Daycare Owners Say They Smoke Medical Marijuana With Kids In The House

[midaycare]

http://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-adolescent-pot-mental-deficits.html

That is the study on the effects of marijuana on adolescents, if anyone is interested. I can't answer as to whether or not the legalization would cause a greater problem in teens or not. Being illegal stopped ME from ever doing it, but then again, I'm not cool, so ...

[Angelsj]

I didn't say anything about alcohol ... I didn't state my feelings on alcohol at all. I really don't think you can compare pot and alcohol. I'm not sure why people do.

Marijuana use is not safe for adolescents. It has been proven. I don't deny the benefit of medical marijuana.

And of course I will talk to my son. I use to teach middle schoolers to say no to drugs from a local program here. I did an abstinence program, too. I'm pretty comfortable talking about drugs, sex, stds, you name it.

The point of including alcohol was to illustrate the ease of acquiring a drug based on whether or not it is legal. A drug that is regulated and taxed but legal is no harder or easier for a teen to acquire than one that is illegal. Legalizing marijuana for ADULTS would have NO significant impact on whether or not your son chooses to smoke. That is the logic flaw I was pointing out.

I am not even going to go into the flaws in that study, but it doesn't matter. If you don't want your son to smoke, being against legalization isn't going to make any difference. Talking to him will make the difference.

[midaycare]

The point of including alcohol was to illustrate the ease of acquiring a drug based on whether or not it is legal. A drug that is regulated and taxed but legal is no harder or easier for a teen to acquire than one that is illegal. Legalizing marijuana for ADULTS would have NO significant impact on whether or not your son chooses to smoke. That is the logic flaw I was pointing out.

I am not even going to go into the flaws in that study, but it doesn't matter. If you don't want your son to smoke, being against legalization isn't going to make any difference. Talking to him will make the difference.

It's just my opinion. We don't have to agree. I respect your views.

[Wubby]

Yeah... this is in my area So I've been hearing about it on the news and from other providers. It is an in home.

I think it's ridiculous all around honestly. I don't care about the medical/recreation debate, but regulations say no one can be "in the house" while under the influence of a controlled substance, yet the state gave the license holder (aka the owner) a license with a provision allowing her to smoke on the property when kids are present? My biggest issues is that they have multiple cards in that house, so people that are supposedly there to be the alternate primary caregiver also can be out smoking. You'd think that the state wouldn't allow the alternate to also have a card...

To each their own in their off time but my kid would not be going back (honestly wouldn't be there in the first place).

I completely agree with you. My biggest problem with this is, nobody should be smoking anything around kids while in care. How did she get a provision for smoking when a provider in the next county over from me, a provider was completely shut down for smoking tobacco in another room while having kids (only reason I know this is because I ended up with 2 kids from the closed provider). No one should be smoking, drinking, or under any drug prescribed or non-prescribed that makes them altered in any way.

Here is the regs.
(8) No person shall smoke or use smokeless tobacco in the child care area during child care hours. No person shall smoke or use smokeless tobacco in motor vehicles while child care children are passengers.

(9) Alcohol and non-prescribed controlled substances shall not be consumed or stored in the child care area during child care hours. Staff or volunteers who appear to be under the influence of alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substances shall not be in the center during child care hours.

[Angelsj]

I completely agree with you. My biggest problem with this is, nobody should be smoking anything around kids while in care. How did she get a provision for smoking when a provider in the next county over from me, a provider was completely shut down for smoking tobacco in another room while having kids (only reason I know this is because I ended up with 2 kids from the closed provider). No one should be smoking, drinking, or under any drug prescribed or non-prescribed that makes them altered in any way.

Here is the regs.
(8) No person shall smoke or use smokeless tobacco in the child care area during child care hours. No person shall smoke or use smokeless tobacco in motor vehicles while child care children are passengers.

(9) Alcohol and non-prescribed controlled substances shall not be consumed or stored in the child care area during child care hours. Staff or volunteers who appear to be under the influence of alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substances shall not be in the center during child care hours.

Not that I agree they should be doing it around the kids, but these are prescribed meds. Maybe that is what is going on. Still, more than one person?? Seems shady.

[Lyss]

I completely agree with you. My biggest problem with this is, nobody should be smoking anything around kids while in care. How did she get a provision for smoking when a provider in the next county over from me, a provider was completely shut down for smoking tobacco in another room while having kids (only reason I know this is because I ended up with 2 kids from the closed provider). No one should be smoking, drinking, or under any drug prescribed or non-prescribed that makes them altered in any way.

Here is the regs.
(8) No person shall smoke or use smokeless tobacco in the child care area during child care hours. No person shall smoke or use smokeless tobacco in motor vehicles while child care children are passengers.

(9) Alcohol and non-prescribed controlled substances shall not be consumed or stored in the child care area during child care hours. Staff or volunteers who appear to be under the influence of alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substances shall not be in the center during child care hours.

I have no idea how she got the provision, it blows my mind. I saw a copy of it and it's ridiculous.

Not that I agree they should be doing it around the kids, but these are prescribed meds. Maybe that is what is going on. Still, more than one person?? Seems shady.

The providers were saying that it was prescribed to them as a medication so they can use it as a prescribed medication therefore being exempt from the regulation BUT in Oregon even though you can get a card the state doesn't recognize it as a prescribed medication so it's legally still a non-prescribed controlled substance.