Son Gets Marijuana for Doing Homework

http://www.comcast.net/ ^ | 9 12 06 | Associated Press

[freepatriot32]

GETTYSBURG, Pa. - A woman admitted to smoking marijuana daily with her 13-year-old son to reward him for completing his homework. Amanda Lynn Livelsberger, 30, pleaded guilty to several charges Monday and will be sentenced Nov. 27.

Livelsberger, of Conewago Township, admitted in Adams County court that she had been smoking marijuana with her son since he was 11, and that she often gave it to him as a reward.

The boy told police that he was required to do his homework as soon as he got home from school, and then was allowed to smoke marijuana with his mother, according to court documents.

Livelsberger pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of corruption of minors, possession with intent to deliver drug paraphernalia, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of a small amount of marijuana with intent to distribute.

The plea did not stipulate a sentence.

The woman also said she also smoked marijuana with two of her son's friends, ages 17 and 18, police said. The 18-year-old also told investigators he had also bought heroin from Livelsberger.

[freepatriot32]

Where were moms like this when I was in school :-) Oh come on now someone was going to say it on here eventually I just thought I would beat them to the punch lol.

[freepatriot32]

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[bmwcyle]

Partying every night.

[Lunatic Fringe]

Well, at least she made him do his homework first!

I wonder what kind of grades he got.

[Concho]

In ten more years, the kid will be the head of the ACLU

[Redcloak]

This is what you get when children have children.

[YouPosting2Me]

Son: Mom, why do they call these 'Roach Clips'?

Mom: Because 'Pot Holder' was already taken...


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[bigfootbob]

I was in high school from '68-'72, we had a couple of parents that would drink, drop acid, smoke rope and screw the young skulls full of inebriated mush. That was in a small midwestern town.

[Red Badger]

Reward and punishment, now crime and punishment...........

[misterrob]

Worse, the Libertarian party!

[AntiGuv]

So, did it work? What's his GPA?

[msnimje]

Except for the legality issue, this is no different from the thousands, maybe millions, of parents who give their kids Ritalin everyday so they will do their homework.

[Paved Paradise]

he he. Why do I have a hunch you are right on - either that or the Speaker of the House for the Dems somewhere around the year 2046.

[Reagan79]

Democratic voter alert

[Red Badger]

This is what you get when children have children.

We're way beyond that generation, now.

This is what you get when children have children who have children who have children............

[Rb ver. 2.0]

Interesting reply!

[Wolfie]

"Drugs are bad, mmmkay? Now take your pill!"

[Paved Paradise]

You aren't the only one with this experience. In the early 70's, I knew a family - lived around the block - and we had a big block party one time; I was looking for the one son who was a couple of years older than me. His old Chevy van was parked in a drive on my street and I was told to look for him in there. I knocked and when the van door opened, there he was tokin' on a joint with a couple of other potheads and HIS MOTHER. She was smokin' the weed right with them. I thought she was disgusting and was glad I had a good mom.

[andy58-in-nh]

"Now do your algebra or they'll be no crack before bedtime!!"

[half-cajun]

"Except for the legality issue, this is no different from the thousands, maybe millions, of parents who give their kids Ritalin everyday so they will do their homework."

You must not know much about these drugs. Most are given in the morning, so by the time homework comes around, they are no longer working.

[Joe 6-pack]

In my house, homework was generally motivated not so much by what mom would give us if we did it, but by what dad would give us if we didn't!

[msnimje]

You must not know much about these drugs. Most are given in the morning, so by the time homework comes around, they are no longer working.

Actually I know quite a lot about them. But you missed the larger point of my comment.

[SoldierDad]

I wonder if is written assigments were even readable. Recall the anti-drug commercial where the student goes from what he thought he wrote to what he actually wrote?

[Sir Gawain]

The only problem with this scenario? A doctor didn't write a prescription and Big Pharm didn't get a cut.

[half-cajun]

Well then you know that most of these drugs are given in the morning. And your larger point was what?

[Iluvpopcrn]

This is a ridiculous statement. As a parent of a child who had many attention problems in school, she was given Ritalin. It helped her to focus and to retain her friends, when their parents were telling them "Stay away from her, or you'll get in trouble, too."

We had the benefit of a psychologist who saw she showed signs of depression because of her feeling "different." Thankfully we also had a school counselor in elementary school who helped her and other children realize they were able to focus by various other means, so she didn't feel she was different.

We have relatives of a child with this problem, and they did not turn to Ritalin. He went on to become an alcoholic and a criminal, and has screwed up his own son.

Please consider that others may have unselfish reasons for seeking treatment as we did.

