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TODAY'S DIALOGUE - December 11, 2002
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Two Third-Graders Arrested For Marijuana Possession - Associated Press
Two 9-year-olds were arrested at their elementary school Monday after a lunchroom aide discovered they were carrying 15 plastic bags of marijuana in their pockets.

• What do you do when a fellow student approaches you and asks if you want to buy some drugs? Have you ever been approached by a drug dealer before? What did you do?(parents, do not over react to the answers you may hear - be ready for anything)
  
  
• How can you tell if someone is on drugs? What if one of your friends starts to get into drugs of any kind - what would you say to them first? Would you try to get them to stop or just stop hanging around them altogether? If you would try to get them to quit what steps would you take to do it?(Matthew 18:15-17)
  
  
• Why do you think kids are drawn to drugs? Why are some kids drawn to it and others not? What inner need are they trying to meet with drug use? (Security and Strength)
  
  
• Look at James 1:14-15 and discuss the process of sin. Have your children put the drug addiction process in the timeline shown in James. What other sins can you put in that timeline? When is the best time to get out? When does something become a sin? Also check out Matthew 18:6.
  

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SIDE ORDERS - other news

Ban on Christmas leads to court fight - WorldNetDaily
A public-interest law firm has filed suit in federal court alleging that a "Holiday Displays" policy for New York City public schools is discriminatory against the Christian religion.

Interim Yonkers superintendent pulls plug on holiday decorations - THE JOURNAL NEWS
All ornamentation with a message stronger than a generic "happy holidays" or "season's greetings" has been banned from the city's public schools.

LEFTOVERS - previous dialogues

Wednesday - December 4, 2002

Surprisingly Few Adults Outside of Christianity Have Positive Views of Christians

Monday - December 2, 2002

Choosing Virginity

Tuesday - November 19, 2002

Study finds steady fall in benevolence

Monday - November 18, 2002

Cell Phone Users Need to Call Miss Manners

Thursday - November 14, 2002

New Cars Include Black Boxes

Wednesday - November 13, 2002

Party planning Potter protest

Monday - October 21, 2002

Cosmetic Surgery

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