You guys smoke pot all day, do you do that in front of your daughter?
I'll leave the marijuana debate to Lestat's threads as we agree about marijuana prohibition but yes, we had to pretty much put her in her playpen while she watched baby einstein videos. She loves watching them and has no problem sitting in there for 15 minutes while we smoke.
I'm not gonna get into whether it's right or wrong because I'm sure you have a different opinion than I. I will state that when she gets older, we will have a very open and honest discussion about drug use and abuse. I'm hoping that once we have this discussion and share our nightmares that we endured, she won't want to use anything stronger than marijuana. Anything more than that will be up to her. All I can do is do the normal stuff like monitor grades, friends, where she's going, etc. She will have to make the decision on what road she takes.
Explaining responsible drug use with someone who has never done drugs is a hard thing to do. I have always believed that moderation is the key to any drug albeit LSD, ecstacy, marijuana, etc. I always stayed away from the hard drugs such as meth, heroin, and only did coke a handful of times. I knew that the type of person I was, the opportunity for addiction was there with the harder drugs especially meth. I've never even seen the stuff but knew back in the day that it would be my type of drug so I never looked for it.
What I call lesser drugs or the ones that don't pose a potential for physical addiction such as LSD can be a life altering event. I can tell you that a lot of my personal beliefs were formed while trippin. We weren't the normal kids just trippin to get high. We went on a journey where we debated about everything from space time continuum, black holes, to religion. It was more of a self discovery than just a drug. This is where someone who isn't properly educated about drugs would get confused. They would say well you used the drug to base your life on? No, the drug enhanced the ability to find myself as a person and what I believe in. It's hard to explain without actually experiencing it.
Of course others would say well you could have done that without them. Sure I could have but it wouldn't have been as much fun. The friends that I tripped with are now dentists, financial advisers, etc so the partying had no ill effect on completing their goals. I'm another story because my parents failed to instill any kind of beliefs as far as goals, college, etc. I had no path or direction to go. I was on a loooose leash and I took full advantage of it. Sure, I should have figured it out in high school but my parents should have been more involved than they were.
What I'm trying to say is that there are so many people in this world who have either partied so hard or even still party that hard and you would not have a clue. There are a ton of responsible drug users out there. I wasn't back when I was in high school but that was 10 years ago
I thought I would also throw in that I no longer do any of those drugs except marijuana. The last time for any of those "lesser" drugs was back in 2000. I have drank twice this year. Once at my high school reunion a couple months back and at my friends cabin earlier in the year which actually was the first night we have spent without our daughter and she was already 1 at the time so that tells you how little we went out. We're way past that partying stage. We had fun then too much fun. I was too busy with school and work to realize that the painkillers were becoming an important part of my life. I just never thought that the thing that would get me would be painkillers of all things. I guess that's why I stayed away from the harder stuff. Like I said earlier, I knew the harder stuff would be a problem but I was too busy to actually realize that painkillers were just as bad if abused as the harder drugs. I'll have to leave that up to one of life's lessons
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