Monday, 16 May 2011
Social Anxiety Forum
We have just added a new message board, the social anxiety forum, this is an issue that many people who smoke weed suffer from so hopefully the two forums should complement each other.
Sunday, 20 March 2011
New Forums and Blogs
Just to let you all know we have added some new forums to our site, they are fully web 2.0 and will also display related video content as well as allowing users to post their own. Visit the new web 2.0 Message Board Forums. We have also given our blogs a bit of a makeover.
Friday, 18 March 2011
How do you know if your child is in a gang?
As a parent what should you look out for? Here are some signs and behavior associated with gang activity.
Behavior
• has your child seemed distant or detached from the family?
• is there a sudden loss of interest in school, or have they stopped attending school?
• has their school work suddenly started to get worse – for example have they had worse grades or bad reports?
• has the school or college reported worrying changes in behavior?
• has your child dropped out of after school clubs?
• have they started to use new slang words?
• do they suddenly have unexplained money or possessions?
• do they have a new nickname?
• is there a new person in their life who they appear to be influenced or led by?
• do they have Friends who are known or believed to be gang members?
• have they lost touch with old friends and just hang around with one group?
• do they have aggressive or intimidating views towards other young people – even old friends?
• do you think they might be using or dealing drugs?
• are they Getting in trouble with the law?
• do they spend a long time away from home, have they started to stay out late without giving a reason, or are they vague about who they are out with?
Visual signs
• has there been a sudden change in appearance – like dressing in a particular style or color similar to all the other people they hang around with?
• are they showing signs of physical injuries with a poor excuse for how they got them (could be the result of being "jumped in")
• have they started to use graffiti style ‘tags’ (signatures) on possessions, school books, walls or buildings?
• have they started displaying signs of group behavior: ways of talking and acting in line with other members of the group.
• do they use hand signals when talking to their friends?
• do they have tattoos, possibly self-inflicted.
If someone displays one or even several of these signs, it does not necessarily mean that they are in a gang. The Rap Music culture has made the wearing of baggy, over-sized clothing popular among teenagers. Clothing alone should not be a sole basis for determining gang activity. For more information on gangs or for specific information on gang activity in your area, contact your local police department.
Gang Prevention Forum
Behavior
• has your child seemed distant or detached from the family?
• is there a sudden loss of interest in school, or have they stopped attending school?
• has their school work suddenly started to get worse – for example have they had worse grades or bad reports?
• has the school or college reported worrying changes in behavior?
• has your child dropped out of after school clubs?
• have they started to use new slang words?
• do they suddenly have unexplained money or possessions?
• do they have a new nickname?
• is there a new person in their life who they appear to be influenced or led by?
• do they have Friends who are known or believed to be gang members?
• have they lost touch with old friends and just hang around with one group?
• do they have aggressive or intimidating views towards other young people – even old friends?
• do you think they might be using or dealing drugs?
• are they Getting in trouble with the law?
• do they spend a long time away from home, have they started to stay out late without giving a reason, or are they vague about who they are out with?
Visual signs
• has there been a sudden change in appearance – like dressing in a particular style or color similar to all the other people they hang around with?
• are they showing signs of physical injuries with a poor excuse for how they got them (could be the result of being "jumped in")
• have they started to use graffiti style ‘tags’ (signatures) on possessions, school books, walls or buildings?
• have they started displaying signs of group behavior: ways of talking and acting in line with other members of the group.
• do they use hand signals when talking to their friends?
• do they have tattoos, possibly self-inflicted.
If someone displays one or even several of these signs, it does not necessarily mean that they are in a gang. The Rap Music culture has made the wearing of baggy, over-sized clothing popular among teenagers. Clothing alone should not be a sole basis for determining gang activity. For more information on gangs or for specific information on gang activity in your area, contact your local police department.
Gang Prevention Forum
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
The Marijuana Butterfly Effect
I was thinking just how much of a butterfly like effect can using marijuana have on your life? I know people who think it’s the best thing in the world wouldn’t have much time for this perspective and would probably say you can’t blame it for those sort of knock on effects, but I wonder how much of the stuff that happens in the lives of people that use it wouldn’t have were they not users, whether that’s the same as saying that marijuana is to blame I don’t know, but if it would not have happened had you not been a user then I would probably say there’s not that much difference, but maybe it all depends on your definition of blame.
Of course you can’t always blame everything on anyone particular thing and sometimes the reasons for our situation can be a pretty complex and rich tapestry that is made up of a number of issues all affecting and interacting with each other and sometimes it can indeed be difficult to know exactly which are responsible for what, but sometimes there may well be something that tips the scales and creates a cycle or chain of events far more so than any other. I know personally that using marijuana has had a huge effect on my life and unfortunately it has not been for the good, at one point I nearly took my own life and as much as others may disagree with me I am fairly sure I would not have been in that situation had I not used dope. But I don’t think I am the only one, from what I have observed using drugs can have a huge effect on your life, from what I have seen the people who use drugs including marijuana often lead significantly different lives to those who don’t, it’s such a different culture of living, it can affect so much about how you live your life and from what I have seen often not for the better.
If you are having problems with cannabis addiction you may want to visit the Marijuana Addiction Forum.
Of course you can’t always blame everything on anyone particular thing and sometimes the reasons for our situation can be a pretty complex and rich tapestry that is made up of a number of issues all affecting and interacting with each other and sometimes it can indeed be difficult to know exactly which are responsible for what, but sometimes there may well be something that tips the scales and creates a cycle or chain of events far more so than any other. I know personally that using marijuana has had a huge effect on my life and unfortunately it has not been for the good, at one point I nearly took my own life and as much as others may disagree with me I am fairly sure I would not have been in that situation had I not used dope. But I don’t think I am the only one, from what I have observed using drugs can have a huge effect on your life, from what I have seen the people who use drugs including marijuana often lead significantly different lives to those who don’t, it’s such a different culture of living, it can affect so much about how you live your life and from what I have seen often not for the better.
If you are having problems with cannabis addiction you may want to visit the Marijuana Addiction Forum.
Thursday, 13 January 2011
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