Legalizing Drugs On The Horizon

[MANGLORD]

if I would have told my dad "Look, I might drink, I might do drugs" I'd be picking myself up off the floor.

sounds abusive

 

[uscmhicks]

Yeah .. I wouldn't drive stoned.... then again I can't drive.....

 

[EVILFACE]

Well, its not a good idea to drive stoned anyway....but i'd rather be with a stoned guy then a drunk guy.

I'd rather be shot with 4 bullets instead of 6.

 

[CelticPredator]

Neither can I! And I get my license in a few months!

 

[CelticPredator]

I'd rather be shot with 4 bullets instead of 6.

I'm just sayin.

 

[Darkseed]

I think thats how my parents see it. My mum knows I've smoked weed.
She doesn't know I smoke it as much as I do , she presumed it was a phase I guess.
I have good parents , like you say , there just very understanding and trust me to know what I should and shouldn't do.

I'm glad their are parents who support their children venturing into illegal activity. In all fairness, I do not know your families and that what works for you fantastic.

I have six children ranging from 17 - 6 and none of this type of activity is supported or expected under our roof. The older kids are involved in school sponsored activities and associations like football, basketball, band, gymnastics and martial arts. Time not dedicated towards an activity is spent preparing for college or with close friends.

I get children need to belong and be active to stay away from this type of activity therefore we keep our kids busy. They choose to endeavor into stuff in college it is their choice. We've had the talks, they know how we feel, the risks, the pressures and I would trust them to make proper choices.

Just not under my roof. Big daddy is watching

 

[OSCORP]

I've been driving baked since i was 16. Never been in an accident for what it's worth.

17 years while driving baked no accident..Try doing that drunk.

 

[CelticPredator]

Nothing wrong with that either...but no one's parents are saying "Go do whatever..."

No, my parents know i'm a teenager, and i'm going to do what teenagers do. Thats just a fact.

 

[uscmhicks]

I'm glad their are parents who support their children venturing into illegal activity. In all fairness, I do not know your families and that what works for you fantastic.

I have six children ranging from 17 - 6 and none of this type of activity is supported or expected under our roof. The older kids are involved in school sponsored activities and associations like football, basketball, band, gymnastics and martial arts. Time not dedicated towards an activity is spent preparing for college or with close friends.

I get children need to belong and be active to stay away from this type of activity therefore we keep our kids busy. They choose to endeavor into stuff in college it is their choice. We've had the talks, they know how we feel, the risks, the pressures and I would trust them to make proper choices.

Just not under my roof. Big daddy is watching

Basically I hang about with what I guess most would call a " shady " crowd.
Not criminals.... hm... people who just push limits... if that makes sense.
I got thrown out of school for being in hospital after needing several operations but thats another story.
It took me a few years to get diagnosed with a problem that gives me cronic pain and still does and when offered weed and told it could chill me out and actually sometimes help with pain thats another reason I tried.
So... no school , smoking weed and nothing to do but... chill.


Now.. ?. I'm in college , I still have a health problem but its controlled by medication alot better and lifes cool. From one extreme to the other I smoked weed often.

I have to be honest here and I actually don't like saying this but I think it helped me more than anything. Maybe not in the long run health wise but you get what I mean

I obviously absolutley understand you not wanting your kids to take drugs and get involved in things like this. You are 100% right to do so.
I just kind of fell into it at a bad time..... and I could stop now but.. well.. don't want too.
I nearly hate the fact that all that is true and in a way I used drugs as an escape I guess .... but if I look at it now it just seemed to all work out.

Maybe I was lucky ?.

 

[uscmhicks]

Nothing wrong with that either...but no one's parents are saying "Go do whatever..."

No, my parents know i'm a teenager, and i'm going to do what teenagers do. Thats just a fact.

thats basically it. I have a relationship with my parents where I don't really get " punished " , I'm probably too old for that now anyway but its never been a factor.
When my mum found out , she let me know that she thought it was wrong and I understood why. Now and then though with friends , peer pressure simply takes over I guess.

 

[hoodonit00]

sounds abusive

I thank God that my dad was a hard ass sob. Things were different back then, you didn't tell your dad you were going to do something no matter what he thought. Not trying to unfairly pick on Celtic, but what he said is what I find wrong with this country. You have a minor telling his parents that he is going to do something and apparently he was allowed to get away with it.

 

[CelticPredator]

Nonononon....you misunderstand. My parents dont say "Hey, go smoke, go drink until you die!" No, they trust me. They know i'm a teenager, they know what i'm going to do. They cant stop it. Its life. All they can do is try to teach me right/wrong, and whats responsible, vs irresponsible.

