A contraversial question..

druidsdecendant wrote: In the case of drug usage, yes.No offers to help, consolidate, no nothing. There is no help. That's what you don't understand. Once on drugs, always on drugs. I see it every day...the re-arrested derelicts of life that just can't (or won't) leave it alone.

Bad parenting is allowing it to go on. Bad parenting is not being involved in your child's life so much that you are blind to them doing it. Bad parenting is "turning the other cheek." They know not to do it...because of the law and what I say. If they aren't going to listen to me about this, then what is in store next? I'm not dealing with it and they know it. Use it and leave. period.

yes I'd have a problem with it. It's a mind-altering drug/device. Even certain cough syrups are restricted and if they had to take it from the doctor, they'd take it. But I'd sit in vigil and watch them closely and make sure there are no ill-effects from it. This is hardly the point though. Hallucinogens alter your mind's perception and often reduce your reasoning and restrict your ability to function properly.

Alcohol also alters one's mind, but you dont mind that as long as they are of age.

That's not her responsibility and it's reckless of you to think it is.

I agree that it is not her responsibility, but is it the wrong thing to do to drive a drunk friend, or even someone you dont even know that is drunk, home so they don't endanger themselves and other people on the road? It seems logical to say that you would rather your daughter leave them to be and endanger them and others so that she does not have to fear your reprocussions, does it not?

They put their own lives at risk by engaging in the act. If I knew they were in that state, the rest of the PD would be called as well as their parents. Since it's the parent's DUTY to provide the safety that the children obviously discarded by their choices..

That last statement proves Snake, me, Whale, Cedric, and everyone else that has called you a hypocrit correct.

You have just said that it is the parents duty to provide the safety their children need if the children put their safety into danger themselves, but you also say you will kick out your daughters if they are caught. You just proved to everyone you are using bad parenting methods yourself.

My children will not...not while under my roof...involve themselves with these kinds of 'friends.' It's not my child's responsibility to bail the loser  out of trouble, not be their taxi driver. And here's something I should have said a long time ago...My oldest (17) chooses on her own not to associate with these types of people.

There's no debating the legality issues of a known narcotic. There's no justification to even listen to it. You align yourself with the outlaw mentality or the notion that it should be changed...for what? the opinion that people can handle it? I beg to differ. In any other crime, would you be so apt to defend their cause? Most likely not. Just because you don't 'see the harm' in it, you are close minded to the effects it really has...beyond the feeling of what the drug does. Do yourself a favor...get an internship and work in a prison for a while. Then come back to me with a pearl of wisdom.

And again, im am not close minded, because if I were, I would not have already weighed my options and read everything I have. I dont think ecstasy should be legalized, because it is extremely harmful and provides very few benefits worth noting even while on the drug. The same goes for heroine, crack, and all other hard drugs. You are closed minded because no matter what you choose to group a helpful drug with the rest that do nothing but harm.

Because it's the 'right' thing to do.

suure...wast more public tax dollars for a crappy science project. I got a better idea...put the $$ towards NASA's asteroid collision budget so a rock the size of New Hampshire doesn't render the planet uninhabitable.

So, we shouldnt 'waste' tax dollars on this, but the funding of creating a drug from scratch, which costs more to produce and test, and takes on average 15 years to complete before the government can test it or set regulations is not considered 'wasting'. Good to know.

I hide behind nothing. I wear the badge to prove it. You don't like me because I hate the idea of legalizing something that shouldn't be. What's next? Harder drugs? Child Pron? A line has to be drawn because it's allowances open the doors for bigger threats. MJ is one of the first steps towards bigger and better drugs. The line's drawn and should never be erased.

There is a nation of people who will disagree with you on that point, seeing as how there is something in the bill of rights that helps out everyone in some small way.

It has also been argued as to why it should be legalized, just read the entire thread, and also  read the post debunking the myths of MJ, and realize that weed does not leed to hard drugs.

If you support an illegal cause, you are as guilty as the one's commiting the crime.

Daniel Ertel-Moore
17211 Rolling Creek Dr
Houston, TX, 77090.

That is my god honest adress, so ome arrest me on the grounds that I think weed should be legalized, which I do. This is one of the few times that freedom of speech is being applied the way the authors of the constitution meant, and I will be more than happy to recite the first ammendment, word for word, and pick it apart for you so that you realize you can not arrest me for supporting something like that.

We'll not go there...you are obviously trying to incite some type of internet riot.

again with the name calling...it's funny how when someone's losing their arguement, it happens

It is funnier, though, how someone retreats in their shell and protects themselves by thinking they are being attacked at times they are not.