nnsv, I know all don't think this way, but personally, I feel that if you would be ashamed for people as a whole to know, then it's probably a bad idea to be doing it. When you smoke and think that your kids could be taken away from you, that's a huge red flag, don't you think? Most states allow parents to drink and still keep their kids (unless it becomes a really bad problem), but I don't know of any who allow much other drug use. Marijuana stays in the system for awhile, even if you quit now and two weeks from now someone reports you to Social Services, it'll still be there and the kids could still be taken from the home. Then you'd have to worry about explaining to your children why they had to leave mommy and daddy and how it's not their fault, because they will believe it's their fault.

I hope this post doesn't come off as offensive, I really don't mean for it to be. Just voicing my opinion as a 'kid' who was taken from parents when I was little for drug abuse.