Today's parents are saying yes to drugs. Just don't tell their kids.
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The Lede
When Daphne Gordon first tried MDMA, everything changed. When she and her husband became parents in 2009, their drug use didn't stop. Sixteen years later, the couple, who are in their early 50s and live in Toronto, remain embedded in what Gordon describes as "a drug-positive social culture." But navigating drug use while raising kids isn't always easy.
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- A 2022 Department of Health and Human Services report said that between 2015 and 2019, more than 21 million US children lived with a parent who used illicit substances.
- As the health risks of alcohol become clearer, drugs are increasingly stepping in as the preferred indulgences for a good time.
- As drug use has become more common, more adults are regularly partaking of both licit and illicit substances. But drug taboos get tricky to navigate when other people's children may be involved.
