tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857216796720971555.post2827750781254831239..comments2024-03-27T18:06:06.369-07:00Comments on Mary's Blog: Ann Widdecombe's advice to parents who found spliffs in their son's bedroomMary O'Reganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111088825250138537noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857216796720971555.post-72533453505869344672010-11-19T13:28:09.674-08:002010-11-19T13:28:09.674-08:00As Maria mentioned, the first thing we are taught ...As Maria mentioned, the first thing we are taught in a psychology class while talking about the effects of pot is that it is linked to schizophrenia.When my friend smokes with her friend, she says she starts getting afraid thinking he is gonna kill her. The guy is a normal guy, not a killer or anything, they are friends the rest of the time, but only when she smokes she starts getting really scared! and the sad thing is, when I mentioned in an exam to be accepted as a mentor FOR KIDS, where you're supposed to be a role model, that I have no idea what marijuana smells like (because I was raised in a conservative country, where nobody smokes pot in public), or comes in contact with others shortly after, the other mentors, and even the PEOPLE ASKING THE QUESTIONS, laughed at me, as if it is WRONG not to have experience with marijuana!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857216796720971555.post-86836960833956335192010-11-09T06:03:28.646-08:002010-11-09T06:03:28.646-08:00Superb advice Miss Widdecombe! You are quite right...Superb advice Miss Widdecombe! You are quite right about the health risks. Thank goodness at least someone in the public eye has the common sense and courage to speak out about such issues.Simonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857216796720971555.post-67658083744543110102010-11-08T16:43:03.758-08:002010-11-08T16:43:03.758-08:00I've seen so many cases where young men with c...I've seen so many cases where young men with casual pot habits 'mysteriously' develop szchizophrenia, and it's heartbreaking.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00793291964836599064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857216796720971555.post-50128555945005904602010-11-08T08:07:51.513-08:002010-11-08T08:07:51.513-08:00Way to go Ann!Way to go Ann!Jackie Parkes MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16693505024823229152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857216796720971555.post-19065288442136080892010-11-08T08:03:51.474-08:002010-11-08T08:03:51.474-08:00Elizabethy, You could be an agony aunt for people ...Elizabethy, You could be an agony aunt for people with big families, or you could advice people on family matters because of your own experience in raising children.<br /><br />As a teenager, I knew that cannibis was one thing that I would always avoid because I knew someone with chronic addiction to 'pot'/'grass' when I was growing up.Mary O'Reganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06111088825250138537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857216796720971555.post-68110517589024507122010-11-08T07:50:07.925-08:002010-11-08T07:50:07.925-08:00Great advice. Fortunately, I never had to deal wit...Great advice. Fortunately, I never had to deal with my kids doing drugs. One smoked cigarettes as a teen for about six months, then gave it up. He wanted to appear older than his fourteen years because he was at college already, but when he realized that people knew, anyway, he stopped. Thank God! We made him smoke only outside, anyway -- that gets old. Our kids never asked for that kind of privacy, but then we had many kids, and they slept two to a room -- maybe there was an advantage we never considered in that! :)Elizabeth Mahlouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00334700057953625321noreply@blogger.com