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Kids and drugs part 5 |
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by lexiw  (January 2007) (rank 11th) |
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These are my experiences and my suggestions I hope they help.
I smoked cigarettes and marijuanna, I also drank a bit of alcohol. The drugs were the worst of it for me though or so I thought. Normally when people are mixing marijuanna to smoke they do it with
tobacco. I used to do this and all of my friends did the same. It makes the drugs last longer and gives an added spin to the drug. While I smoked marijuanna I didn't smoke that many cigarettes I didn't feel the need as it was already in the drugs I was smoking.
When I gave up the drugs I found that I smoked alot more cigarettes at one stage I was smoking a pack of fifties a day. It is really one of the most disgusting, addictive drugs that there are and it is the one that is legal. I now don't do either and my body tells me thank you everyday.
My point is that if you suspect that your child is smoking marijuanna you will more than likely find that they are also smoking cigarettes.( but that dosn't necassarily mean that if you find cigarettes that they are smoking pot) Don't think that because of the laws that children can't get cigarettes in australia all they need to do is get someone over eighteen to go in and but them. This happens everyday. I got called quite a few nasty names by teens, who wanted me to buy for them, and I said NO!
Do not be to harsh on your child if you do find out that they are smoking cigarettes because it will only make them rebel and smoke more. Sit them down and calmy talk to them about it. Ask why they started and show them the effects that smoking does have. I say show them because showing them has more effect than telling them. If you just tell them it is really easy for them to just switch off and pretend they are not listening. Do not try to force them to give up as that could only lead to them doing it more. They need to know the things they are doing to their bodies by smoking, then if they still decide to keep doing it tell them that you are not going to help them get their smokes in any way. If they want any money from that point on they really have to earn it.
Money that parents give freely just makes it easier to get the things that you don't want them to do. If the have to work hard for any money the get it will make them appreciate it more and steer them away from wasting it.