 

[hoodonit00]

I'm glad their are parents who support their children venturing into illegal activity. In all fairness, I do not know your families and that what works for you fantastic.

I have six children ranging from 17 - 6 and none of this type of activity is supported or expected under our roof. The older kids are involved in school sponsored activities and associations like football, basketball, band, gymnastics and martial arts. Time not dedicated towards an activity is spent preparing for college or with close friends.

I get children need to belong and be active to stay away from this type of activity therefore we keep our kids busy. They choose to endeavor into stuff in college it is their choice. We've had the talks, they know how we feel, the risks, the pressures and I would trust them to make proper choices.

Just not under my roof. Big daddy is watching

Good job Dad. 6 kids, wow. I have 2 girls and 2 step girls, ages 16, 15, 14, and 12. They no I would not allow them to tell me what they were going to do.

 

[uscmhicks]

I thank God that my dad was a hard ass sob. Things were different back then, you didn't tell your dad you were going to do something no matter what he thought. Not trying to unfairly pick on Celtic, but what he said is what I find wrong with this country. You have a minor telling his parents that he is going to do something and apparently he was allowed to get away with it.

I don't think hes saying that really. Hes not saying hes going to get away with it. Hes bascially saying hes a teenager and its possibly he could fall into it like I did myslef.

If he said he wasn't going to do it but then did ... isn't that worse ?.
He may not do it all together but I think if he thinks it may be possible one day its best to talk about it.

 

[Reefer Shark]

I've been driving baked since i was 16. Never been in an accident for what it's worth.

17 years while driving baked no accident..Try doing that drunk.

To add to that, I've only been in accidents when I was completely sober. Figure that!

A statistic like that with the accidents is a little vague when it comes to weed. The thing is, it stays in your system for like 90 days (well after the high wears off ).

I could get in an accident completely sober on the way to work tomorrow, and a blood test would come up positive for me. They would say "he was under the influence of marijuana"

 

[Badvermin]

I have to comment on the video that blackassbolt posted. The video itself gave the stats that in 18% of roadside fatalities, drugs were in the persons system with cannabis being the number 1 drug found and that there has been a 6 fold increase in 15 years. How can you say that pot has never been responsible for anyone dying? Also 2 points about the stoned guy driving. 1 he definately came to a later stop being stoned then beforehand. 2nd the driver himself, when asked says he feels like he going slower then what he really is. None of you guys see a problem with this? Like maybe he could be going 85 and feel like he's going 60.

All those stats show is that 18% of the people had smoked weed at some point in the last month or so.

A person can test positive for more than 30 days after they smoked. Testing positive doesn't mean they were smoking and driving.

 

[hoodonit00]

Nothing wrong with that either...but no one's parents are saying "Go do whatever..."

No, my parents know i'm a teenager, and i'm going to do what teenagers do. Thats just a fact.

Celtic, I want you to think honestly about this hypothetical question and please give me an honest answer. If you have a child in say 7 years, and 15 years later that child tells you they are going to start smoking dope and drinking no matter what you say. Are you just going to accept that?

 

[Reefer Shark]

All those stats show is that 18% of the people had smoked weed at some point in the last month or so.

A person can test positive for more than 30 days after they smoked. Testing positive doesn't mean they were smoking and driving.

Looks like we were thinking the same thing

 

[uscmhicks]

Celtic, I want you to think honestly about this hypothetical question and please give me an honest answer. If you have a child in say 7 years, and 15 years later that child tells you they are going to start smoking dope and drinking no matter what you say. Are you just going to accept that?

His parents could help him if something happened though.... hes not going to get drunk and go drive a car into a lake ( I think ) .
Its just a possible he could try some weed. I think theres a line between that and drinking and smoking dope 24/7 no matter what they say.

 

[CelticPredator]

I don't think hes saying that really. Hes not saying hes going to get away with it. Hes bascially saying hes a teenager and its possibly he could fall into it like I did myslef.

If he said he wasn't going to do it but then did ... isn't that worse ?.
He may not do it all together but I think if he thinks it may be possible one day its best to talk about it.

And I will. I'm doing an expariment. I'm seeing how I react to this stuff for the next month or two.

See, I tend to have these episodes of depression that suck hard core....now I did have one this week, while high....but overall, I have been feeling....well, pretty chill. More so then normally.

Doesnt mean I "need" weed persay...but I wont lie when I say it has effected me in a good way. I have learned things. Good things. So if say in a month, my parents notice a big change in me, i'll tell them. What will their reaction be? I dont know. I dont care either....i'm almost 18 years old, an age where I can be on my own. My parents wont be around me forever....and they know its my life, and they did the best they could with me.