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Son Gets Marijuana for Doing Homework
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| 9 12 06
| Associated Press
Posted on 09/12/2006 11:14:43 AM PDT by freepatriot32
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To: msnimje
"Except for the legality issue, this is no different from the thousands, maybe millions, of parents who give their kids Ritalin everyday so they will do their homework."
You must not know much about these drugs. Most are given in the morning, so by the time homework comes around, they are no longer working.
To: freepatriot32
In my house, homework was generally motivated not so much by what mom would give us if we did it, but by what dad would give us if we didn't!
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posted on
09/12/2006 11:27:14 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: half-cajun
You must not know much about these drugs. Most are given in the morning, so by the time homework comes around, they are no longer working.
Actually I know quite a lot about them. But you missed the larger point of my comment.
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posted on
09/12/2006 11:27:39 AM PDT
by
msnimje
(What part of-- "DEATH TO AMERICA" --do the Democrats not understand?)
To: Lunatic Fringe
I wonder if is written assigments were even readable. Recall the anti-drug commercial where the student goes from what he thought he wrote to what he actually wrote?
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posted on
09/12/2006 11:28:14 AM PDT
by
SoldierDad
(Proud Father of an American Soldier)
To: freepatriot32
The only problem with this scenario? A doctor didn't write a prescription and Big Pharm didn't get a cut.
To: msnimje
Well then you know that most of these drugs are given in the morning. And your larger point was what?
To: msnimje
This is a ridiculous statement. As a parent of a child who had many attention problems in school, she was given Ritalin. It helped her to focus and to retain her friends, when their parents were telling them "Stay away from her, or you'll get in trouble, too."
We had the benefit of a psychologist who saw she showed signs of depression because of her feeling "different." Thankfully we also had a school counselor in elementary school who helped her and other children realize they were able to focus by various other means, so she didn't feel she was different.
We have relatives of a child with this problem, and they did not turn to Ritalin. He went on to become an alcoholic and a criminal, and has screwed up his own son.
Please consider that others may have unselfish reasons for seeking treatment as we did.
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posted on
09/12/2006 11:30:27 AM PDT
by
Iluvpopcrn
(Karen)
To: msnimje
Actually, Ritalin and other ADHD/ADD medications are used to ehance a child's focus and attention while in school. The predominate prescription used is a time-release formula which wears off by the end of the school day. Parents rarely give another dose in the evening as the effect of the med keeps them from sleeping.
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posted on
09/12/2006 11:31:25 AM PDT
by
SoldierDad
(Proud Father of an American Soldier)
To: freepatriot32
Oh wow, your honor .. like .. y'know I have this glocoma thing? .. an' ..... No, wait ... it's like ...um .... I got this problem with ... um ........ uhhhhhhhhh ....... uuuuhhhhhhh ... my kid does his homework? ... like .... and uuuhhhhhhh.....um .............your honor, sirrrrrrrrr .........uuhhhhhhhhh ....like this kid I got, see .. like ... he needs help, y'know? ... and .......uhhhhhhhh ... I .. um ......... like .........help him ....y'know?
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posted on
09/12/2006 11:31:50 AM PDT
by
knarf
(Sevices for my lost, now considered deceased, tagline at 2 PM .. all welcome.)
To: SoldierDad
I wonder if is written assigments were even readable. Recall the anti-drug commercial where the student goes from what he thought he wrote to what he actually wrote? Ergo, the reason for doing the homework FIRST
Duh!
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posted on
09/12/2006 11:32:34 AM PDT
by
Experiment 6-2-6
(Admn Mods: tiny, malicious things that glare and gibber from dark corners.They have pins and dolls..)
To: Joe 6-pack
"In my house, homework was generally motivated not so much by what mom would give us if we did it, but by what dad would give us if we didn't!"
Well she uses the carrot, your dad used the stick. Just different routes to the same goal. You can't be judgmental about these things.
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posted on
09/12/2006 11:35:29 AM PDT
by
MPJackal
("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
To: Iluvpopcrn
This is a ridiculous statement.
With that lead sentence I refuse to the read the rest of your's so I have no idea if you have any valid points.
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posted on
09/12/2006 11:35:32 AM PDT
by
msnimje
(What part of-- "DEATH TO AMERICA" --do the Democrats not understand?)
To: msnimje
Except that your larger point has nothing to do with this story. Ritalin, when properly prescribed has a positive effect on the child suffering from ADD/ADHD. When inproperly prescribed (given when the child does not have one of these disorders) can have a somewhat smaller positive effect on the child (greater focus, but not to the degree you find with a child properly diagnosed). On the other hand, allowing your child to smoke Marijuana or use other illegal drugs had no positive effect whatsoever, and can have very detrimental effects. So, your point was, again?
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posted on
09/12/2006 11:36:10 AM PDT
by
SoldierDad
(Proud Father of an American Soldier)
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posted on
09/12/2006 11:37:13 AM PDT
by
harwood
(Ann Coulter: Future SCOTUS nominee!)
To: half-cajun
And your larger point was what?
Drugging a child is drugging a child.
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posted on
09/12/2006 11:37:19 AM PDT
by
msnimje
(What part of-- "DEATH TO AMERICA" --do the Democrats not understand?)
To: Experiment 6-2-6
Oh, yeah, I forgot. There is noooooo long term effects from using marijuana (not). Anyone else recall those classmates in high school who smoked a lot of dope and received the highest grades in school?/sarc
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posted on
09/12/2006 11:38:32 AM PDT
by
SoldierDad
(Proud Father of an American Soldier)
To: freepatriot32
Okay, besides being illegal, that strikes me as defeating the entire purpose of studying.
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posted on
09/12/2006 11:39:19 AM PDT
by
RichInOC
("I wonder what Great Dane tastes like....")
To: freepatriot32
If he did extra credit, did he get crystal meth?
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posted on
09/12/2006 11:40:04 AM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: msnimje
Except for the legality issue, this is no different from the thousands, maybe millions, of parents who give their kids Ritalin everyday so they will do their homework.Incorrect. One is a reward, the other is probably a misguided attempt to make it possible to do the homework.
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posted on
09/12/2006 11:41:58 AM PDT
by
Protagoras
(Lay down with dogs, get up with fleas)
To: msnimje
"Drugging a child is drugging a child."
I guess these several posts to you describing the benefits of providing the drug to children who need it are having no effect on you. I don't believe that I will be able to offer anything other than what they have already offered, so never mind.
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