Posted by shar on August 19, 2003, at 1:26:17
In reply to Lou's response to Shar's post-PT, posted by Lou Pilder on August 19, 2003, at 0:36:04
> Shar,
> You wrote, [...what is written here is not a reccommendation in any way...].
> I disagree with you on that point because our young people give creedance and credibility to any site that is moderated by a psychiatrist. The medical profession is upheld above all othe professions in the USA. If a teenager sees what a psychiatrist 's board is saying, they give it great importance due to the fact that doctors are held in the highest esteem here. So it is my contention that by allowing the posts in question to go unanswered, a teenager could have his/her decision to use MJ made very easy to him/her, regasrdless of any disclaimer about milage and who to belive.........Lou, I honestly believe that young people pay much more attention to their peers and celebrities, than to their doctors or the medical establishment. And, that a web site such as this would NOT be the determining factor in whether a teen decided to use pot. Nor, would a teen be likely to pour through the myriad of non-pot-related posts in order to find one where someone says "will it hurt me if I use pot with my AD?" and then suddenly decide that "hey, man, now I'm gonna use pot!"
> And a a teacher in the public scools for many years, I have seen the ruined lives of those that used MJ.
.....I've not taught school to teens, but I've seen many teens through rehab, worked with some, and never found that a factor of their drug abuse was a medically oriented website. In fact, I think if many had had access to a website about mental health, ad's, medical issues, it could have had an excellent impact. However, the websites of interest were those that glorified and/or reified the use of pot or other drugs...which one could hardly say describes PB.
>Thjey were students that wanted to do what the heros did, the rock stars that used drugs.
..........I would agree with your statement above. Rock stars, movie stars, sports stars, friends, parents....but, not websites about mental health issues.
.......Your pain and empathy for these youngsters is obvious, and admirable, but IMO the change you would make in PB would not necessarily make a difference in the tortured lives of these youth.
Shar
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