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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 412268"><p style="margin-left: 20px">I just started working at the drug rehab place/mostly with teens/some adults. MOST OF THE teens say they can handle it...they wont get addicted. Yet, many of them are addicted. All of them are in serious trouble (duh!) All with their families, almost all with their schools and most with the law. </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Many mention kids they know who smoke pot and get straight As. Hmmm...well guess what, this kid isn't one of them. AND who knows, the kids they are talking to might be in my facility next year.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">All of them have some denial. Most have serious denial issues. They do not think they have any problems at all. They are sitting there...do not know the month or year, have all F's at school and many have been kicked out, are fighting SERIOUSLY with their parents, have legal issues....etc. yet if you ask them if drugs have caused them any problems they will whole heartedly say "no."</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">My thought is when it comes to drugs....the stuff is illegal. Period. End of story. Hard to find a similar comparison, but would one say "I'll just rob this bank this one time and it wont be an issue later?"</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Perhaps there are some that can use once or twice and never use again. The experimenters. This seems to be relatively normal. Kids will be kids.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Those who use in moderation....I think this is playing with fire.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The cigarette comparisson is a GREAT ONE! I know many people who have told me they just smoke in moderation and a few years down the road, they are smoking all the time. It is playing with fire (literally and figuratively).</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Re: people who say they can "handle" partying with cocaine, etc. now and again....Well, my thought is again...playing with fire and how well are they going to handle it if and when they get busted? How many people are they going to hurt when that situation happens? Kids in foster care. Jobs lost? Money lost. Reputations lost. This is a lose/lose proposition if I ever heard one! (Sorry....just NOT a good idea. Period!)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 412268"] [INDENT]I just started working at the drug rehab place/mostly with teens/some adults. MOST OF THE teens say they can handle it...they wont get addicted. Yet, many of them are addicted. All of them are in serious trouble (duh!) All with their families, almost all with their schools and most with the law. Many mention kids they know who smoke pot and get straight As. Hmmm...well guess what, this kid isn't one of them. AND who knows, the kids they are talking to might be in my facility next year. All of them have some denial. Most have serious denial issues. They do not think they have any problems at all. They are sitting there...do not know the month or year, have all F's at school and many have been kicked out, are fighting SERIOUSLY with their parents, have legal issues....etc. yet if you ask them if drugs have caused them any problems they will whole heartedly say "no." My thought is when it comes to drugs....the stuff is illegal. Period. End of story. Hard to find a similar comparison, but would one say "I'll just rob this bank this one time and it wont be an issue later?" Perhaps there are some that can use once or twice and never use again. The experimenters. This seems to be relatively normal. Kids will be kids. Those who use in moderation....I think this is playing with fire. The cigarette comparisson is a GREAT ONE! I know many people who have told me they just smoke in moderation and a few years down the road, they are smoking all the time. It is playing with fire (literally and figuratively). Re: people who say they can "handle" partying with cocaine, etc. now and again....Well, my thought is again...playing with fire and how well are they going to handle it if and when they get busted? How many people are they going to hurt when that situation happens? Kids in foster care. Jobs lost? Money lost. Reputations lost. This is a lose/lose proposition if I ever heard one! (Sorry....just NOT a good idea. Period!) [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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