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I don't know what works. Nothing that has ever been tried has worked, so it's a little tough to find success stories.

I do know that one of the biggest mistakes we make is to try to tell kids that essentially all drugs are the same. We have to be straight with kids, not lie to them. When they find out that we're lying to them about pot, for example, all it does is make them wonder what else we might be lying about.

Alcohol is by far the most destructive chemical in more people's lives than any other, yet it remains legal and widely advertised. Pot is almost inconsequential in terms of its impact, especially in comparison to alcohol.

The other drugs, like meth or heroin or crack... I will submit... I don't know what to do there. Honestly, it is a nowinner nomatter what we do. The market is there and it will be with us forever, but I would not go so far as to recommend legalization.

All I'm trying to say is that to me this smacks of a "feel good" measure that will be just as ineffective as anything else that we've tried before. Again: The woman in the picture HAD THIS HAPPENNING TO HERSELF and still it didn't matter to her.

The other drugs, like meth or heroin or crack... I will submit... I don't know what to do there.

You ought to huddle with Leroy and the other legalizers because they want to legalize everything. I asked one marijuana (only) legalizer what he would choose between no illegal drugs made legal and all illegal drugs made legal. Guess what he chose.

I've never played the "heroin is bad but marijuana is only sorta bad" game with my kids. I've always told them straight up it is ALL bad and the best way to beat an addiction is to never start using a drug in the first place.

My kids (including the grown ones) are dope, tobacco, and alcohol free. Although there are no guarantees in life, I am reasonably confident my children will never use drugs (or alcohol). I pray night and day they will remain clean.

Methamphetamine is a truly vicious and terrible drug. I have acquaintances whose children are hooked on meth, and the impact on the kids and their families is severe beyond belief.