I would honestly rather have kids doing weed than drinking alcohol or smoking tobacco.
Sure I would prefer they didn't do all of these things but when you look at the alternatives kids that want to get high really bad probably will, and if it's not marijuana it will probably be something dangerous. Whether that means drinking hand sanitizer, sniffing glue or markers, or choking themselves, it's probably worse than marijuana.
Also marijuana is less addictive then drugs like nicotine, alcohol, or caffeine, and it doesn't typically result in the irresponsibility that alcohol does. So it really does seem like the lesser of all evils in this case.
Teen Marijuana Use on the Rise: Dangerous Trend or Not a Big Deal?
SodaHead Living
2012/05/03 18:00:00
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Bad news for parents today. Teen marijuana use is on the rise, with nearly 1 in 10 smoking weed at least 20 or more times a month (up from 5 percent in 2008), according to a new survey, The Associated Press reports.
According to the report by The Partnership at Drugfree.org, released Wednesday, use of "hard" drugs like cocaine and methamphetamine has stabilized in recent years, and abuse of prescription meds may be slowing down among high school kids. But past-month usage of marijuana grew from 19 percent in 2008 to 27 percent last year.
“Parents are talking about cocaine and heroin, things that scare them," Partnership President Steve Pasierb told the AP. "Parents are not talking about prescription drugs and marijuana. They can't wink and nod. They need to be stressing the message that this behavior is unhealthy."
“Parents are talking about cocaine and heroin, things that scare them," Partnership President Steve Pasierb told the AP. "Parents are not talking about prescription drugs and marijuana. They can't wink and nod. They need to be stressing the message that this behavior is unhealthy."
Another scary stat: Teens who smoked pot 20 times or more a month were almost twice as likely as kids who used marijuana less frequently to use ecstasy, cocaine or crack. Do you think teen pot-smokers are headed in a dangerous direction?
The same cannot be said for tobacco and alcohol.
Everyone doesn't want to smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol but they are still legal and still make millions upon millions in tax revenue a year. Not to mention marijuana being legalized would not only bring in revenue but save us a crap load of money that is being wasted in the "war on drugs".
Everything teens do "bad" is on the rise... Could it be because the parents are overloaded trying to eek a living in our new sub-wages society - so the kids are left to fend for themselves?
LIKE THERE AREN'T ENOUGH STUPID PEOPLE IN THE WORLD -.-
also
http://www.webmd.com/mental-h...
On the other hand, have you been a teenager lately. I'm surprised more of them aren't scouring the earth for effective stress relievers. Between helicopter parents, machine guns in highschools, the grimmer and grimmer possiblilities of a future as good as your parents past........I'm surprised it's marijuanna we're talking about and not heroin.
Personally I'm for legalization of pot, but I think it needs to be controlled just like alcohol. There are always going to be substance abusers, but I think we need to do what we can to make sure it doesn't happen to our teens.
Time to deal with reality instead of trying to escape from it daily.
Richard