Drug use by High school kids

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Sep 30th 2009, 5:24 am

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Re: Drug use by High school kids

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If my four year old had to carry a condom I'd be rather upset!

Just starting early, it's no good telling them when they're already at it.

Sep 30th 2009, 6:00 am

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Re: Drug use by High school kids

OMG........mine are only 9 & 10, (I have lived a somewhat sheltered life) I am so not ready for all that!!!!!

I am doing my best to fill their time with activities.... cubs, swimming, dodgeball etc. I feel a stressful few years ahead.

Linda

Sep 30th 2009, 6:13 am

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OMG........mine are only 9 & 10, (I have lived a somewhat sheltered life) I am so not ready for all that!!!!!

I am doing my best to fill their time with activities.... cubs, swimming, dodgeball etc. I feel a stressful few years ahead.

Linda

Chill out, have a joint.

Sep 30th 2009, 6:17 am

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Re: Drug use by High school kids

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Originally Posted by Linda P

OMG........mine are only 9 & 10, (I have lived a somewhat sheltered life) I am so not ready for all that!!!!!

I am doing my best to fill their time with activities.... cubs, swimming, dodgeball etc. I feel a stressful few years ahead.

Linda

Swimmers, of course, never take drugs.

Cubs? Hmmmm. Perhaps the condom might be a good idea.

Sep 30th 2009, 6:19 am

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Re: Drug use by High school kids

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Having taught highschool in Calgary I'd say lots of kids have tried pot. 30% might smoke a joint every once in a while. 10% do it a couple of times a months. A small group do it all the time.

That's why there are snack machines in highschools - to see who's got the munchies!

We live next to a highschool here in Ottawa and I'm amazed to see kids openly smoking pot before school or during breaks. For those who are smoking pot regularly does it have a big impact on their performance in school?

Sep 30th 2009, 6:28 am

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Re: Drug use by High school kids

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For those who are smoking pot regularly does it have a big impact on their performance in school?

Yes.. It impacts both the learning process and memory

http://cannabis.net/memory/index.html and other interesting and related links

such as http://cannabis.net/anandamide.html and http://cannabis.net/canbrain.html

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Sep 30th 2009, 6:30 am

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Which HS...I'm in Ottawa as well and there are quite an interesting set of characters who seem to have a ciggie (and the like) break by the roadside at all times of the day at the HS near my place.

Sep 30th 2009, 6:32 am

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And tobacco stunts your growth (not to mention cancer) and alcohol kills your brain cells. Kids dabble with those too.

Life. It will kill you in the end!

Sep 30th 2009, 6:35 am

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alcohol kills your brain cells. !

Just old lore, no truth in it

http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/Hea...103162109.html

Sep 30th 2009, 7:21 am

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Re: Drug use by High school kids

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Which HS...I'm in Ottawa as well and there are quite an interesting set of characters who seem to have a ciggie (and the like) break by the roadside at all times of the day at the HS near my place.

Nepean

Sep 30th 2009, 7:46 am

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[QUOTE=iaink;7978416]And tobacco stunts your growth (not to mention cancer) and alcohol kills your brain cells. Kids dabble with those too.

Life. It will kill you in the end![/QUOTE]

And if it doesn't, rest assured something bloody else will.

Sep 30th 2009, 8:30 am

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News Flash Shock Horror alcohol is a drug.

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Originally Posted by MikeUK

What complete utter nonsense.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a6c_1254169180

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Sep 30th 2009, 8:31 am

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Sep 30th 2009, 8:34 am

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Shock Horror alcohol is a drug.

What complete utter nonsense.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a6c_1254169180

Have you ever tried teaching kids who were high?

All they want to do is sleep and eat.

Most kids DON'T use and survive just fine. And there's MORE virgins in high school than the kids like to pretend!

If the parents are engaged in their kids life - in a positive way - they will be fine!