If I ever have kids - and that’s a big if, it goes as follows, and not necessarily in this order…
1. Booze - it’s truly the devil. All drugs on this list are bad but this one just seems to suck the soul away little bit, by little bit. Tough to quit. Probably does the most physical damage, tbh. It stunts human development.
2. Heroin - really just anything IV…because there is no such thing as casual, moderated use.
3. Crack Cocaine - the social connotations are obvious. If he/she is going to experiment with cocaine and come to the conclusion that it’s a sketchy drug I just hope they stick with the powdered form. At least, for the most part powdered, insulflated use of cocaine is a social event and can be moderated. While casual crack use is possibly more common than casual IV heroin usage it still brings up the mental image of three days in a seedy motel with shady people - exactly where I found myself the first time I “accidentally“ smoked cochise.
4. Cigarettes - nasty, they make you smell, cause cancer, very hard to quit, social stigma. Also, if I catch them smoking one I’m going to be so stressed it’ll make me want one


5. Methamphetamine - more so IV use but, the social stigma is bad and, I’ll just say it - just stick to regular amphetamines to get shit done, kids.
Above all I just hope that they’re is open communication between my children and I. I hope they feel they can talk to me about these things so we can have open dialogue and I can share my honest feedback. How can I give nonjudgemental guidance if they don’t feel safe to come to me?
I didn’t feel like I could go to my parents as a kid, and I ended up trying all of it. To be fair, to my parent‘s credit it was probably more the fact I already knew the answer to the questions I would have asked.
“Mom I’m thinking about smoking some crack this weekend. Watcha think?”
Just now, at the age of 40 am I comfortable speaking to my parents about my past and current drug use. It’s also just now that I realize how absurd and reckless so much of it was.
Stay safe, friends.