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Most moms and dads think nothing of sipping a glass of wine at the family dinner table. Now that lighting up a joint in the Evergreen State should no more raise alarm than an after-work gin and tonic, will parents take the same no-big-deal attitude toward both? As moms and dads figure out how to negotiate marijuana's transition from illegal drug to just another ho-hum way to unwind, TIME sought advice from experts on how to incorporate pot into parenting (the full magazine story is available to subscribers here). 'In some families, it's possible for parents to drink alcohol or smoke marijuana or both and still have their teens make good decisions,' says Roger Roffman, a professor emeritus of social work at the University of Washington (UW) who has studied interventions for high schoolers who use pot. 'In principle, if parents can drink alcohol or smoke marijuana responsibly... |
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Perhaps as a person
by Robert Smiley on Monday, Dec 17, 2012 at 2:40:03 PM
It's not harmless
by tincansailor on Monday, Dec 17, 2012 at 5:42:28 PM
few things are harmless
by lwarman on Monday, Dec 17, 2012 at 7:17:10 PM
I smoked pot as teenage-didn't die either
by Deborah Dills on Monday, Dec 17, 2012 at 5:33:09 PM
Just received this from my State Rep.WA
by Deborah Dills on Monday, Dec 17, 2012 at 6:10:04 PM
An important medicinal herb...
by Swamper Tom on Tuesday, Dec 18, 2012 at 2:47:11 AM