I have a close friend who drugs his kids so they can function in school. Having little experience with drugging children, I asked more questions and learned that his children only have to be drugged during the school year. In the summers, somehow, miraculously, outside the burden of school, they get along just fine being drug free. He explains they have trouble focusing. Really? Which one has difficulty focusing? The one who will work for hours to get a particular move just right in one of the many sports he loves or the one who can sit for hours with an incredible gift for making movies about topics of interest and passion?
He justified it this way. "Well, I asked my children. I leave it up to them. If they say they want the drugs, I let them have them. I want my children to be happy and I want to give them what they need to do best." I believe that's what he wants. I believe he should help his children have lives that do not make drugs the preferred method of existence.
The War on Drugs
When given the option of drugs or food, what do you think a mouse would choose? The conclusion of one study found drugs was the answer. In fact the mice, took drugs to the point of death providing a great case validating why we had to take the war on drugs so seriously. Ah, but research has a funny way of giving you the answers you are looking for. Another study was done later with a very different result. In this study, the mice choose food and life over drugs and death.
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He justified it this way. "Well, I asked my children. I leave it up to them. If they say they want the drugs, I let them have them. I want my children to be happy and I want to give them what they need to do best." I believe that's what he wants. I believe he should help his children have lives that do not make drugs the preferred method of existence.
The War on Drugs
When given the option of drugs or food, what do you think a mouse would choose? The conclusion of one study found drugs was the answer. In fact the mice, took drugs to the point of death providing a great case validating why we had to take the war on drugs so seriously. Ah, but research has a funny way of giving you the answers you are looking for. Another study was done later with a very different result. In this study, the mice choose food and life over drugs and death.