If people are going to start using something they have never tried, solely on the basis that it's legal now and wasn't before, (and I'm talking about all substances here, not just cannabis) then they need to learn to live with the decisions they make.
And harm could be prevented by improving both the drug awareness programs and the treatment facilities to more informed and helpful positions. That needs to happen regardless. In any case I think there's no reason why any substance should be out of bounds for scientific inquiry. The less we know about a substance the more it stands to harm us through our own negligence.
Plenty of teenagers DO start with hard drugs. Just look at the kids sniffing glue, inhaling computer duster, smoking bath salts. Would those kids be doing such things if cannabis were legal? Maybe some of them would, but then that reinforces my point that awareness programs are totally insufficient right now.
(, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 0:32, Reply)
I think I made my point badly
the young won't bother with the legal stuff. That is no way to piss off Dad. Totally agree about the drug awareness stuff though.
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TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 0:44,
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I think they will and they do bother with the legal stuff.
Paint is widely available and forever will be. It reeks of desperation to try sniffing some paint and I don't believe they're doing it to piss off dad. Kids certainly think cigarettes and booze are fun, and once they start there's no way to get them to stop it, legal or illegal, taxed or untaxed.
On another note I didn't start smoking pot because it was illegal, and I did anything but rub it in my dad's face when I did it. I did it to broaden my perspectives and it worked.
(, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 0:51, Reply)
Fair enough
I know what you mean but I think you know what I mean too. Sadly I must go to bed, but I enjoyed the discussion folks! Nite; and may we cross friendly swords in the future :D
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TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 0:55,
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