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WeedMyLips

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I just stumbled across this childen's book that is designed to explain marijuana to children via a picture book. At first it seems kind of funny, but when you really start to think about it, this is what drug education should be.

Here's the link to the site this book in it's entirety can be found/baught. This may be one way to answer that nagging question, "How do I explain pot to my kids?".

http://www.justaplant.com/index.html
 
Papaver Somniferum, Nicotiana Rustica, and Coca are "just plant(s)" too (sequels maybe?). I agree with Zzyzx, this book just looks stupid. Why is that guy wearing a sergeant pepper's lonely hearts band outfit anyway?
 
I think this is a good way to teach kids, as opposed to other methods people have used before. We all remember Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, where kids were either just mesmorized by their favorite cartoon idols, or grew up to find it funny as hell (like myself) and becomes stoner humor. If we just teach kids to make their own decisions, but to open their eyes to the possibilities, it would do a lot more good than bad, as opposed to scaring them to not do it, which has presented us with negative results
 
I strongly (and respectfully) disagree with you OP.

We shouldn't have "drug education" at all. It should be up to the parents, not the danged guv'mint, to decide how their children will be educated about drugs. And, quite frankly, my personal views notwithstanding, if I had children I wouldn't want them smoking pot. Sure it's not all *that* bad but it doesn't offer much benefit either, and it can be *very* bad for some people.

Besides, so what if it's a plant? Cocaine is natural. So are morphine and nicotine. Not to mention all the just plain poisons that can be found in nature.

Frankly that book and its hippie-dippie "it's all good" self-indulgent message bug me just as much, maybe even moreso, as the "pot will make you into a crackwhore" ones.
 
i actually just read the little preview thing on the site you gave me and its fucking hilarious !

lol . Just the way she goes to these 3 black guys and says "your smoking marijuana " and they get arrested haha

yeah its a funny book eh ?
 
looks like a fucking stupid book. i would definitely not advocate smoking pot around children, much less telling them it's ok to smoke it when they grow up. any form of drug use (legal or not) should be discouraged. the author is an irresponsible prick.
 
Fohat said:
I strongly (and respectfully) disagree with you OP.

We shouldn't have "drug education" at all. It should be up to the parents, not the danged guv'mint, to decide how their children will be educated about drugs.
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I agree that the book has a pretty pro-pot bias, but drug education isnt up to the parents as it is. The kids are being taught by the government with an anti-pot/drug bias by demonizing it and spreading misinformation.

I think they need to be taught on nuetral ground with true and fact based information
 
So most think the book is dumb fair enough - I thought it was hilirious too not sure if I would bring it out for bed time stories with my son but really couldn't believe there was a book like this...most kids just get told drugs are bad dont' touch them ........drug education is getting bigger in schools but at the end of the day if your a teenager wants to try they will ....
 
Fohat said:
I strongly (and respectfully) disagree with you OP.

We shouldn't have "drug education" at all. It should be up to the parents, not the danged guv'mint, to decide how their children will be educated about drugs. And, quite frankly, my personal views notwithstanding, if I had children I wouldn't want them smoking pot. Sure it's not all *that* bad but it doesn't offer much benefit either, and it can be *very* bad for some people.

Besides, so what if it's a plant? Cocaine is natural. So are morphine and nicotine. Not to mention all the just plain poisons that can be found in nature.

Frankly that book and its hippie-dippie "it's all good" self-indulgent message bug me just as much, maybe even moreso, as the "pot will make you into a crackwhore" ones.
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Yeah I agree, just because its natural doesn't mean shit. Synthetic chemicals (LSD/Psychs) can be harmless too, a chemical is a chemical no matter if its from a natural source or synthetic.

I also agree the book is dumb, kids should find out on their own. Not everyone is like me though, I researched weed before I started smoking and I basically know the most about weed probably in my whole school lol. I also researched other drugs especially psychs because they too interest me.
 
If I ever had the misfortune of having children (I pray to any god who will listen that I don't) I would never want them near enough to pot to even know what it smells like, let alone know what it is. There is a much better way to educate children about drugs, sadly this book is not it. Until a final solution comes along I believe that america will continue it's same approach to drug education. When I was in 6th grade I was enrolled in the D.A.R.E. program. They showed us a cartoon to get us to stay away from drugs. Two little kids somehow found themselves in an evil drug filled version of wonderland and a cocaine addicted white rabbit tempted them with every drug imaginable. Of course these children were stupid enough to say "NO!". The rabbit did cartoon cocaine off of a mirror. This just made me want to do drugs. If a child sees a cartoon character doing drugs I don't see why they wouldn't then want to go do drugs. In cartoons everything looks fun, even falling off a cliff or getting blown to pieces by dynamite.
 
buzzmarlie said:
I think this is a good way to teach kids, as opposed to other methods people have used before. We all remember Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, where kids were either just mesmorized by their favorite cartoon idols, or grew up to find it funny as hell (like myself) and becomes stoner humor. If we just teach kids to make their own decisions, but to open their eyes to the possibilities, it would do a lot more good than bad, as opposed to scaring them to not do it, which has presented us with negative results
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LMAO I remember that!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jivU-4xv7aw

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon_All-Stars_to_the_Rescue
 
MistaJeff said:
If I ever had the misfortune of having children (I pray to any god who will listen that I don't) I would never want them near enough to pot to even know what it smells like, let alone know what it is. There is a much better way to educate children about drugs, sadly this book is not it. Until a final solution comes along I believe that america will continue it's same approach to drug education. When I was in 6th grade I was enrolled in the D.A.R.E. program. They showed us a cartoon to get us to stay away from drugs. Two little kids somehow found themselves in an evil drug filled version of wonderland and a cocaine addicted white rabbit tempted them with every drug imaginable. Of course these children were stupid enough to say "NO!". The rabbit did cartoon cocaine off of a mirror. This just made me want to do drugs. If a child sees a cartoon character doing drugs I don't see why they wouldn't then want to go do drugs. In cartoons everything looks fun, even falling off a cliff or getting blown to pieces by dynamite.
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Haha I totally remember that! I was already very (perhaps unhealthily) curious about drugs by 10 and D.A.R.E. just piqued my interest even more. I was fascinated by the idea that you could take some sort of chemical into your body and it would change how you behaved, thought, felt, and looked at the world. Would it make me a different person? How could I radically change my psychology and still be me? Could I control myself while on drugs? What would they feel like? How could I suddenly find things funnier, or feel happier, or more energetic? In fact it developed into a real obsession by age 11 or so. It's really a miracle I never started experimenting with dangerous stuff like opiates or bennies (though I was such a nerd I wasn't offered any drugs until 14).

If I ever have kids (which I hope I will!) my message on weed will be very simple. To quote Stan's dad from South Park: "You see, the truth is Stanley that smoking pot can make you feel alright with being bored, and you may wake up one day to find that you haven't accomplished much with your life." That's really the best and most honest summation of pot, for me, and I'm pretty sure that if someone had just told me that I wouldn't have gotten so into drugs.
 
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