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Funny I had a friend who used to sniff magic markers.The permanent ones.We call them cow markers cause they used to use them to write on the side of the cows.Anyway his mom did it too and eventually lost her job because she was getting high off the fumes and couldn't do any work.
Wacky stuff.The things people do and the dangerous stuff they do to their bodies.Although I did hear once that we only use about 1/10th of our brains so we have a bit of wiggle room (some more than others) 
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GaGa...great story! I would like to add...
I never "huffed" or used drugs or smoke or drank. Led kind of a boring life as a kid if it were considered by some. But, I lived life dangerously by today's standards.
I never wore seat belts or rode in a child restraint seat when I was growing up. Our family took a two week road trip to Canada without ever fastening a seat belt...1975. My family had a Dodge van....you know, the kind where the engine compartment was between the two front seats....the heater rarely worked and, as a toddler, my parents sat me on the engine compartment between the two front seats if we went anywhere in the winter because that was the warmest spot. I was maybe 2 or so. I rollerskated and rode skateboards without helmets, wrist guards, or knee pads. I rode my bike everywhere and explored our neighborhood and beyond without ever wearing a helmet. My friends and I scraped our knees on the playground, got our hair caught in the swingset chain, and received numberous cuts, bumps, stitches, and bruises playing on metal and wood (not plastic) playground equipment...without our parents ever filing a lawsuit. In the winter, we rode our sleds down the steepest hill in the neighborhood without any protective gear. I drank water directly from the garden hose and never got sick because of it. We did all this and more! And we survived! I am a child of the 70s and 80s....and I survived! 
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LOL! Dragonfly! LOL!
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Keep at him....maybe he'll quit. It will not only help his health, but those around him as well.
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Wow. That is a tough process in Canada. It's probably best for the kids, though. Some kids here get adopted by families who should never have kids in the first place and end up having a horrible life.
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I enjoyed everyones comments. Nugget if you think the 70s and 80s were dangerous, I grew up in the 60s. Everything was different. I can relate to all those people who grew up with smokers yuk!!! The headaches, the smelly clothes, car house...I'll be honest I did smoke for a few years, but I never smoked in my house or car or any place my kids would get stuck breathing it. I new it wasn't good for me and it would be worse for my kids. Smoking does have a direct effect on IBS sometimes my stomach would hurt so bad and be in such knots I literally could not stand not too mention the weight loss because of the catch 22. I know stress played a role too but we all know how painful an episode can be and you just don't want to eat anything. People who did not know me and what my real problem was thought I was anorexic, it was scarey. Another problem with smoking or even second hand smoke is the problems it causes in pregnancy and the development of the baby. Breathing or smoking anything that alters your chemistry is not worth the roulette you are playing with a child that is completely dependant on you. Believe me, I am in a line of work that gives me exposure to crack babies, fetal alcohol syndrome, developmental delays....all because of someones own selfishness, it's a shame. 
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Dragonfly -
You mean like "man, there's really a chance for me?" :-)
As someone posted earlier - I, too, work with kids who face all forms of mental/emotional/learning disabilities due to their parents' "drugs of choice"... fetal alcohol syndrome,(to include crack-cocaine babies), minimal brain disorder, and, things like autism - for which I'm not linking to parental drug usage, but they are finding new "causes" daily - dependent on what research you read...
And, Nugget, I grew up pretty much like you - I even drank from the garden hose,rode in the back of a pick up truck and probably ate dirt! :-) But, according to Dr. Jordan Rubin - we still need to eat dirt (just the right kind that no longer seems to be abundant in our country). 
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pcrider....I was born in 1968...but was too late to see much of the 60s. I'm not sure I could handle doing what you do to be around crack babies, etc. It takes a special person to do that. I agree, it's a shame that happens because of someone elses selfishness. {{{hugs}}}
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No kidding.even some parents should have to go through a screening process in order to have their own kids.It's crazy the amount things have changed.My grandma adopted 35 years ago and she did it without my grandpa even knowing!They just handed here these two kids and she signed a couple pieces of paper and came home with them.Voila instant family,again,her kids were all grown so the lord only knows what she was thinking.Grandpa had no idea but just went along with it .Crazy huh.That would NEVER happen now.Not here anyway.
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GaGa....Like I told pcrider...It takes a special kind of person to do what you do...being around babies and children who have syndromes and health issues all because their mothers didn't care about taking care of their bodies and babies before and after they were born. Such a shame. {{{hugs}}}
I, too, rode in the back of pickups! and ate dirt...not intentionally, though.
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