Comments on: Sheriff Attributes Violent Crime to Culture of ’80s Crack Epidemic http://swampie.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/sheriff-attributes-violent-crime-to-culture-of-80s-crack-epidemic/ Things that interest me from my swamp in Florida. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:46:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: swampie http://swampie.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/sheriff-attributes-violent-crime-to-culture-of-80s-crack-epidemic/#comment-901 swampie Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:15:55 +0000 http://swampie.wordpress.com/?p=304#comment-901 The point he was making was that people that are smoking crack while carrying and caring for children are hardly the ideal parent. The drug addicted parent will do anything to achieve that next high and do not care who they harm in order to achieve it. What happens to kids that grow up in those circumstances? We're seeing the result right now. Rarely do illicit drug users indulge in just one particular drug; they also have a tendency to indulge in (legal) drugs such as alcohol and nicotine. The <a href="http://www.usd.edu/med/som/genetics/curriculum/2DTERAT4.htm" rel="nofollow">teratogenic</a> effects of some substances are well known; the effects of others may not be known for years. It may be a chicken or an egg type of question: Is the reason the progeny of a crack whore and an uknown father has numerous run-ins with the law until he/she is either shot down in the streets by rivals or is sent to prison because of: a. Lack of any kind of stability or caring presence in the child's life; b. The child may be cognitively challenged due to the interaction of various substances the mother ingested while pregnant; or c. The child is cognitively challenged because he/she came from a long line of dumbasses. See parents. The point he was making was that people that are smoking crack while carrying and caring for children are hardly the ideal parent. The drug addicted parent will do anything to achieve that next high and do not care who they harm in order to achieve it. What happens to kids that grow up in those circumstances? We’re seeing the result right now.

Rarely do illicit drug users indulge in just one particular drug; they also have a tendency to indulge in (legal) drugs such as alcohol and nicotine. The teratogenic effects of some substances are well known; the effects of others may not be known for years.

It may be a chicken or an egg type of question: Is the reason the progeny of a crack whore and an uknown father has numerous run-ins with the law until he/she is either shot down in the streets by rivals or is sent to prison because of:

a. Lack of any kind of stability or caring presence in the child’s life;
b. The child may be cognitively challenged due to the interaction of various substances the mother ingested while pregnant; or
c. The child is cognitively challenged because he/she came from a long line of dumbasses. See parents.

]]> By: dave http://swampie.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/sheriff-attributes-violent-crime-to-culture-of-80s-crack-epidemic/#comment-898 dave Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:50:48 +0000 http://swampie.wordpress.com/?p=304#comment-898 I thought the ideas of "crack babies" went the way of Pop-rocks and Coke myths. Cocain is filtere out from the baby, they are born in poor condition due to poo diet etc of the mother, but addicted to crack- hardly. Plus how many babies in diapers do you see buying crack? Hardly LOL Whatever is happening in his community probably is related to availability of jobs and education more than "crack babies" or sun spots. I thought the ideas of “crack babies” went the way of Pop-rocks and Coke myths. Cocain is filtere out from the baby, they are born in poor condition due to poo diet etc of the mother, but addicted to crack- hardly. Plus how many babies in diapers do you see buying crack? Hardly LOL

Whatever is happening in his community probably is related to availability of jobs and education more than “crack babies” or sun spots.

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