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If you're ok with this, ask yourself if you'd be ok wih a parent giving a kid bourbon to put it asleep. This used to be a common household trick before people d

If you're ok with this, ask yourself if you'd be ok wih a parent giving a kid bourbon to put it asleep. This used to be a common household trick before people decided it was probably not a good idea. Granted I think the war on drugs is stupid but I also think a failed parent shouldn't be the one championing the anti-war-on-drugs movement as that's only going to give the opposition ammunition. I'm also not a developmental psychologist or a medical professional but I don't think this is the best thing for a young developing mind. I'm probably wrong because I've done limited reading on it but giving a young kid any drugs that haven't been exceedingly studied by the medical community doesn't sound like a smart idea. Edit: I read the article a little further and I don't think the parent is "failed" anymore. It's sad that the kid had such an already tramatic upbringing and I understand why you'd do this but I don't think that it's the best of ideas for most people alive.

Mithaldu 10y ago
Man, i remember your name, and thought you'd be a little smarter than to attack the parent before even having read the article.
- gravypod 10y ago
  I don't think it's not smart to have a misunderstanding or an assumption. I was wrong and definetly will own up to that but from the first 2 paragraphs I assumed this was going the "I just assumed this would be a good thing". The article really takes a turn after the first few paragraphs and morally muddles the situation to where there isn't a right answer. But yea, you're right. Was bad to jump to a conclusion.
  - Mithaldu 10y ago
    I appreciate the owning up. That's a good thing. As for the "smart": I consider the ability to recognize when one does not have sufficient information to have a useful opinion to be smartness. :)
throwaway729 10y ago
> I'm also not a developmental psychologist or a medical professional but I don't think this is the best thing for a young developing mind. TBF the parents did talk with a neurologist and medical experts at Brown, which is hardly a backwater. I understand what you're saying, but I also think that this is a tough parenting decision that should be left to the parent and their family doctor. Experimenting with dosage and type in a home pharma lab is pretty terrible. The people refusing to reschedule marijuana despite widespread medical support really are terribly evil for putting a parent in that situation...
- gravypod 10y ago
  > Experimenting with dosage and type in a home pharma lab is pretty terrible. The people refusing to reschedule marijuana despite widespread medical support really are terribly evil for putting a parent in that situation... I agree on all accounts. > TBF the parents did talk with a neurologist and medical experts at Brown, which is hardly a backwater. > I understand what you're saying, but I also think that this is a tough parenting decision that should be left to the parent and their family doctor. I did see that and I didn't read that until after I wrote the post. I mainly kept my post up in whole (despite my edit at the end) because I don't belive in covering up my mistakes. My position given the new information isn't exactly as hardline. I don't think they are moraly or ethically at fault but I think their methods are very flawed. Just trying random things at home isn't a good idea. I'd rather have seen them contact, and I know this is going to sound really stupid, but someone who is an expert at creation these confections. Going to someone who works with canabis every day at a medical dispencary (or even writing them and CCing your doctor who talked with you) would have probably lead to better results. It's still very irresponcible to just mix and match with a person's life. I wouldn't want someone who couldn't consent entering drug trials so I wouldn't want someone doing it to their kid. But then again it ended up going well.... this time that is. If it happens again and someone mentally scars their kid then I think people won't be too happy with it then. All that being said (and I think this needs to be spelled out) I don't think what I think should influence the parent in this case. I don't belive in interference unless directly requested by an effected party. That's just butting your nose into some place you don't belong.
silentmars 10y ago
Obviously you have no kids and no interest in persuading anyone who does, to be throwing around this "failed parent" talk for anyone raising a child with special needs.

Mithaldu 10y ago

Man, i remember your name, and thought you'd be a little smarter than to attack the parent before even having read the article.

gravypod 10y ago
I don't think it's not smart to have a misunderstanding or an assumption. I was wrong and definetly will own up to that but from the first 2 paragraphs I assumed this was going the "I just assumed this would be a good thing". The article really takes a turn after the first few paragraphs and morally muddles the situation to where there isn't a right answer. But yea, you're right. Was bad to jump to a conclusion.
- Mithaldu 10y ago
  I appreciate the owning up. That's a good thing. As for the "smart": I consider the ability to recognize when one does not have sufficient information to have a useful opinion to be smartness. :)

throwaway729 10y ago

> I'm also not a developmental psychologist or a medical professional but I don't think this is the best thing for a young developing mind. TBF the parents did talk with a neurologist and medical experts at Brown, which is hardly a backwater. I understand what you're saying, but I also think that this is a tough parenting decision that should be left to the parent and their family doctor. Experimenting with dosage and type in a home pharma lab is pretty terrible. The people refusing to reschedule marijuana despite widespread medical support really are terribly evil for putting a parent in that situation...

gravypod 10y ago
> Experimenting with dosage and type in a home pharma lab is pretty terrible. The people refusing to reschedule marijuana despite widespread medical support really are terribly evil for putting a parent in that situation... I agree on all accounts. > TBF the parents did talk with a neurologist and medical experts at Brown, which is hardly a backwater. > I understand what you're saying, but I also think that this is a tough parenting decision that should be left to the parent and their family doctor. I did see that and I didn't read that until after I wrote the post. I mainly kept my post up in whole (despite my edit at the end) because I don't belive in covering up my mistakes. My position given the new information isn't exactly as hardline. I don't think they are moraly or ethically at fault but I think their methods are very flawed. Just trying random things at home isn't a good idea. I'd rather have seen them contact, and I know this is going to sound really stupid, but someone who is an expert at creation these confections. Going to someone who works with canabis every day at a medical dispencary (or even writing them and CCing your doctor who talked with you) would have probably lead to better results. It's still very irresponcible to just mix and match with a person's life. I wouldn't want someone who couldn't consent entering drug trials so I wouldn't want someone doing it to their kid. But then again it ended up going well.... this time that is. If it happens again and someone mentally scars their kid then I think people won't be too happy with it then. All that being said (and I think this needs to be spelled out) I don't think what I think should influence the parent in this case. I don't belive in interference unless directly requested by an effected party. That's just butting your nose into some place you don't belong.

silentmars 10y ago

Obviously you have no kids and no interest in persuading anyone who does, to be throwing around this "failed parent" talk for anyone raising a child with special needs.