Smoking weed doesn’t make parents more chill when it comes to discipline — it actually makes them more likely to punish their kids, a new study has found.
The study of 3000 California parents found that marijuana users were more likely to administer all types of discipline techniques such as including timeouts, taking away privileges and spanking on their children.
“There are parents who say marijuana calms then down and makes them a better parent. That’s not what we’re seeing in this particular study” this was according to researcher Dr Bridget Freisthler, a professor in the College of Social Work at Ohio State University.
The research, published Monday in the Journal of Social Work Practice in the Additions, sampled random parents in 50 Californian cities and asked them how often they used alcohol, marijuana, methamphetamine and other drugs. It found a .5-percent increase in the amount of discipline among toking parents over non-smokers.
Researchers found parents who reported marijuana use were more likely to control their kids than someone who didn’t smoke pot.
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