Another what would you do ?

[AtW]

I need to jab a needle in my arm first to muster up the enthusiasm to read them.

Or sniff a line of coke?

[threaded]

I want to take your opinion on something

Call the Police right now. Every time you suspect she has drugs on her, call the Police. Hopefully she'll be locked up. Life is too short to have druggies anywhere near you.

If you only knew what a living hell drug users put their friends and families through you would not think twice about doing this.

When she runs out of money your daughter and your home will be amongst the first targets.

[cailin maith]

Sandy have you thought about maybe talking to your daughters friend.... maybe the threat of you telling parents teachers etc, might just snap her out of it.... or maybe I'm just being too simplistic.... you can't stand by though, you'd have a hard time forgiving yourself if something happened to her.

[SallyAnne]

Shock horror - teenagers take cheap drugs!!!

Oh my god, they'll be having sex before marriage next!!


Sandy, Coke is no big deal, it really isn't. Just let this other lass get on with it. It's none of your business what she gets up to anyway - and you going to the school or her parents will really stitch your daughter up, aswell as this lass.

Most kids do it, most of them are fine. Much like drinking.

[cailin maith]

Shock horror - teenagers take cheap drugs!!!

Oh my god, they'll be having sex before marriage next!!


Sandy, Coke is no big deal, it really isn't. Just let this other lass get on with it. It's none of your business what she gets up to anyway - and you going to the school or her parents will really stitch your daughter up, aswell as this lass.

Most kids do it, most of them are fine. Much like drinking.

Maybe SA is right..... I dunno really, most I have ever done is smoke a bit of weed and even then I wasn't good at it....

Tough decision for you though.

[sasguru]

Didn't David Contractor Junior tell us of his coke, champagne and hookers binges in Shanghai? Sounded like he was having a good time to me

Seriously though, I wouldn't be too shocked at a 17 year old doing a bit of Charlie. Most will grow out of it, the addictive personalities will get hooked to something at some time in their lives no matter what.

[BrilloPad]

I would ask Beaker

[snaw]

Tough one, in my youth I did many things I probably shouldn't have, and generally speaking I had a great time doing them (Hey a bunch of us lived through the 90's, millions of people were/are doing similar stuff every weekend).

Most of the people I know who partook/partake all turned out ok, some of them in very respectable jobs, which no one would associate with drug taking. But there are a couple of casulties - one friend I know has a serious coke problem, then again he earns the kind of money you need to develop a serious coke problem - not a normal thing for most of us.

I don't really have advice as such, but just observations from my own experience which basically is that's in almost all cases I've seen people grow out of it, and even when they're on watever they're not inclined to jump out of buildings or all that stereotypical rubbish. 17 year olds experiment, it's part of life - you might disapprove but if you tell her parents what's that really going to achieve?

[Gonzo]

I would ask Beaker

Keep up at the back, he has already given one of the better answers.

I get wound up by this topic. The complete prohibition approach means that people are uninformed.

The "all drug taking is bad" approach does not ring true, because it isn't, and then the children don't believe anything else you say on the subject.

In my experience there are two types of drug habit -

1. People that love life and are just using them to enhance it
2. People that are trying to escape life

People in the former category can avoid getting into difficulty, but they do have to be careful, we don't equip people with the information to be careful.

I don't have kids, but if I did, I would say this on the subject.

1. Do not inject.
2. Don't get caught.
3. Don't be the one that contacts the dealer because you do not want to be caught distributing the stuff to your mates.
4. Understand the consequences on your behaviour and only use when those consequences will not get you into trouble.
5. Have fun.

Now, I've finished that glass of wine, where's the rest of the bottle.

[bored]

Shock horror - teenagers take cheap drugs!!!

Oh my god, they'll be having sex before marriage next!!


Sandy, Coke is no big deal, it really isn't. Just let this other lass get on with it. It's none of your business what she gets up to anyway - and you going to the school or her parents will really stitch your daughter up, aswell as this lass.

Most kids do it, most of them are fine. Much like drinking.

100% agree with this.