Daphne Gordon shares her journey of embracing MDMA within a drug-positive culture while navigating parenting. Despite being marginalized by past societal views on drug use, Gordon and her peers, now in their 50s, find that these experiences enrich their social lives and parenting. They balance their drug use with family responsibilities by creating safe environments for their children. The increasing prevalence of adult drug use is highlighted, with millions of children living with parents who engage in substance use, prompting discussions about contemporary parenting and social norms.
But navigating drug use while raising kids isn't always easy. Everybody's a parent now, and everybody's coming to the parties.
Hers isn't the only friend group dancing between nightlife and parenting. A 2022 Department of Health and Human Services report said that between 2015 and 2019, more than 21 million US children lived with a parent who used illicit substances.
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