Here is the point.. Everyone who is saying its cool is talking bout their own parents or children..

What you do in your house is YOUR business right, fine, but when YOU do your shit in front of SOMEBODY ELSE'S KIDS that is where I draw the line. She does not have the right to EXPOSE YOUR kid to her drugs or anything else that you might not approve of. If she wants to spark up with her kids in the house cool, but don't do it in front of someone elses' without lettin' the parent know how you get down.

nammie said:

I'm not saying it's cool. I was only wondering what the difference really is.




Technically she doesn't have the right to do either as it's illegal.

Guess I'm in the minority opinion here, because I don't actually see anything wrong with it. I grew up around adults who regularly smoked pot in front of their kids (that'd be my dad and a lot of my parent's friends) and I turned out alright. My opinion might change if I had kids myself, but I doubt it. You're entitled to do whatever you feel's best for your kids though.

Yes, marijuana is illegal, but IMO it shouldn't be. Unfortunately, we're dealing with lawmakers and enforcers who like to pretend that caffeine, nicotine and alcohol use don't cause any damage, and are therefore okay for consumption and fantastic moneymakers to boot, but not marijuana. Not to say that pot isn't without unpleasant side-effects either, but if you were to look into the statistics, there's more injury and death attributed to alcohol and even caffeine abuse than THC. I know I can function normally after a joint or two, (BC Bud, even! Strong shit, that.) but even the amount of caffeine in plain tea fucks me up for the whole day.

It's also true that the money dealers make off selling weed often goes to fund higher organized crime, but there's a simple solution to that. Make marijuana legal, at least in small amounts. If it was legal to have a plant or two with a grow light stashed in your closet, you wouldn't need to go to a dealer, and none of your hard earned cash is going towards the real criminals out there.


Just my
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No mind altering drug should be legal.

P.S. Sometimes mommies have to be the enemy

I'd never smoke weed in front of children
But there's nothing wrong with smoking weed in general !

Other than the fact that it's illegal, is it really any different from drinking a few glasses of wine in front of your kids? Lots of people do that and no one thinks there's anything wrong with that.

Of course you have the right to disagree with this lady, but I think it is better to talk with her directly. It's an adult-question, I mean you clearly want to keep your daughter away from this lady, well then talk to this lady herself, instead of risking a misunderstanding between the two girls. Their friendship has nothing to do with one of the mothers smoking pot and the other one disagreeing with them.

If my mother would have prevented me seeing certain kids at an earlier age, I guess I wouldn't have the same friends as I have now. Some were smoking cigarettes, other were drinking, my mum's has been kind of drunk in front of me as well...

I don't know how I would react as a mum. I guess I would rather have a mother smoke pot than taking the kids to Mac Donald's. When you smoke pot you're doing it yourself (although I know there is something like passive smoking), when you give them the horrible MacDonald's food for example, you're feeding them with something that is bairly food.

For me, it's kind of hard to draw strict lines between drinking, smoking, smoking pot, eating MacDonalds, watching stupid television-shows, not cooking properly when your kids are around...

Here is the point.. Everyone who is saying its cool is talking bout their own parents or children.. What you do in your house is YOUR business right, fine, but when YOU do your shit in front of SOMEBODY ELSE'S KIDS that is where I draw the line. She does not have the right to EXPOSE YOUR kid to her drugs or anything else that you might not approve of. If she wants to spark up with her kids in the house cool, but don't do it in front of someone elses' without lettin' the parent know how you get down.

I think you should speak to the women...I think she's extremely rude to just assume you'd be fine with it....BUT...unless the women says I'm sorry but I'm still gonna smoke even if your kids around...well then I wouldn't let her over there but...I'd talk to the mom first.

but to tell the truth...I'd be more pissed if she smoked cigarettes all day in that house with my kid in there....especially in the car! second hand cigarette smoke is WAY worse in my mind and lot's of people see nothing wrong with that.

to those who think "any mind altering drug should be illegal"....I feel you don't really know what you're asking for. Don't ask the government to make things you don't particularly care for illegal...it's a dangerous route to take...if you don't like drugs and don't want to do them then don't...but I think making the use of them illegal is NOT a good idea. Sure it should be illegal to use them and drive..because that endangers the life of others but..I personally feel we should be "allowed" to do what we want.
but hey...you know...that's just me.

