7 Reasons Parents Should Not Test Kids for Drug Use

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This article was written by a moron. Parents need to get into their children's business as much as possible when it comes to what they do, where and when they do it, and with whom. The greatest advantage of routine mandatory testing is that it gives a kid a perfect out to say no to overwhelming peer pressure. They can blame their abstinence on crazy drug testing parents.

Bruce (drug court judge) of LA 12:04AM January 04, 2012

All those conditions you listed, if you do your research, can be treated with marijuana. Unfortunately, the legal drugs they do use to treat these conditions are far more addicting than marijuana. Ritalin and Aderall are legal forms of methamphetamine. Maybe that's why its a gateway drug? Parents catch their kids doing pot and then take them to the doctor to get them put on the hard stuff.
Also realize that when E was legal, it was much safer to do. Prohibition and zero tolerance leads to dirty production and unethical business practices. The very same thing happened with alcohol during it's prohibition. Instead of being manufactured in a controlled and regulated environment, it was produced in bath tubs and basements by people only concerned with making a buck.
When children are told "Pot is bad mm kay" and then try it and realize its not and they have been lied to, they are more likely to try other things because they figure if they had been lied to about that, maybe the other stuff is not as bad either.
C'mon guys, the entire pot demonization was brought about by our government to increase government spending and power. Have we really not all realized that we cannot trust them? Go and watch the ridiculousness of "Reefer Madness" and you should be able to tell the government's ability to take advantage of the ignorance that resides in the people of this country, as well as corporations (Pharmaceutical and Medical) to make profits from it.
And yes, the founding fathers would turn in their graves over this. George Washington would be upset he couldn't smoke (He journal-ed about growing his own pot) and Benjamin Franklin would be busy having fun with prostitutes in France (We were able to enlist France's help partly because Ben made a good impression partying with them). I applaud them for their great work. Couldn't imagine what would have happened had their parents stopped them from doing their thing.

Steve Francek of IL 11:56AM August 03, 2011

A lot of you anti-drug(sex) types like to refer to the "founding father's" and the Constitution for your support. The next time you "toss" your child's room looking for drugs just think about those founding fathers spinning in their grave over the supreme violation of rights by allowing someone else to decide what goes into your body! Why not just call it what it is: slavery!

doc of CA 1:31PM January 06, 2011

I have been smoking pot since i was 12 in boy scouts. And i now have a really high tolerance but i know that coke and E are bad drugs and i use my own willpower to not try to get a more intense high.( drinking is to intense anyways) your kids were probaly going to try E or get completly wasted anyways its not the plants fault. The thing is tell them your concerns and say ''people can smoke pot everyday for the rest of their lives because its not going to kill you... but noone can take coke/E/acholhol/any other mind altering substance evryday and live to a ripe old age.
and i bet all your kids went to church before they did drugs. ¿Christianity the gateway religion anyone?

Jacob of CA 11:58AM October 06, 2010

Alot, usually it starts with smoking a joint here and there at a party with friends and before you know it they are smoking all the time. Then when they no longer get the same hight from the pot they move on to something a little stronger, and the cycle continues until......Your standing at he hospital or morgue identifying your child or other family member. I have never understood the sentiments of some who say "oh its just a little pot, no harm done". Wrong it's never just a little pot.

Leslie Irick of FL 3:45PM September 24, 2010

Depression has lead many people I know to pot, If your teenager told you they didnt feel like facing the world without smoking pot then why stop them? is it worth their life.

sam of WA 5:54PM July 18, 2010

My son has gone from pot to E to much harder drugs until you have a child on drugs don't tell me it's just pot.It's just the beginning.

I now need therapy of CA 5:29AM July 17, 2010

what's wrong with teens smoking pot is that it interferes with real problems, and makes it impossible to diagnose depression, adhd, bi-polar disorder. These are REAL and pot just covers it up and makes it worse. talk to any psychiatrist and he will tell you that adults come to him regularly looking for help to their bi-polar disorder....but hey...they've been self-medicating for the past ten years and now the doctor cannot help him. Ask a medical doctor how many times he has an adult patient tell him that 'I've smoked pot regularly since I was a teenager and I'm alright'.....but the doctor can see...NO he's NOT. That's the problem with pot. You all think you are ok. but you are not.

Momgoingthruhellw/daughter of KS 11:16PM June 08, 2010

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Non Of Ur Damn Bussiness of DC 12:18PM June 01, 2010

I think parents need to stop cracking down on teens doing things that adults can do and still lead normal lives. Perhaps had the parents, instead of trying to control their children and make them what they think an active citizen should be, taught their child to prioritize his or her life and have fun when appropriate while maintaining grades and having life goals, he or she would not have reason to move to the harder and untestable drugs.
When I was younger my father caught me smoking pot and threw my VCR across the room and forced me into rehab. In which I was placed around people who were into much harder drugs and had a great influence on my young mind. The doctors gave me a legal form of amphetamine and antidepressants, one of which ended up giving me random electric shocks through my body.
Now in my adult life, I choose to smoke, and lead a very normal and happy life. I went through a depression post military service and smoking marijuana helped me out of this and I am in the best shape (I work out at least 10 hours a week) as well as the best mind set as I don't have the over controlling parents to make me feel like there is something wrong with for what I chose to do for fun.
While I think there is definitely reason to worry for children who do experiment with drugs, I also think far too many parents jump the gun and think there is something wrong with their child when it is very normal to experiment and ultimately pot is the lesser of many evils, if evil at all. Don't force them into a self full-filling prophecy when they may have been just fine without your "help". Many of these experts and professionals will determine your child drug dependent because they are running a business and need clients. And of course the pharmaceutical companies are ready and willing to pump things into your child, that they aren't even sure how they work, to "fix" them.
Teach them to prioritize and to surround themselves with those who do the same. Life is what you make it and it is entirely possible to make it well while enjoying pot.

Steven Francek of IL 2:11PM April 17, 2010