i dont need it." And to me, the only time a substance is needed is because of pain (but even still I hate hard drugs, and i personally dont even take advil. I hate pills). The world is always changing, and kids are participating in what was more mature activities early on including porn and sex (scares me too, tooo young most of the time). I love sex and have never been married but would still try to teach the importance of waiting for the one person of utmost significance. I would try to pursuade my child to not smoke until atleast 16 when they have felt the weight of responsibility and personal decision. No matter what you think about the substance, I do think there are certain ways we need to be for our kids that gives them the strength to face and beat anything, but again we must realize not everything needs beating, and weed is remarkably harmless... its mostly bad people who do the damage and they are growing in number unfortunately.

Please parents, if you listen to anything I say, if you catch your child smoking weed, dont judge them. Dont try to tell them they are running away from their problems or life. Even if you absolutely hate it, respect, patience and understanding is the only way to really show somebody how important THEY are and that you are willing to sacrifice for them, that it is possible for them to rise above and compromise with you in return. Now if your child is caught with anything else.... good luck!

great post

to you!

Even a 12 year old had more common sense than to deal with a 26 year old.. and how would she meet him? That would be a really stupid child. And marijuana is not addictive. That aside, yeah it can change the way a person thinks and while i was growing up, it definitely altered my perception and i would not be the way i am now. My belief is it should be legal at 18 like tobacco. I am not very fond of alcohol either for many reasons including violence. Marijuana is a community herb though and chances are they are getting it from people their own age... you'd be surprised how much floats around in the hands of teenagers.

That said, thanks very much for your 2 cents :) it does matter to me to hear the opposition

my problem with some posts in this thread are these:

1. why condone your child to do something illegal and can get in trouble for?

2. why, as parents, would you risk CPS and the law instead of putting your foot down

3. "they could be doing worse" is a lame excuse....yes a lame excuse. they could be doing worse, but could be doing better and as parents it is our responsibility to teach them that.

I have made mistakes in my life and it is my responsibility to teach my child to be better. and from early in life...he was taught that actions have consequences or rewards.

worth repeating IMO

Marijuana damages DNA at least as much as tobacco and may have a link to lung cancer, according to a study of mothers and their new born infants.

Researchers in America have found that blood from marijauna smokers has nearly three times as many DNA mutations as that of non-smokers.

Marijauna smoke contains many of the carcinogenic chemicals found in cigarette smoke, but, unlike tobacco, has never been linked to the kinds of genetic mutations associated with lung cancer.

But Dr Marinel Ammenheuser and her colleagues at the University of Texas Medical Branch now have evidence that marijauna smoking causes the same kind of damage to DNA as tobacco.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/141891.stm

Two people (for example, identical twins) can have the same genetic makeup yet be very different. Scientists are discovering that these differences are partially attributable to “epigenetic” changes that don’t physically alter a person’s DNA but change how the DNA is activated (or not). As these changes occur in sex cells, they are also propagated to a person’s posterity.

As people go through life, they acquire more and more of these changes, and it varies from person to person depending on lifestyle factors such as diet, smoking, environmental exposures, etc. This may explain why one identical twin gets a heritable form of cancer while the other does not, even though they have exactly the same DNA (and no mutations have occurred).

One key realization is that the way we choose to live can not only impact us negatively (or positively), but it can have a real impact on our [children, grandchildren and further decedents].

i go into his room and find his sack and then i take it because im all out