I agree, I wouldn't let my child play at that house either. BUT - I would let her know exactly why, how to behave around the other child, that the other child may now come to our house to play so they can remain friends, etc. Witholding info from your kids (the old, because I'm your parent and I say so) is silly. And potentially damaging. I HATED when my parents said that to me. Kids have a greater capacity for understanding then we usually give them credit for. If my parents had to resort to that kind of logic, I would lose respect for them, cause they couldn't even tell me WHY something was bad or not allowed or what have you.
And I certainly wouldn't suddenly not let my child go ANYWHERE. I would just make sure I met the parents first before allowing my child to spend time at someone else's house.
Of course, I don't have any kids, and likely won't ever have any.

Shorty said:

i hear what youre saying. and as i have said here, i am guilty of smoking cigarettes..... and i KNOW the reason this happened to me is because my entire family smokes, so growing up, it was 'alright'.

my grandfather smoked, as did my aunt, my father, my mother, my sister, my brother and myself and as horrible as that is, it kinda supports my orginal statement.... if you smoke pot in front of your kids, they will grow up thinking its ok

nakedpianoplayer said:

me personally...I think I'd rather have my kid think smoking pot was ok and smoking cigarettes was not. (almost 3 years non-smoking for me..smoked from the age of 12 to 29) Although as resonable adults..I'm sure our kids will grow up to realize...anything in moderation is OK but anything to excess is not, be it food, alcohol, drugs, whateva..right?. too bad smokin' butts couldn't be done in moderation...huh. it's a hard call to make...I know.
good luck to ya.
quite smoking!

how old are your children ?





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nakedpianoplayer said:

me personally...I think I'd rather have my kid think smoking pot was ok and smoking cigarettes was not. (almost 3 years non-smoking for me..smoked from the age of 12 to 29) Although as resonable adults..I'm sure our kids will grow up to realize...anything in moderation is OK but anything to excess is not, be it food, alcohol, drugs, whateva..right?. too bad smokin' butts couldn't be done in moderation...huh. it's a hard call to make...I know.
good luck to ya.
quite smoking!

nakedpianoplayer said:

me personally...I think I'd rather have my kid think smoking pot was ok and smoking cigarettes was not. (almost 3 years non-smoking for me..smoked from the age of 12 to 29) Although as resonable adults..I'm sure our kids will grow up to realize...anything in moderation is OK but anything to excess is not, be it food, alcohol, drugs, whateva..right?. too bad smokin' butts couldn't be done in moderation...huh. it's a hard call to make...I know.
good luck to ya.
quite smoking!

Shorty said:

congrats on quiting was it horrible ??

and thank you...

nakedpianoplayer said:

well..I'm not gonna lie to ya...quitting smoking is probably the hardest thing I've ever had to do...which is why I don't ever want to have to quit again..BUT it CAN be done..it IS possible...you ARE stronger than that damn cigarette! fortunately and unfortunatly for me...there was a life changing event that happened to my husband and I that basically scared us into quitting. Don't wait for that "scare" it may be too late. Your son is 10....I picked up my first cigarette at 11. I was one of those kids who used to say I'd never smoke, and used to run around putting my mom and dad's out in glasses of water...
good luck to you!

Shorty said:

I get what you're saying, but you need food to survive. Even if you moderately use alcohol or drugs it's bad for you. You don't need it either. So that's the difference.

I also like to say that smoking pot is not quite as innocent as people once thought it was. I read an article not too long ago and it mentioned that new scientific research has show that smoking pot narrows the blood vessels in your brain. It's also easy to see what kind of negative effects weed has on people if you come over here and look at the people hanging around in these "coffee shops". Moderation only limits the damage it does, it doesn't mean it's harmless.

JoeyMFinCoco said:

i hear ya there, back in the day when i was smoking they said all kinds of silly stuff... its not as bad as cigarettes, it doesnt leave lasting effects, it doesnt effect you the same way as drinking so its ok to drive after you smoke

its not good for ya !

nakedpianoplayer said:

http://www.dpna.org/drugn...2-08-5.htm

JoeyMFinCoco said:

did that article say that smoking 70 joints a week is MODERATE use ????

and how the HELL do you smoke 350 joints in a week ????

nakedpianoplayer said:

Up to 70. 70 is only still considered moderate because some smoked up to 350 a week.

JoeyMFinCoco said:

Do these ppl sleep!! or jsut get high all night and day!!

JoeyMFinCoco said:

Do these ppl sleep!! or jsut get high all night and day!!