| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/7/2007 4:38:53 PM | | I think if you have questions as to whether doing something is right or wrong...you already know it is something you should not be doing..plus the law clearly says its wrong...DUH!!! My 13 yr old boy found his dads pot numerous times while visiting. My girl always was mad when she came home. My kids complained that their dad and one of his many crackhead girlfriends were always smoking in the bedroom......spending time that belonged to them with pot and alcohol. Before you act aghast at me for letting them go...I had to let them due to court orders. Period. Thank God for great lawyers. His visitation is gone now....along with his license he has not had since 1989...his teeth..his self respect...no hs diploma.....BUT he still has his bag of drugs.....his booze..and crack head gf's. Hope it is worth missing out on a couple of awsome kids. He had 317 days a yr to use....only had to give up 48 for his kids....his idea having only 48 a yr..said he needed "ME" time. So ..yes I think it is wrong to smoke pot. Its not worth risking your kids well being. I am not perfect...but at least I can wake up everyday knowing I am trying to be a good parent. | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/7/2007 4:51:55 PM | Spider, I was talking about pot.
Crane, I thought his point was that it's ok to have a beer as long as you aren't out of control because you might have an emergency. That's why I asked if it was acceptable (in his opinion - I'm not looking for justification in anything that you might think I do.) to smoke pot as long as you don't get all jacked up while kids are in the house. Is it only NOT acceptable because it's illegal? | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/7/2007 5:14:36 PM |
to smoke pot as long as you don't get all jacked up while kids are in the house. Is it only NOT acceptable because it's illegal?
Well owning a gun in the home is also not illegal.. Yet we refrain from pulling it out with the kids in the house and playing with it because I think we can all agree thats just bloody a dumb thing to do.
Smoking pot affects you allot different then drinking a glass of wine. Most people after a single glass of wine, or a pint of beer are usually still very sober, and able to function properly.
But depending what kind of Pot your smoking, How big of a Toke you take, it could effect you allot more. Most people after smoking a joint are less coherent then after drinking even 2 pints of beer...
It being illegal or not is not the issue to me. Just smoking pot will affect you differently.. And allot faster off smaller quantities.. And if you think your more together after smoking pot... WRONG... Try again. | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/7/2007 5:19:05 PM | common sense people
it all boils down to common sense with the child's best interest in your heart.. some people may bend this way while others bend the other... at least at the core, the best interest is indeed considered | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/7/2007 7:12:46 PM | | come on do u really not know that smoking drugs infront of your child is a bad decision....use your common sense...or have u smoked all that away.....help keep your childs innocence as long as u possibly can. | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/7/2007 8:19:04 PM | ^^^
If you are talking to me, then you missed the part where I said after they are in bed for one. For two, I don't smoke pot. | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/7/2007 9:56:12 PM | But depending what kind of Pot your smoking, How big of a Toke you take, it could effect you allot more. Most people after smoking a joint are less coherent then after drinking even 2 pints of beer...
^^ dont forget to add how long youve been smoking too... some can smoke a whole joint and still function perfectly normal.. those people scare me when they say they arent addicts | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/7/2007 11:48:56 PM | 1shorty: Where are your facts coming from that pot affects the body and mind a lot less than booze? Booze may destroy your liver, but pot kills brain cells. That should be a no-brainer. You should never, ever, ever smoke pot in your home if you have children. Children should never be exposed to pot smoking. I know where my kids go when they leave my house. There are kids' houses that they are not allowed to go to because I know the parents and I know that they drink and smoke pot in front of their children. One of my best friends and I argue about this all the time. Our children are 16. She has let her daughter smoke pot with her and has also let her drink alcohol. She says she does that because if she does it with her, then she won't do it behind her back. How ridiculous is that? You are giving them permission to do those things whether it is with you or with their friends.
My younger sister allows her 12 year old son and her 13 year old daughter listen to very inappropriate music in my opinion. They sing the swear words in there. She says it is okay because that is the only time they swear. Not true. I have heard them swear many times. She has a 20-month-old that says Oh Shit all the time. She thinks it is cute. I think it is not cute.
