Party's over for parents

[Tom]

AT the height of his nightmare with amphetamines and marijuana, Ben Trueman did not sleep for three days.

 

He sat on his roof with a shotgun and waited for "them" to come and get him.

 

"They" never arrived, and another drug -- the anti-depressant Serapax -- brought him down to earth.

 

Four years on, Mr Trueman is against so-called party drugs.

 

"Amphetamines and marijuana are not soft drugs," he said. "They are lifestyles and change people into different people."

 

Mr Trueman, 24, lives in home-detention on bail, awaiting charges of stealing, but holds down a job in a sink factory. His partner is expecting a baby.

 

He and his mother, Ruth Trueman, rarely saw eye-to-eye when he was on drugs. But they agree that her marijuana habit contributed to Ben turning to drugs as a teenager.

 

"Mum and her friends smoked cannabis, and that probably programmed me a bit," he said. "It was around the house and easier to get a hold of than it might have been."

 

Ms Trueman said her relaxed attitude restricted the choices her son could make about drugs.

 

"I was partying on the weekends and using marijuana and white wine when he was growing up," she said.

 

"It was good enough for me, but it was clearly not good enough for him."

 

Their insight was mirrored this month by the landmark report into mental health in Australia, Not for Service.

 

"Cannabis would be the best example of something that's assumed by parents and teenagers themselves to be not particularly harmful," report author Ian Hickie said.

 

Parents are one of the biggest influences on teenage drug use, the report says. "If parents smoke, their kids smoke. If parents are significant users of alcohol or other drugs, their kids use at much higher rates."

 

Ms Trueman now works for Teen Challenge, which provides drugs counselling for families.

 

Author:Jeremy Roberts

Date:October 31, 2005

Source:The Australian

Copyright: © The Australian

 

"I was partying on the weekends and using marijuana and white wine when he was growing up," she said.

 

"It was good enough for me, but it was clearly not good enough for him."

AT the height of his nightmare with amphetamines and marijuana, Ben Trueman did not sleep for three days.

 

He sat on his roof with a shotgun and waited for "them" to come and get him.

So, what does that tell us? could it be that the mj is totally innocent of sending the guy troppo?

 

[WantDaChronic]

So, what does that tell us? could it be that the mj is totally innocent of sending the guy troppo?

 

funny how its always pot and this or pot and that, never pot by itself, its only when you mix with other drugs that the "evil problems of marijuana" surface maybe its the fact that marijuana kicks in drugs and brings out the evils of the other drugs?

[Doob]

marijuana and white wine when he was growing up,

i wonder how his life would end up if he didnt use alcohol maybe

and it proves another point ottt im wasted and the parents are gfeting blame fora choicece

[nitram]

He and his mother, Ruth Trueman, rarely saw eye-to-eye when he was on drugs. But they agree that her marijuana habit contributed to Ben turning to drugs as a teenager.

 

"Mum and her friends smoked cannabis, and that probably programmed me a bit,"..................... Ms Trueman said her relaxed attitude restricted the choices her son could make about drugs.

 

"I was partying on the weekends and using marijuana and white wine when he was growing up," she said.

 

Yep, I bet it was a wonderful childhood with mum disagreeing and arguing all the time all while 'drinking wine and smoken it up'

 

..........he said. "It was around the house and easier to get a hold of than it might have been."

:scratchin

 

I wonder if it was the wine that was more accessable.

 

Ms Trueman now works for Teen Challenge, which provides drugs counselling for families.

 

I hope she has stopped 'drinking & smoking' around her kids. :smoke

 

So how dose teen cannabis compare with teen alcohol consumption? :scratchin

[raverspec]

funny how its always pot and this or pot and that, never pot by itself, its only when you mix with other drugs that the "evil problems of marijuana" surface    maybe its the fact that marijuana kicks in drugs and brings out the evils of the other drugs?

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If you've ever had a smoke while off your tree on a couple of trips, then you'll know that above is true.

 

:scratchin

 

It's only when these people let their SELF CONTROL go out the window that the EVILS OF THE DRUGS make it into the media too?

[HighRising]

If you've ever had a smoke while off your tree on a couple of trips, then you'll know that above is true. 

 

:scratchin

 

It's only when these people let their SELF CONTROL go out the window that the EVILS OF THE DRUGS make it into the media too?

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You think?

Ol MJ has 'rescued' me from bad trips, and always makes the experience a lot more immersive and enjoyable. But that's just me.

And I have never tripped really heavily either (although I have tripped a good amount of times), never more than 2... although they were two pretty strong ones.

[Frazz]

These reports seem to be coming in on a daily basis like these people have an hidden agenda, namely to change the laws regarding marijuana

like banning cannabis is going to solve half the mental health problems...yeah right but no thought to curbing alcohol, pharacuticals etc

 

Worst of all there is not one single person out there to challenge or refute these outrageous reports on marijuana

 

Cannabis needs a spokesperson like never before !

 

ay musha :whistling

[Pickle]

I think i see where i have been going wrong all these years.

 

Everything will be 'better' when i start taking amphetamines and playing with guns.

 

It's all so clear to me now.

[Hanky]

I've often stayed awake for three days straight doing speed and smoking heaps of pot, I've never felt the need to jump up on the roof with a shotgun.

 

Has this guy ever considered that he might just be mad (FUCKED IN THE HEAD) to begin with?

[Frazz]

Has this guy ever considered that he might just be mad (FUCKED IN THE HEAD) to begin with?

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:: :: So true Hanky, you managed to correctly diagnose his problem without a consultation.

 

""They" never arrived, and another drug -- the anti-depressant Serapax -- brought him down to earth. "

 

Serapax would be one of the most addictive, dangerous barbituates made!

 

"Ms Trueman said her relaxed attitude restricted the choices her son could make about drugs."

 

How many choices are there, you can either use them or you don't.

 

They are both certifiable raving lunatics, and they are allowed to bred....ffs these fuckwits need to be put out of thier misery asap.

Edited November 1, 2005 by Frazzle