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[quote=Anonymous]I smoked weed in college (along with most of America) and occasionally afterwards. Gave it up about 8 years ago, had two sons, and decided to take it back up again six months ago. Once every week or two, I step outside and have a smoke after the kids are in bed (though I'm not opposed to doing it while they're awake). I've successfully tended to their occasional needs. I'm a bit high, not blitzed.

I'm done pretending there's anything wrong with it. Done. All my friends can have their two glasses of wine, their cigarettes, their cosmos...I can have my weed. And no, I don't care that it's illegal. I refuse to go along with the hysteria any longer. Everyone with half a brain knows it's safer than alcohol or cigarettes. Far less violence, sickness, death, and addiction related to marijuana than the LEGAL drugs (and alcohol IS a drug). This is my choice.

And yes, I'm sure my kids will figure it out someday. I'm sure your kids will see you drinking wine, yes? I'll explain exactly what I explained here: it's relatively safe, it's safer than alcohol, you should use it occasionally, safely, not drive, and ENJOY. Stay away from the 15 beers you'll be tempted to drink at a fraternity party and get high instead. And yes, I deeply hope my sons will choose not to drink or smoke cigarettes. I hope they will make smart choices; not what the law has decided is smart for them. Because when my cousin David was murdered by a drunk driver, he had come from a legal bar handing out legal drugs. But I can't get stoned in my house and eat too many cheetos. And I just can't make sense of that.[/quote]

I read everyone's responses and decided to talk with my sister. She has worked with Child Protective Services here in DC for going on 6 years now. She started doing investigations and now is a supervisor with the agency. She has been through the wringer for the past 6 years and I admire her a great deal. She is not a marijuana user but occasionally drinks.

I asked her: you get called to a home for a possession case. Let's say the parent has 1/8th of an ounce for personal use. Tell me what you'd do. Here's what she had to say:

"If the marijuana is sitting on the table, that's bad. If it's put away in a dresser drawer, that's better. Basically if it's simple possession, I'm going to check the school records to make sure kids are going to school regularly and on time (i.e.: you're not sleeping in every day because you're stoned and kids don't make it to school). I'm going to check medical records to make sure kids are getting regular checkups. I may get a test for them to see if they have any in their system, but that's only going to happen if other risk factors are suspicious.

Other than a situation where the kids are SMOKING with their parents, there's gross negligence, there's medical negligence, there's educational negligence, then I'm never removing the kids for possession. If it seems like the parents are being careless with the marijuana, leaving it out somewhere, or letting the kids be mildly affected (i.e.: seeing the parents stoned, seeing them smoke, etc.), I may substantiate for "substance abuse impacts parenting" and you'd go on a list which would make it impossible to adopt or become a foster parent. The children would not be removed in that case.

Most of my families, even when there's marijuana involved, have a much bigger problem with alcohol."

I hope that's helpful![/quote]

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