to think that 8.30 am is too early to skin up

[drwitch]

it seems to be getting more and more common round us (dads doing it while walking their children to school, people doing it before opening up their shops for day)

I am just really surprised that it is done so much in public

[hardboiledpossum]

I would expect them to log the incident and see if any other concerns had been raised regarding the family. On its own i doubt it would meet the threshold fir any any intervention but it could do if it was part of a bigger picture. I think it is important to log all of the little things so that you are able to get the bigger picture.

[xfilefan]

Herb doesnt cause psychosis and isnt addictive. Just saying. And plenty of homegrown doesnt go anywhere near crime problems. Dont want all herb smokers to be put in the same box here. Its actually scientifically proven to be less harmful to society than plenty of things like alcohol etc that are legal. Just standing up for those of us who are not loosers and use this plant for religious or medicinal reasons, were not all 'tragic weedies'. Id never smoke where my child could take in any smoke though, clearly, but neither would I pour alcohol down them.

[CanadianJohn]

I hate to be a pedant liar, I actually love it but the original comment about SS didn't mention race:

"Yeah lets call some 25 year old textbook abiding Somalian ... mostly barely speak English!"

Ageist - yup.
Pettifogging - yup.
Refers to nationality - yup
Refers to language skills - yup.

Doesn't mention race at all.

[dirtyface]

It's like the Daily Mail and Jim Davidson have spawned

sorry but PMSL :D

[CanadianJohn]

• Oops, serves me right... I meant bureaucratic, not pettifogging.

[allforoneandoneforall]

I was trying to make a point about how unrelatable first line contacts in SS can be

[passedgo]

Alexreid that's just arrogant. I am telling the truth based on experience, you may not want to hear it. Wealthier people in my area pay for private doctors and care.

[Talkinpeace]

The Economist believes - for quantified financial and crime control reasons - that Cannabis should be legalised
www.economist.com/news/united-states/21586584-sensible-drug-policy-decision-federal-government-once-tokers-delight

I agree with them.

[xfilefan]

I definitely agree it should be legal, its madness that its not. As Doc Martin once said... "Accident of history I suppose".....

[hardboiledpossum]

There is plenty of evidence that skunk can cause psychosis and that it is addictive.

talkin i would agree with you that it should be legalised. But with lots of conditions. I think it should be illegal to smoke in public places and in.the presence of minors or whilst minors are in your care.

[Talkinpeace]

hardboiled
I think it should be illegal to smoke in public places and in.the presence of minors or whilst minors are in your care.

which is fine, so long as one is consistent : do we apply the same rule to alcohol which renders many parents unable to handle themselves or their children on a daily basis?

No more Friday night if you have children in the house ?
Or is just Friday night spliff bad?

(I don't smoke by the way, I just dislike hypocrisy)

[FobblyWoof]

Anyone who smokes weed around their kids is a cunt. Pure and simple. Anyone who smokes weed fullstop is a bit of a bellend tbh

[allforoneandoneforall]

Talkinpeace talks sense!

[allforoneandoneforall]

FobblyWoof - Do you have the same view of Alcohol then?

[allforoneandoneforall]

Is it not racist to think that there is something wrong with being black? I wouldn't find it racist to be called a white bastard. The word bastard is the offence, not the description of the person. That's what it is, a description! If someone called me a blonde or white bitch i would be offended by the word bitch not the word white, cos i am!

[allforoneandoneforall]

why is it wrong and classed as racist to describe someone! The world has gone mad!

[honeybunny14]

Havent got a problem with it but i would be surprised to see a mum or dad doin it outside a school

[allforoneandoneforall]

The insult is the same

Chinese bitch
Bitch

The person just aimed it at the chinese person - Doesn't actually say anything more than that they think that person is a Chinese bitch.

If they are chinese what's the problem - You are not saying anything wrong with being chinese, just a description of where the person is from not an insult just a description

[hardboiledpossum]

talkin i think it is wrong to be drunk and in charge of minors , yes. I would say that getting high is more comparable to being drunk than just having a glass of wine. Unless you smoke regularly then a single token on a spliff can leave you feeling completely out of it.

If a parent turned up drunk to collect their child whilst i am working i would call the duty social worker, just as i would if they were stoned.

[allforoneandoneforall]

fibby wind up merchant? Like the title but not sure i have earned that! Haven't stated anything but opinions on here, and they are my true opinions!

[allforoneandoneforall]

I'm just bamboozeled why alcohol is acceptable and weed isn't when alcohol is FAR more damaging both physically and socially than weed ever will be!

[ButterMyArse]

So drinking at 8.30am with kids in tow is ok? Isn't that what the thread's about?

[allforoneandoneforall]

Rocking up to the school gates with a spliff of can in the hand is not a good look, but you wouldn't report someone to SS for having a glass of wine in the evening, yet a spliff is looked on by some as the devil itself!