One of the things that I had to do while I was in the military was Saftey briefings before the weekends for all those that were lower ranking in my area.  I do not understand how someone can sit there and hear stories about drinking and driving and continue to think it can happen to you.  I will not say that I have never driven after a couple of beers but I will say that I haven't sin  read more »

Following on Sire's post about parenting, I'd like to report what our daily paper headlined today.

"3 teens, 1 week, $2000 of alcohol. What were their parents thinking?"  read more »

The myth of the gateway drug has been determined not by statistics that are incorrect but by the wrong statistics. The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, in cooperation with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the White House Office of Drug Control Policy released the "Gateway Drug" theory as a campaign against Marijuana.  read more »

The other day I was listening to a speach that a mother was giving about her son in his early twenties that overdosed on Heroin. It is a very upsetting situation and I strongly believe that no parent should out live their children. On the other hand she said one thing that after I thought about it I got kind of upset.  read more »

This is one of the topics that can come up from time to time and to no surprise has a lot of controversy surrounding it as a debate between most people.

Drugs;

Pro's:
If you're interested in legalizing Medical Marijuana then Drutopia is the Blog to visit.  read more »

Con's:

Independant:

According to the federally funded Monitoring the Future Survey,
“Marijuana has been almost universally available to American high school
seniors over at least the past 28 years.”
Since 1972 marijuana use by teenagers has increased from 14% to today
where 16% of 8th graders and 45% of 12th graders have tried pot. In  read more »

Spent the Bank Holiday with some friends who live in a nice house in the picturesque county of Hampshire. Whenever we go to visit them we always have a great time and the vibe is always up-beat and humorous. The wine flows freely and there is an abundance of food and drink laid on.  read more »

Summertime in our town offered many options, and we decided to find an outside café that provided live music, beer, wine, and college girls galore. I decided while en route to pick up a pint of more liquor, opting for vodka at this juncture. “Less detectable on the breath”, I would affirm to myself.  read more »

When I am drinking, I much prefer to call my black-outs something else. Going on ‘automatic pilot’ sounds nice. Benign. When I first discovered that a few beers made me feel like superman, I took it to another level. And at that level, I was able to create an outgoing persona while at the same time remembering nothing the next day.

What could be better?  read more »