Monday, November 9, 2009

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7 Reasons Parents Should Not Test Kids for Drug Use

Seek out an addiction professional, experts say, to get reliable results and avoid a potential tragedy

Posted August 6, 2008

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pot

I think that Marijuana is awesome. I love everything about it. The smell, texture, smoke. Its not as bad as everyone puts it out to be. They give it to kimotherapy patients to keep them from throwing up after radiation treatment. nothing else can do this, not all those crazy pills the doctors prescribe. They just make it worse.

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drug test is a unneccserary resource due to the fact it messes comunication up between parents and kids

Total B.S.

Whoever wrote this article clearly did not do any research beyond the one family's story. This is just another sensationalistic fluff piece; typical of the disinformation that is rampant in "journalism" in the US today.

Shame on you.

F*** piss test and whoever made them up

I think that if u smoke weed and can still function in every day life go for it. I do good in school.I plan on going to collage someday but weed isn't for everyone because it has different effects on people.So those people should have common sense and not do it easy as that.Therefore those dumb people are making it till But these piss test are crazy because teenagers are going to do what they want u can babysit your child 24/7. The only think piss test did for me is make me find out ways to beat them. It is so easy my parents watch me piss and I still beat them.I think it is joke for people to get in trouble for a little bit of weed i mean if u get pulled up with a gram of pot u known how much trouble u get in. This stuff is crazy just make it legal everyone dose it presidents have did it. I beat some of these so called parents do it or have once tried it in there life's. But why be hippocrates just toke up peace no war man. I say f*** a piss test and f*** the government for not making weed legal.

they should not drug test their kids

after doing this children can and will never trust their parents again.So everything the child do will be kept to themself

dont test your kids for pot

this is ridiculous, being a family is all about having trust. its wrong to randomly drug test your kids if there is no evidence of drug use. and besides, marijuana is much less harmful than all other drugs and alcohol. Everyone needs to chill out and realize that.

I do believe in random home drug testing!

Reading all of the above comments I am saddened to see the level of denial from most of the people. Drugs are a huge problem world wide. No user stays a user. They will all at some stage become abusers of drugs and then finally addicts. They will potentially destroy their own lives, the lives and sanity of their loved ones and the ultimate consequence is death. There is no truth other than this pertaining to drugs.

What more needs to happen before people get off their high horses and stop believing that their case is different? Drugs cannot be controlled. They do ALL the controlling!

I can be stopped at anytime by the traffic police and asked to present my driving license. No argument. My 'human rights' are not taken into account. I need not have even done anything wrong on the road to cause suspicion. Why is it different with our children. Why is there a problem with randomly testing for drugs even if there is little or no evidence of drug use. Often as parents, things have to be glaringly apparent and a disaster has to take place before we consider that our kids might be using. Why not randomly test, it need not be an ugly issue. Keep communication going. It need not be invasive. If your kids are clean, then why should they have an issue about being tested. Trust does NOT play a part. Explain your reasons. Offer to be tested as well so that it's not unfair. Same rules for everyone in the family. We are living in a very dangerous drug world. We can no longer put a clean label over an ugly scar and give it a new name. Our youth is under attack and are merely prey at the mercy of evil predators Never be complacent and believe that is wont happen in your family. Drugs do NOT discriminate. Race, creed, money and social standing are NO protection against drugs. A caring, open and involved family are the best prevention!

Security

I have my son randomly tested at stat testing in baytown, tx. their site is wwww.statlabs.com. They're super helpful and very nice. The great thing is that if you do find out you kid is on drugs they can help you with programs that can counsel him/her.

They do just about everything

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People that come onto this site to talk about drugs and stuff are looking for somewhat different views on whats being said. Well, you guys blow, get a life, take ur kid into the doctors like everyone else, leave ur lil' rugrats alone, give em' money, and buy them alchol and pot, maybe a little meth, some crack-cocaine, oh, heorin is good for the soul too!

-thanks for letting me waste your time = )

testing kids

I think that this website is a piece of crap. people on here need to get a life and understand that you should not randomly be able to test your kids; kids need to be able to come home to their mother and father, not the drug police. If i get a 4.0 and do all my chores when i get home and take the dogs for a walk, I still haave to worry about taking a drug test from my own mother and father? as for the kid who thinks pot is okay, yeh dude, you like living with your mom until your mid 40's? people should be able to do whatever they want as far as medication goes as long as its withing their own home and not harming anyone else of any nature.

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