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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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Same about len bias. Also, a friend’s dad died of a heart attack in his 30s. I found out many years later that he had a cocaine induced heart attack. Such a waste. [/quote]

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