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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think drugs have always been a lot more prevalent than parents know. When I was in high school (early 2000s) probably a good 70% of students did some form of drugs and probably 99% of their parents either did not know or even if they suspected had a "don't ask don't tell" policy as long as they kept their grades up.

Obviously the vast majority of those students were only doing pot or alcohol but a decent number (maybe 20%) were doing hallucinogens, and a handful of kids got into heroin and other hard drugs. Cocaine wasn't super popular at my public school but the private school kids loved it. I couldn't tell you a percentage or anything but every private school party I went to had cocaine in some amount. St. Albans and Landon were the notorious coke schools but that might have changed in the past 25 years.

If you do decide to give your kids drug tests,[b] I'd recommend letting them know explicitly that occasional pot use is fine[/b]. Otherwise they're just going to circumvent the test entirely (synthetic urine is readily available and easily fools home drug tests) and you will be no better off than not testing. If they know they're not going to get in trouble for a little pot you'll be way more likely to get honest test results.

That being said, drug testing should be an absolute last resort only used if you have good reason to suspect they're using dangerous drugs. It will destroy any credibility and goodwill you have with your kids and put you into an adversarial relationship with them that will likely never recover.  [/quote]

Absolutely NO pot is "fine"[/quote]

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