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[john]

that's some hard hitting investigative journalism, darth.

[futile]

Oh my God! Drugs?! DRUGS???!!!! Thats worse than gangbangers right? Quit freaking out folks. Be happy your child isn't being jumped into a gang. Drugs are simple to bypass if your child is EDUCATED about them. Most teens try doing drugs in high school. I tried almost everything under the sun in high school. I enjoyed every minute of it. The only thing I wasn't educated on enough was the increased procrastination factor when one enjoys drugs. This ultimately lowered my grades towards the end of high school. But I turned out just fine in the end. The ones who suffer and end up as junkies are the ones with family issues, and terrible information about these substances.

We have fairly simple problems in this town compared to the rest of the region and state. It was one of the great things about Folsom that convinced me to raise my family here. Embrace your teen's interest in drugs. If you shut them out they will only do it when your back is turned. You don't have to allow any experimentation, but acknowledge that your child is curious and must be informed. There are tons of websites out there to educate yourself if you weren't one of the "experimenters".

http://www.streetdrugs.org/parents.htm

Good luck!

[SunshineServices]

My daughter laughed when I told her this morning. She said he has been doing it for at least 3 years and she was amazed he just now was caught.

Jeff

[chris v]

Many do XTC

OH NOES!!!!

[old soldier]

Oh my God! Drugs?! DRUGS???!!!! Thats worse than gangbangers right? Quit freaking out folks. Be happy your child isn't being jumped into a gang. Drugs are simple to bypass if your child is EDUCATED about them. Most teens try doing drugs in high school. I tried almost everything under the sun in high school. I enjoyed every minute of it. The only thing I wasn't educated on enough was the increased procrastination factor when one enjoys drugs. This ultimately lowered my grades towards the end of high school. But I turned out just fine in the end. The ones who suffer and end up as junkies are the ones with family issues, and terrible information about these substances.

We have fairly simple problems in this town compared to the rest of the region and state. It was one of the great things about Folsom that convinced me to raise my family here. Embrace your teen's interest in drugs. If you shut them out they will only do it when your back is turned. You don't have to allow any experimentation, but acknowledge that your child is curious and must be informed. There are tons of websites out there to educate yourself if you weren't one of the "experimenters".

http://www.streetdrugs.org/parents.htm

Good luck!

what they might do is get a second school mascott. a drug sniffing dog and have a student leader or teacher walk the dog around, since they don't have the policeman anymore

as far as parents embracing the problem, I would leave it to study and not doing drugs as a family

as far as smart kids doing well even while doing drugs, I would bet the smart kids who don't do drugs get higher grades and in my mind the race for success in life begins with how you perform in high school, since good college selection is a growing problem

I have to modify my idea that the person who works the hardest and is straight has more success cause with the new ideas the folks who work hard and make lots of money in the future will have to give it back to the government.

[Andrea V]

Darth, for future reference, you are not allowed to "talk" to my HS daughter about drugs at the gym, or anything for that matter....

creepy.

[Robert Giacometti]

I asked the same question. I was talking to a girl from FHS at a local fitness center and I knew she was straight. I asked how could all these kids do drugs but still pull A's and do well. She said they were smart kids and as soon as tests were done it was off to drug land or drinking at lunch time. Her guesstimates were something like 50% smoke cigarettes, as many drink on the weekends and a lot drink off campus at lunch. Many do XTC or smoke pot and the growing fad was prescription pills.

There needs to be some undercover operation done to find out the real story.

How do you know for sure she is straight? Can FHS students go off campus for lunch?

[Darthvader]

Darth, for future reference, you are not allowed to "talk" to my HS daughter about drugs at the gym, or anything for that matter....

creepy.

Don't worry, I already know your daughter won't be my type.

[Andrea V]

Don't worry, I already know your daughter won't be my type.

thank god

[Darthvader]

How do you know for sure she is straight? Can FHS students go off campus for lunch?

She was non-American and just from the way she spoke about it I was certain she wasn't in that crowd. She more enjoyed bring the designated driver. Yes, a DD for high school kids. I don't know if they are allowed to leave or not but I'm sure some do.

[chris v]

Don't worry, I already know your daughter won't be my type.

I am very disturbed by this statement... so the high school girl you were talking to is your type? Gross...

[Darthvader]

I am very disturbed by this statement... so the high school girl you were talking to is your type? Gross...

As weird a it may be to a couple home-bodies like you and your wife who never leave the house and only communicate thru this forum be aware people can talk to each other out in the real world and they can do it in a manner that is respectful.

You both have gutter minds plain and simple.

[chris v]

As weird a it may be to a couple home-bodies like you and your wife who never leave the house and only communicate thru this forum be aware people can talk to each other out in the real world and they can do it in a manner that is respectful.

You both have gutter minds plain and simple.

You are so funny. I really don't get the home bodies thing... you really are very clueless. If I saw some dude talking to my teenage daughter... I'd be pissed.

[Darthvader]

You are so funny.

I wish I could say the same for you.