Maternal Marijuana

Jessica Durham of Montana recently had her conviction upheld for giving her 18 month old daughter hits from a bong. (Former) friend Brandi Nichols testified that

Durham encouraged photographs of her 18-month-old daughter with the water pipe and said Durham wanted to send the pictures to a marijuana magazine.

Nothing like a proud mother taking pictures of her child’s firsts.

Judge Louis Pollak explained that

Ms. Durham allegedly remarked that smoking improved Michala’s appetite and left Michala lethargic and mellow – a manner she found consistent with her own experience smoking marijuana

I suppose it beats shaking your baby to death, but we tend to frown upon medicating children into submission. Independent Sources wonders how the child will answer questions regarding drug use on future job applications.

Perhaps our style of parenting is old-fashioned, but we prefer allowing children to bang on pots and not allowing them to smoke pot. And while first haircuts, and first steps and first words are milestones worth remembering, a mother who believes a first bong hit is a milestone worth capturing should surely have a new milestone to celebrate: first mug shot.