Parents, smell your teenage son's clothing today

A good question Luftinarr. I am sure that if the police showed up all the kids would have scattered. Time to bust out that camcorder with the telephoto lens I guess

 

they are pretty johnny-on-the-spot around here- we had an issue with some kids harrassing us late at night and we called the non emergency nmbr and within 10 minutes an officer was at our door.

 

Not worth a call to the cops. The main problem is it's illegal so they should just be smart enough not to do it in a place so obviously close to houses and whatnot.

If I were you and it really concerned me I'd just yell out at them and scare the Beejeesuz out of 'em. Even tell them the cops are on their way which of course would be a fib but I bet you'd get a chuckle watching them run.

Brandon

 

I'm a parent of two kids, I think it is totally worth it! I would want my son or daughter to get caught. I would want my neighbor to tell me. As a teenager, I had tons of opportunities to try 'stuff' and I was strong enough to say "no thanks" and walk away. I only hope I can teach my kids and instill the same principle.

 

That's your decision... we do not agree though.

I do not smoke pot but I know it is far safer then alcohol. I also do not drink, but one is legal and the other not. I'd rather have stoned kids eating fast food then drunk kids getting in violent fights or horrible crashes.

Brandon

 

Plenty of stoned people drive and crash too. That is why they changed it from Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) to Driving Under the Influence (DUI).

Andthe stereotype of eating fast food isn't the only result, there are plenty of other unsavory and seedy aspects to smoking pot. It also leads a majority to try more powerful drugs.

 

Pot is illegal for everyone and I would love to see the studies that show pot as safer than alcohol. If they were my kids, I definitely would want to know and if they were busted by the cops and cuffed and stuffed, even better.

 

Sure there are plenty of unsavory and seedy aspects to smoking pots? It being a gateway drug though has largely been dismissed. If not... what do you all say about caffeine then? Others have pointed out that as a gateway drug.

I'm just saying, if you are going to crack down on this at least have the foresight to know that quite a large of them are out drinking often.

Also I'd be more worried about the number of teenagers in this area ab/using narcotics, namely oxycontin.

My thoughts... ::shrugs::

Brandon

 

Time Magazine : Pot: Safer then Alcohol?
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,838231-1,00.html

BBC Article
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/58013.stm

And one more that obviously leads to the marijuana but is still a good resource with a much used chart.
http://www.safercolorado.org/safer-doc

Anyway, I'm about to leave work but just do some research. Alcohol is physically addicting, able to be overdosed on, and has sometimes lethal withdrawal effects.

My thoughts again.

Brandon

P.S. Again, I neither smoke pot nor do I drink. Not saying I didn't in the past but I prefer to be informed and to look at things from all sides.

 

it is ALL worth being concerned about- i don't find one being more important than the other as far as addictive properties and damage goes. except that mary jane is still illegal so that adds a whole new wrinkle to it.

addiction is also largely based on your genes- that's why some peole can drink theri whole lives or smoke pot and never have an issue, and other smoke pot once and suddenly can't live without it. addictive personalities also play a role in whether you dabblein it or become consumed by it.

 

Oxycontin, HA. They are not even doing that unless they have a large habit. Most teens that are going down that road usually start off with over the counter stuff. I won't go into the details, but If you see 3 or 4 teens all buying decongestant or cough suppressants, chances are they aren't sick.

 

I agree, alcohol is much more dangerous than pot.

 

Ah, but the medicine is not. That's why I think the stores should monitor the sell of that kinda of stuff more stringently.

 

I think most drug stores are doing a pretty good job. I know that a lot of the "abused" drugs are now kept behind the counter. Being decades past being a teenager, I have no problems buying these OTC drugs.

What happens when a 15 year old walks up to the counter and wants to buy one of these OCT products? Do they ask for ID, do they flatly refuse to sell to minors?

 

Oxycontin is in no way related to decongestant or cough suppressants. I believe you are thinking of DXM with is a dissociative in the same league of drugs as ketamine and PCP.

Oxy on the other hand is a narcotic. Essentially the same as percocet except it does not have the acetaminophen.

And yea... sorry for the derail. The fact is kids are going to do what they are.... just try to be wise on it and look out for changes in their behavior and follow up on their nightly plans and where they are going.

Brandon

 

I know what Oxy is, how it works, and what family of semi-synthetic opiate it derives from. I was just pointing out that most teens, unless they have a large habitual addiction do not use it when there are readily available substitutes to use that will closely simulate the same effect. Oxy along with percocet is is highly controlled extremely difficult to get a hold of, unless someone has contacts that are nefarious or unscrupulous that have access to this narcotic.

 

So someone asked earlier in this thread if the Loudoun police would show up quickly enough to catch those offenders in the act....... I have to say, yes they would. We had a similar situation happening right outside of our bedroom window one evening while we lived over in the Van Metre apartments. It was a remote area of the parking lot and several teens had gathered to drink, smoke pot and participate in a "rainbow party" in the back of a pickup truck (if you don't know what it is, look it up--it happens right here in our community!!). I explained in detail what I was wittnessing when I called the non-emergency number, and in less than 10 minutes, at least two cars responded and the officers got out and walked back to this particular lot on foot so they could take the group by surprise and follow the few who tried to escape into the nearby woods.

What was even better, imo, was how they handled the situation. They sat the kids down in a line on the curb and made them, one-by-one, call their parents. If they refused, they were handcuffed and put in the back of a cruiser. The ones who cooperated were picked up by their parents and, believe me, from the yelling I heard out of the parents, all of those kids appeared to be in for an evening of punishment far worse than a night in jail.

I was very appreciative of the fact that these officers waited patiently for the parents to arrive. It was very, very late for teenagers to be out roaming (it was at least 2 a.m. when I made the call!). In fact, from what I did overhear, a few of the girls in particular we only 13!!!!! That scares me. My child is not quite at this age, but will be soon. So I ask, please, please call the non-emergency line if there are teens or pre-teens gathering to participate in these self-destructive acts. One day my child may be one of them. I hope not, I'll do my best to prevent it as a parent, as I'm sure we all do. But I want to know.

 

I've called the non-E number 3 times and in each case the Deputy responded with appropriate swiftness.

Regardless of the drug being used it will impair (impare?) the kids' judgement and they may end up doing something really stupid & deadly. You make think you are hasseling the police, the kids may pour out their hate over it, but at least they'll make it thru another night alive.