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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I heard kids joking about drugs I would shut that down right there and say that in real life, it’s not funny. People die, and their parents are left sobbing, their siblings fall apart, and their grandparents are so stressed they die early.

I also would start much earlier than the teen years talking about how you don’t know what’s in something and how your brain can be affected. We don’t do enough education on that.

[b]I’d have them watch a show or two, or documentary, about kids dying from drugs. I’d have their doctor talk to them at every checkup.

If I had a teenager who I thought would be a risk taker or who hung out with friends that I didn’t know well, I’d drug test them regularly. I know a family where the teens told their parents that because they knew they would be drug tested regularly, they always said no to substances with that explanation, and it worked. [/b]

The role playing is exactly right, and teach them to stand up for themselves.[/quote]

I'll be honest.  I feel like this is all really bad advice.

First, the loss of trust with a parent.  You want to be their partner in navigating these scenarios.  Not some heavy-handed enforcement type.

Also, at that age, especially boys, they feel invincible.  The concept of death is too big to be an actual deterrent.  So it has to be something like "they'll kick you off the soccer team" or "it makes you smell weird and girls won't like you" or "that senior trip will be cancelled"[/quote]

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