http://www.betweenthelines.net.au/blog See the latest blog comments from Between the Lines Tue, 22 May 2012 03:09:1337620146 EST EN-AU http://www.betweenthelines.net.au/blog/to-tell-or-not-to-tell#comment_2261 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:36:1275784562 GMT I think that the rush you get when you try a drug for the first time mimics the reason parents worry. You aren&#39;t sure what this thing is going to do to you and neither are they. <br /><br />Then again, I have friends (mostly in New Zealand) whose parents will light up a joint and sit out and have a beer with them.<br /><br />I think we have to be really niave to think our parents don&#39;t know. They&#39;re not idiots! To be honest, I&#39;d say it&#39;s easier for them to pretend they don&#39;t know. http://www.betweenthelines.net.au/blog/to-tell-or-not-to-tell#comment_2031 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:23:1269789811 GMT &quot;Or is it that we want to ‘own’ our own experience and them being a player in it is somehow wrong?&quot;<br />This sentences rings true for me. There seems to be less and less of young people&#39;s lives that parents don&#39;t find out about - so perhaps drug use is one of the last remaining taboos that is kept between the young people involved. (Generations ago, young people had to keep any premarital sex a secret, whereas I think that taboo is all but gone these days!) http://www.betweenthelines.net.au/blog/to-tell-or-not-to-tell#comment_2021 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:59:1269712775 GMT Disclosing drug use depends on the parent. I believe that parents with *accurate* information about drugs would be quite tolerating and encourage harm minimization. It could also be helpful to have someone who really cares about you knowing about your use and intervening if there is a potential for misuse or addiction. <br /><br />Sadly, many parents believe they are informed but have no clue. If I thought taking one drag of a joint induced psychosis or caused schizophrenia (and I know someone who believes this) I wouldn&#39;t want someone I loved to try it. So what they don&#39;t know won&#39;t hurt them :) http://www.betweenthelines.net.au/blog/to-tell-or-not-to-tell#comment_2011 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:10:1269137413 GMT i always find it funny when i hear people from my perents generation complaining about how much drugs are on the street considering my perents where alive and willing participants of the free love and hippy era