If you are smoking pot in your home where children are or in front of your children, stop now. It is not healthy. | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/8/2007 7:27:56 AM | ^^^^
Government experts now admit that pot doesn't kill brain cells.1 This myth came from a handful of animal experiments in which structural changes (not actual cell death, as is often alleged) were observed in brain cells of animals exposed to high doses of pot. Many critics still cite the notorious monkey studies of Dr. Robert G. Heath, which purported to find brain damage in three monkeys that had been heavily dosed with cannabis.2 This work was never replicated and has since been discredited by a pair of better controlled, much larger monkey studies, one by Dr. William Slikker of the National Center for Toxicological Research3 and the other by Charles Rebert and Gordon Pryor of SRI International.4 Neither found any evidence of physical alteration in the brains of monkeys exposed to daily doses of pot for up to a year. Human studies of heavy users in Jamaica and Costa Rica found no evidence of abnormalities in brain physiology.5 Even though there is no evidence that pot causes permanent brain damage, users should be aware that persistent deficits in short-term memory have been noted in chronic, heavy marijuana smokers after 6 to 12 weeks of abstinence.6 It is worth noting that other drugs, including alcohol, are known to cause brain damage.
Footnotes
1. Dr. Christine Hartel, Acting Director of Research, National Institute of Drug Abuse, cited by the State of Hawaii Dept of Health, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division in memo of Feb. 4, 1994.
2. For an overview, see NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Report, op. cit., pp. 81-2. R.G. Heath et al, "Cannabis sativa: effects on brain function and ultrastructure in Rhesus monkeys," Biol. Psychiatry 15: 657-90 (1980).
3. William Slikker et al., "Chronic Marijuana Smoke Exposure in the Rhesus Monkey," Fundamental and Applied Toxicology 17: 321-32 (1991).
4. Charles Rebert & Gordon Pryor - "Chronic Inhalation of Marijuana Smoke and Brain Electrophysiology of Rhesus Monkeys," International Journal of Psychophysiology V 14, p.144, 1993.
5. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Report, pp. 82-7.
6. "Cannabis and Memory Loss," (editorial) British Journal of Addiction 86: 249-52 (1991) | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/8/2007 7:42:12 AM | | I DO NOT smoke pot myself.. I'll admit I have tried it when I was younger but we all do, most of us do anyway... I agree 100% its very wrong to smoke pot in front of our kids.. I know a number of people (they will say different of course) who do it.. It is very common... Well at least in Winnipeg.. I have even see mom pass a joint to her teenaged kid... For me the high is not fun, I get tired ... I also know people who don't have kids and will not smoke in front of other peoples kids.. Go figuare.. I have been over to houses where the minute you walk in the smell is over whelming and theres little kids running around.. I know from experince you do get high off of the fumes.. Even if the kid is in bed .. the smoke rises and is in the air.. where do you think its going? I don't even let people smoke cigerettes in my house never mind smoking pot!! | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/8/2007 8:21:34 AM | i truly believe those who smoke with their teens do to 'bond' with their child
and feel its better then get joints from someone they dont know | |
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Posted: 1/8/2007 8:30:36 AM | | So instead of trying to make sure your child doesnt do drugs..lets just smoke it with them so we know they are safe doing it...come on....as a perent u should do everything in your power to try and stop your child from doing drugs...time to be a parent and not a friend... | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/8/2007 8:34:46 AM | PWG
I think perhaps the THCs have got you, the list you give needs updating a little. You also need to be clear about what it is you are talking about, physiological damage maybe not, but psychological damage potential of Cannabis is huge. Dont get me wrong I have been known to have the occasional joint, in my line of business sometimes you need a bit of help to chill. But I go in eyes wide open, in the same way we used to when taking stuff to keep us alert and awake for 72 hours straight.