[SoldierDad]

Actually, Ritalin and other ADHD/ADD medications are used to ehance a child's focus and attention while in school. The predominate prescription used is a time-release formula which wears off by the end of the school day. Parents rarely give another dose in the evening as the effect of the med keeps them from sleeping.

[knarf]

Oh wow, your honor .. like .. y'know I have this glocoma thing? .. an' ..... No, wait ... it's like ...um .... I got this problem with ... um ........ uhhhhhhhhh ....... uuuuhhhhhhh ... my kid does his homework? ... like .... and uuuhhhhhhh.....um .............your honor, sirrrrrrrrr .........uuhhhhhhhhh ....like this kid I got, see .. like ... he needs help, y'know? ... and .......uhhhhhhhh ... I .. um ......... like .........help him ....y'know?

[Experiment 6-2-6]

I wonder if is written assigments were even readable. Recall the anti-drug commercial where the student goes from what he thought he wrote to what he actually wrote?

Ergo, the reason for doing the homework FIRST

Duh!

[MPJackal]

"In my house, homework was generally motivated not so much by what mom would give us if we did it, but by what dad would give us if we didn't!"

Well she uses the carrot, your dad used the stick. Just different routes to the same goal. You can't be judgmental about these things.

[msnimje]

This is a ridiculous statement.

With that lead sentence I refuse to the read the rest of your's so I have no idea if you have any valid points.

[SoldierDad]

Except that your larger point has nothing to do with this story. Ritalin, when properly prescribed has a positive effect on the child suffering from ADD/ADHD. When inproperly prescribed (given when the child does not have one of these disorders) can have a somewhat smaller positive effect on the child (greater focus, but not to the degree you find with a child properly diagnosed). On the other hand, allowing your child to smoke Marijuana or use other illegal drugs had no positive effect whatsoever, and can have very detrimental effects. So, your point was, again?

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[msnimje]

And your larger point was what?

Drugging a child is drugging a child.

[SoldierDad]

Oh, yeah, I forgot. There is noooooo long term effects from using marijuana (not). Anyone else recall those classmates in high school who smoked a lot of dope and received the highest grades in school?/sarc

[RichInOC]

Okay, besides being illegal, that strikes me as defeating the entire purpose of studying.

[Yaelle]

If he did extra credit, did he get crystal meth?

[Protagoras]

Except for the legality issue, this is no different from the thousands, maybe millions, of parents who give their kids Ritalin everyday so they will do their homework.

Incorrect. One is a reward, the other is probably a misguided attempt to make it possible to do the homework.

[half-cajun]

"Drugging a child is drugging a child."

I guess these several posts to you describing the benefits of providing the drug to children who need it are having no effect on you. I don't believe that I will be able to offer anything other than what they have already offered, so never mind.

[green iguana]

Anyone else recall those classmates in high school who smoked a lot of dope and received the highest grades in school?

4 of the top 10 (measured by GPA) students in my 450 student senior high school class were pretty serious potheads. 25 years later, the 3 that I have kept up with are doing quite well. And 2 of them still smoke pot.

[dfwgator]

All I got was a cookie for finishing my homework.

[Polyxene]

AH, the family that tokes together...................

[SE Mom]

My reward for finishing homework.. I could go outside and play with my friends. Period.

[Hegemony Cricket]

"Why Little Johnnie's Grades Are Going To Pot"

[Nathan Zachary]

Ritalin is a useful drug for those who actually need it. You can't compare it to pot smoking, which has no benefit at all, except to turn a kid into a brain-dead goof-ball later in life.

Studies of brain growth and development show that during these early teen years is the last time the brain shows accelerated development, then brain then actually sheds a lot of unused brain cells in it's final development.

Those who use as much of their brain as possible during this period tend to retain more brain cells, and have slightly larger brains when they reach full growth. They have better short and long term memory, and are able to learn faster. They may also suffer less brain deterioration in their old age. Ritalin, which actually helps some children focus and concentrate and therefore learn better, would appear to also help these childrens brain development, giving them a chance of achieving a higher education level, and onward to better employment, something they otherwize would not achieve without it. Pot is useless in every way, and often leads to a poorer quality of life, not to mention cronic depression problems.

[em2vn]

"Except for the legality issue...." That is a real issue to overcome, especially the heroin part.
Just think of all the things you could do if it wasn't for the legality issue.
Your reasoning sounds somewhat like what child molester might use.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

this 13 y/o will be in foster care before the sun goes down today, and be a ward of the state at the end of momma's case unless he has a father or grandparents that can withstand pre-placement scrutiny.

[gcruse]

Good job, son. Here. This bud's for you.

[Chuckster]

Pretty sad