Dutch council sends parents drugs test kits
26 August 2010
Edam-Volendam council in the province of North Holland is delivering free drugs test kits to 1,500 local families this week. Parents will be able to use the kits to test their children for drugs use. The council says the move is designed as a preventative measure.
The tests are meant to be used on young people between 15 and 19. Samples of saliva are taken to trace drugs including cannabis, cocaine, amphetamine, opiates (heroin, morphine and codeine) and PCP (Angel Dust).
Councillor Gina Kroon-Sombroek thinks the test will give parents the opportunity to tackle their children on the highly charged subject of drugs:
“It’s first and foremost about prevention. Parents can say: ‘I’ve got that test, so you know you can be tested’. Our hope is that it’ll stop young people experimenting with drugs or, at least, keep them from using them.”
Drug use in Edam-Vollendam has long been considered a problem locally. Various initiatives have been launched to deal with it, including a group called Moedige Moeders (Courageous Mothers). Tonnie Tol is a member of the group and is pleased with the council’s action. “It’s a straight way to deal with suspicions about kids’ drug use,” she says.
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(Scaremongering! Yea, that doesnt work.)
Dutch council sends parents drugs test kits
To be an effective preventive measure, I think they may want to change the recommended age range to 12+, younger if warranted (sad but true).
This has failed even before it began. 'Ozzy and Harriet' simple-minded idiots. Proper parenting and education has, is, and always will be the best measures to prevent drug use (alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, etc...).
Let your imagination be your guide as to how a parent might get to this point - how to explain to a drug-free child that they aren't trusted or believed? Extreme situation? This will happen, count on it. I wouldn't want to be THAT child. Given the parenting skills displayed by many, this is going to be a disaster. Just an opinion.
18+ and my parents came near me with a swab, exit stage left and see ya... Everyone else would receive a hearty 'go fuck yourself'.
This has failed even before it began. 'Ozzy and Harriet' simple-minded idiots. Proper parenting and education has, is, and always will be the best measures to prevent drug use (alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, etc...).
Let your imagination be your guide as to how a parent might get to this point - how to explain to a drug-free child that they aren't trusted or believed? Extreme situation? This will happen, count on it. I wouldn't want to be THAT child. Given the parenting skills displayed by many, this is going to be a disaster. Just an opinion.
18+ and my parents came near me with a swab, exit stage left and see ya... Everyone else would receive a hearty 'go fuck yourself'.
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