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Doodles of Pot,

January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Has your son or daughter drawn pot leaves or bottles of beer on his or her notebook? It is actually a sign of "preoccupation" and "infatuation", in the same way that it was when you wrote the initials of you and your boy/girlfriend inside the heart on your notebook when you were a kid. Remember? or was I the only one that did that? 

Kids who end up addicted start out by loving to get high. So, as a parent we need to look for some clues, that are not so obvious, doodles of pot may be that very sign.

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Parent Alert; Stronger Marijuana

October 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Parental alert: "Today's stronger pot isn't like your marijuana". USA Today reports on this trend and gives 8 Tips to keep teens away from drugs.

"Teen alcohol and tobacco use are down, he says, but we haven't had such luck with marijuana. … Society still has very mixed feelings about it."

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Marijuana and the Movies

September 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Loving to get high is popularized by Hollywood and adds a cultural context to what our kids appreciate and value. Here is a summary of video clips from movies that ‘glamorize’ getting high. I offer this to you as a parent, to help you see what our kids already see, “loving to get high in the movies”.

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This is a chance to pull your son or daughter aside, watch these clips together and find out how many of them they have already seen. You might be surprised.

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Air-Conditioner Huffing

September 26, 2011 By 1 Comment

My wife and I watched a news special about young adults using the freon in an air conditioner to get high, I’ve heard about this in the past but had no idea that it was still being done. Just another example of the desperation connected to “loving to get high”.

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The danger is drastic, but the need to get high keeps a young person for considering the risk.

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NPR: Why Students Love Getting Wasted

September 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Why college students drink too much and party so hard, is the sub-title of a book called Getting Wasted by Thomas Vander Ven. Thomas was interviewed on NPR, talking about the 7 years of research he did finding out why college kids drink too much, in the form of ‘binge drinking’. Reasons include; it’s fun, it allows them to do things that they would not normally do, and it creates a world of adventure.

This research reinforces my conclusion that kids who end up addicted begin by “loving to get high”. Click here to get access to the on-air interview and a short summary of Dr Vander Ven’s research.

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