BUT never in front of my child, in fact not around anyone! | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/8/2007 8:52:05 AM | | Well those parents who smoked it with their daughters (in my case) Are now selling it and smoking it while their kids are home and even while pregant.. Sorry, I don't want that bond.. I am not totally against pot.. It serves its puropose but as someone else said here 'there is a time and place' | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/8/2007 9:56:25 AM | back to finish what i was saying earlier
smoking with the children to bond or keep an eye on thier drug activity
makes me howl... cuz by smoking with the children is saying yes, its okay to do drugs.. the child will more likely think its okay to try other drugs
every single child that i know they grew up smoking with thier parents have at some point in their lives ventured into other types of drugs and YES!!! got hooked!!.. they partied hard, and lost precious years of thier lives that could have been better spent preparing for their own future ie; career building, post-secondary education, buying a home,car etc etc
I really dont recall anyone saying.. oh yes those years i spent doing hard drugs while partying away were the best of my life.. nope.. never heard that.. in fact, heard the opposite
and isnt it our duty as a parent to avoid that in our children??? | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/8/2007 10:10:36 AM | | i used to do both heavily untill my x had her first blood test once i seen the results of my unborn daughter having THC in her bloodstream i gave it up it upset me to no end and she only got it throgh passive smoking. | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/8/2007 10:27:29 AM | allcrakedup- I've said twice in this thread in the past two days that I don't smoke pot. Perhaps you should READ before responding.
If my "list" is out of date, perhaps you should provide a more up to date one. (And no, I will NOT accept information from a government run site. At least not the U.S. gov't.)
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/8/2007 10:31:13 AM | | Just for the record, I am in total agreeance that pot smoking should not be done around children. I also agree that one should not be smoking WITH their children. Just like alcohol, pot is something for an adult to choose to do or not. It's not a children's activity. | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/8/2007 10:41:45 AM | Just for the record, I am in total agreeance that pot smoking should not be done around children. I also agree that one should not be smoking WITH their children. Just like alcohol, pot is something for an adult to choose to do or not. It's not a children's activity
^^totally agree, i even feel uncomfortable drinking at social events like weddings where their are children around.. i feel like a hypocrite so i stopped a year ago
i now only drink when the kids are at dads, not everytime but you get the idea
once my son showed up last mother's day from his dads cuz he wanted to spend it with me.. i had a glass of wine with me.. i explained that i was going to finish it although i am uncomfortable.. he said go ahead
the point i want to get into his head is that alcohol is an adult beverage that is to be respected because if you don't .. there are consquences
this same idea can be applied to life in general
(crosses fingers) i hope he gets it | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/8/2007 12:52:23 PM | Whitetigeres
Guess thats where the Europeans and the Americans differ, on the drink. Most evenings I have a glass or two of red wine with dinner. If friends drop in they have wine or beer if its evening. My daughter eats out with me when myself and my partner will drink wine and maybe a brandy. What she never sees is excessive drinking, only responsible drinking. It would be normal to at around the age of 14 - 15 for her to have the occasional glass of wine or Champagne at 16 and eating out then wine with a meal (which is legal) then when she is 18 she can buy and consume what she wants anyway again legally.
Given the amounts of Alcohol consumed socially and even at business in Europe it is in fact I feel best to show by example that it is not bad to drink in moderation. | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/8/2007 1:04:50 PM | | Well stated... I agree... I don't drink much myself but my bf does and in moderation he may a couple beers while the kids are home... They learn to drink responsibly.. But been stoned in front of the kids will never happen in my house!! | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/8/2007 1:05:27 PM | crakedup.. when i was growing up, that was the mindset i had.. that drinking was socialable and not to be abused however i think now that i am a parent in this day and age i tend to lean towards even less usage of alcohol especially as a single parent.. kinda like me watching what i say .. i cant even say crap.. my oldest thinks its a bad word lol
however i do agree that it is fine as long as its in moderation
different strokes for different folks :) | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/8/2007 1:17:01 PM | I agree WT, no right or wrong in parenting on things like that, wouldnt it be boring if we all did it the same way  | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/8/2007 1:20:22 PM | | I don't believe you should smoke pot infront of your kids. You are just teaching them that it is ok and it is not. What your kids see you do they end up doing with they grow up. | |
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| single parents smoking pot
Posted: 1/8/2007 11:53:22 PM | | poorwhitegirl.....this is about whether we should or should not smoke pot in front or while we have our children...not a USA bashing thread. And I think everyone here read the last few times that you don't smoke pot. Who are you trying to convince? Us? Or yourself? This USA loving girl would just like to point out that alot of folks from Canada come here for transplants and other types of medical care...thats right ..the good ol USA! | |
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