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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][/quote][b][/b][/quote]I think it sends a very mixed message when you tell your teen one drug is acceptable to experiment with but another is not.  When I was young, I had friends whose parents had the idea that if they gave their kids a safe space to drink, then they wouldn't experiment with other things.  But those kids are the kids who experimented with everything!

[b]My parents drilled the idea in my mind that experimenting with any drug opened up the door for lots of trouble, because honestly, you don't know how you will react.  I never experimented with pot.  I didn't drink as a teen.  I didn't do any of that stuff, not because my parents were strict, but because they were pretty clear that that is a road you don't want to go down. [/b] [/quote]

This is me, 100%.  In part because of my parents' clear message, I saw it as an unnecessary risk.  Sure, there was a chance I could try pot and be just fine.  But there was also a chance it could pique my interest in harder drugs or put me in a situation where I could end up with a criminal record.

Even then, I knew the odds of an ok outcome were probably far better than the odds of the bad outcome, but to me it just wasn't a risk worth taking.  I give my parents a lot of credit in this department.  They didn't talk down to me or threaten me.  They were just very clear about how they saw things, and the risk/reward piece of things resonated.

Same with alcohol, by the way.  I didn't touch it in high school, even though many of my friends were drinking around me.  Again, just didn't seem worth it (less because of a concern about addiction or arrest and more because of a concern about impaired judgment and poor decision making while drunk.)  For me, the "just say no" bright line approach worked beautifully.  
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