Rob Lowe[1] joined Dax Shepard’s[2] “Armchair Expert” podcast[3] on Monday, and the two had an honest and open conversation on talking about drugs with their kids.
Lowe is nearly 30 years sober and has two sons in their twenties. He asked Shepard about his feelings on discussing drugs with his and Kristen Bell’s two daughters ― Delta Bell, 5, and Lincoln Shepard, 7.
“I’m so glad you just said that because I was going to ask you the same thing,” Shepard, who is over 15 years sober, said. “I am pro my children doing mushrooms at some point.”
“There’s a lot of different studies that have pretty conclusively shown that you have long-lasting creative advantages, right?” he added. “People who have done mushrooms have markedly more creativity that lasts. So, yeah, I guess I’m going to tell my girls to do shrooms and to smoke pot and to drink and just don’t do cocaine or opioids. If you don’t do those two things, you’ll likely be able to do all the others ones for the rest of your life. But if you get involved with those two, it’s probably going to end the party. Or at least it did for me.”
Lowe said he agreed, but pointed out that the “wildcard” is Adderall, a stimulant typically used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy.
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“What kids are doing ― they tell me that ’Why would we do coke when we can do Adderall?′ For my oldest son Matthew, it saved his life ― studying,” he said. “It’s a great thing, but it’s easily abused.”
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