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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both of my kids are athletes and have goals for their HS sports

So the threat of "you MIGHT DIE!" would get a laugh.

But the fact (not even a threat, just a basic cause/effect type of scenario) of "if you get caught, you will be off your team.  and it won't be my decision; that is coach's policy.  there will be nothing I could do to stop it" is enough to keep them on the straight and narrow

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If you want to tie it to sports, maybe talk to them about Len Bias, the Georgetown University basketball star who died after trying cocaine one time (allegedly). I was in middle school in DC at the time, and it scared me silly. I've never tried drugs beyond pot (which I tried a few times and hated). My kids are a little young, but I'm definitely going to start talking to both of them about what to look out for--and to know that they can always call us and we will pick them up, no questions asked. That's what my parents did--I remember my dad picking me up at some crazy high school parties and never saying anything. Fentanyl is so scary to me and I need to figure out how to talk to the older one pretty soon. 
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I think the problem is that that the threat (it only takes 1 time!!!!) won't align with their experiences.  Bc they'll see kids that do cocaine.  And they don't die.  And they'll see that over and over again.  So then its easy to dismiss the parent as exaggerating and hysterical.  And then the danger of the drug is essentially gone.

So it has to be a more legitimate and honestly, realistic, consequence.[/quote]

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