Balls, Barbies, and Bongs? Children's Book on Pot

Norules, just because you did not have the selfcontrol/willpower to control your use does not mean everyone is going to have the same problems as you.

Admittedly, I had some real problems with pot during highschool. It wasn't because I couldn't handle it, it was that I didn't know *how* to handle it and regulate my usage in the first place. If someone like a parent or even a friend had educated me on the subject of proper use, possible drug abuse, and harm reduction I think I would have appreciated it and learned that much needed lesson a long time ago.

I have seen many, many, many potsmokers in my life and basically have seen them break down into two groups.

Group A : People who smoke pot all the time and put the drug in front of commitments. Burnouts.

Group B : People who use responsibly and put the drug use off until AFTER their commitments are completed. Recreational users.

It took me a long time to learn that you don't just fall into one catagory, rather you are put there by whatever problemsolving tools that your life has given you. Over four years of smoking *every single day* before I finally caught on that I was abusing the fuck out of this beautiful plant and that in order to use and still have a good time I would have to *regulate*. Now that I have learned to control my urges and put whats really important in front of getting high I can smoke pot and have a great time without feeling like I am doing something wrong. I'm *not*! No difference between a joint and a beer in my mind.

Just like booze, cannabis can be abused as well and that is the message I think kids need to hear a lot more then just 'Don't do that.' ~ I'd like to hear 'If you are going to use drugs, use responsibly." It's naieve to think they won't expiriment just like we did.



You have to give your children the tools to lead a responsible life and deal with the use of drugs. To do otherwise, to take a 'no tolorance' stance just shows how the perpetuation of stale myths and sometimes stright out lies just reinforces uneducated drug use.
 
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Back on topic, this book looks kind of lame in terms of drug education. Who knows though, I haven't had a chance to read it and I won't lay judgement until I do. I'll definitly look for it at my next trip to Barns & Noble. From the few pictures I saw it looks like whoever was writing it was high as a motherfucker ~ I agree with the poster above, you'd have to be high as fuck to go ride your bike in a samurai outfit.
 
Although the pictures may seem abit stupid, bear in mind this book is intended for children. I dont think they are going to care if in reality people dont get dressed up in costumes and ride around on bikes, but rather they will probably be more amused by the interesting pictures. There's a huge amount of childrens books which seem as though the author has gotten extremely baked beforehand. Though the reality of the issue may simply be that its the more creative and imaginative stuff that children enjoy. Sure, they could make the story "correct" and have bland pictures that denote reality alongside pages and pages of facts, but i'd imagine this would put a kid to sleep after half a page. By approaching the issue in the most simplest mannor in the best way imo for a child to begin to understand what the whole issue is about.
 
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