She seemed so calm and matter-of-fact in that interview. Maybe she is indeed strung out, but could she also be prescribed something like Xanax? Prescription would explain it not being reported in the drug test.
Pretty sure when they went to court, she admitted she'd been smoking MJ daily for over a decade. The kid's six. So yeah, he's got nine months in the womb, even if she didn't smoke around him once he was born.
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Shoutout to you for being a great parent! Having a child with those conditions seems insanely difficult.If it is true that they had him on medication for ODD, then they weren’t getting him the correct treatment, IMO. My son has ODD and ADHD so I understand how difficult it can be to parent a child with these conditions. However, ODD cannot be treated with medication. The treatment consists of therapy to help the child manage their behaviors. And yes, often children with ODD have ADHD. ADHD can exacerbate ODD, primarily because the lack of impulse control in ADHD prevents them from thinking before they react. Obviously ADHD can be treated with medication, so it is important to treat that as it does help a bit with ODD. However, IMO a child MUST go to therapy as well to truly treat the ODD. My son has been on medication for ADHD for 5 years and in therapy for 7 years now (he’s 12) and we still have a good amount of rough moments. I can’t say for certain that she didn’t have him in therapy but if she didn’t, she was doing him a huge disservice. JMO.
edit: as the link below shows, it is extremely important that specific parenting skills are learned and consistently implemented to help with ODD. There is just as much, if not more, work that needs to be done by parents of children with ODD than the children themselves.
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
“Although some parenting techniques may seem like common sense, learning to use them consistently in the face of opposition isn't easy. It's especially hard if there are other stressors at home. Learning these skills requires routine practice and patience.”
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Of course it's not her fault she smoked weed laced with cocaine. Putting her in jail will exacerbate her problems. Well...what the heck are they expecting probation? All my opinion...
....Deja Taylor's attorneys say jail time is not the answer in a push to keep her bond
More than two weeks after federal prosecutors filed a motion to revoke Deja Taylor's bond, her attorneys make their own arguments in a letter to the judge.
"Ms. Taylor freely admits that she has had a still faces a serious substance abuse challenge," the letter stated. "Her addiction is clearly a disease -- nonetheless, revocation and incarceration are not the cures. We respectfully submit that a jail cell will only exacerbate the deep issues that she is facing.
The attorneys added that, despite Taylor still testing positive for marijuana, she has reduced her use of the drug. They also said since August 25, she's been working with and communicating regularly with the Probation Officer and her supervisor, explaining how they indicated to Taylor recently that they were pleased with her progress.
Pleased with her progress.
since the cocaine result was only once obvi it was a mistake and probably laced in her potPleased with her progress.
since the cocaine result was only once obvi it was a mistake and probably laced in her pot
Because pot dealers regularly waste their cocaine, which has a value all on it's own, by sprinkling it all over their product. GMAFB
I was just going to say this. Plenty of dealers cut their drugs (although not typically marijuana) with fentanyl because it’s cheap and gives a more intense high which keeps the buyer coming back for more. But I don’t know of a SINGLE dealer who’s going to lace their marijuana with cocaine - first off, as you said, cocaine is expensive. And second, most people buy marijuana for the relaxing “chill” effect, not because they want a cocaine high. If I was looking to chill and buy some MJ, I’d be pretty annoyed if I suddenly had a cocaine high and I wouldn’t be going back to that dealer again. Hypothetically speaking of course and all JMO.since the cocaine result was only once obvi it was a mistake and probably laced in her pot
Because pot dealers regularly waste their cocaine, which has a value all on it's own, by sprinkling it all over their product. GMAFB
It amazes me what DT and the lawyer think the court and the public will buy.
Pleased with her progress.
