So what to do with the kids from 14-19 ?

Seems to me that there is a lot of agreement around here not to sell to kids. I agree with that. But at the same time every dam kid I know of that age bracket gets weed and they all seem to be smokin it. Plus can these youngsters apply for a med license as well. And it's not even legal now and they all get it.
So now what boys?
I think this Genie is outta the bottle and there's no going back

I think kids should smoke a shitload of pot. Sell to them if you can. I smoked a shitload of pot when I was a teenager and it was always a pain to get. Do these kids a favor and sell to them. Don't buy the government line that it will do some kind of irreparable harm to their tender brains. Bullshit.

Our beloved government and medical authorities has shared nothing but lies regarding cannabis for decades so you are going to have to decide for yourself what to do. Did you enjoy smoking when you were a teenager? Would you have liked to know a source of cannabis that was reliable? Fuck yes you would have. So sell or give your cannabis to everybody. Except maybe law enforcement.

Well yes I did and don't feel harmed for it. Not sure on providing to them though. They'll have to get it like I did...the BL

here's my beef with selling to kids. when i was in high school (which wasn't that long ago), you were taught that basically all drugs were bad. they were all addictive and extremely harmful, pot was lumped into that same category.

so, usually the first "street drug" that a kid tries is pot. so the kid smokes the pot and goes, hey, this isn't so bad, what the fuck was my teacher going on about? now, since the kids are taught that all drugs are the same and bad, they may try other drugs that are harmful, thinking that they are the same as weed, because that's how they are taught. they don't effectively educate kids on drugs in school at all.

now, since pot is illegal, and a ton of dealers sell pot, coke and the works, these kids have access to these other drugs as well. so IMO pot is a gateway drug, not because of any chemical in it that makes you want to try harder drugs, but because of a lack of education and the fact that it's illegal and dealers have the opportunity to expose these kids to other, more dangerous drugs.

i don't think kids should be smoking pot until they are properly educated and taught that marijuana is a far cry from meth and blow.

i have seen this happen time and time again, and was a victim of this terrible drug education system myself. smoked pot, it was great, and tried dilaudid and temporarily fucked up my life.

Touchy subject....I think it really boils down to what your relationship is with your kids.
I have 3.
I've told my kids about how I grew up, what I've done.
I've never made it a big issue
Very few rules for my kids...be honest, show respect, never drive while drinking, and for every hour on the laptop or xbox spend the same time reading a book.
No drinking restrictions.
If in trouble or ever need a ride, just call. Only had one call.
If they want to do drugs I've asked them to do it at home. I don't wan't to be a hypocrite.
Only my oldest smokes weed, and that only started after his accident. My middle kid loves scotch ( at 19??? U of T commerce snob ), says he hasn't bothered with any drugs. Never had the desire to.
My daughter is 17, likes to drink, asthma so she hasn't smoked weed. She has a 95% avg, reads at least one book a week, wants to go to UBC. Constantly bugs me to get inked.
They're great kids....I am so very grateful they turned out to be so responsible.

I honestly don't think it's healthy for a kid to do drugs, but I started when I was 14 so who the fuck am I to say?

nsbudca said:

here's my beef with selling to kids. when i was in high school (which wasn't that long ago), you were taught that basically all drugs were bad. they were all addictive and extremely harmful, pot was lumped into that same category.

so, usually the first "street drug" that a kid tries is pot. so the kid smokes the pot and goes, hey, this isn't so bad, what the fuck was my teacher going on about? now, since the kids are taught that all drugs are the same and bad, they may try other drugs that are harmful, thinking that they are the same as weed, because that's how they are taught. they don't effectively educate kids on drugs in school at all.

now, since pot is illegal, and a ton of dealers sell pot, coke and the works, these kids have access to these other drugs as well. so IMO pot is a gateway drug, not because of any chemical in it that makes you want to try harder drugs, but because of a lack of education and the fact that it's illegal and dealers have the opportunity to expose these kids to other, more dangerous drugs.

i don't think kids should be smoking pot until they are properly educated and taught that marijuana is a far cry from meth and blow.

i have seen this happen time and time again, and was a victim of this terrible drug education system myself. smoked pot, it was great, and tried dilaudid and temporarily fucked up my life.

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Very well said....thank you

Kids are going to get a hold of alcohol and pot. Just a fact of life I think. The way we got it as kids is probably the same way kids get it today....it's just more prevalent.

My kids don't do drugs either yet they talk about the stoners they go to school with. They said they can find better things to spend their money and I believe them. We've had a very similar philosophy to leaf's with regard to raising our kids...we certainly weren't angels and didn't want them to think we were.

Nsbud...I really think on this issue education starts at home and I say that acknowledging your story that you've shared. Having said that....schools should either mind their own business or get some facts straight.

I waited until I was 16 before I did a lot of things...don't know why....my first experience getting high was on acid only because nothing happened when I smoked pot! That was an experience. That and shrooms are about the heaviest drugs I've done. Never had any desire to try other shit.

Don't have kids, but if I did have any in that age bracket, I would much prefer them to be smoking MJ than drinking. Not sure how that subject would be broached though, I haven't had kids specifically so I do not have to think or worry about stuff like this. Thumbs up to all the great parents on the boards, marriage and kids just aren't my bag.

What's the problem with LP's selling to kids.... with doctor supervision and all that bullshit? Nothing right? Theoretically. Stop forgetting that it's a medicine except when convenient.

What there is is, a push from the whitehouse on behalf of big pharm to keep them a reserved market that are the children. That faction alone must represent billions. In the same way "weed is okay for pain, but for mental issues.... we have pills for that". They're nailing down every piece of the market they can before it's too late.

The 'science' which has apparently demonstrated that it's a danger to youth is more like correlated to a change which we assume must be bad but haven't a fucking clue really. Maybe if they did have a clue then the drugs that they gladly give to kids wouldn't be slowly killing them.

So yeah, stop being like these bullshit activists we suffer and adopting what's detrimental for our cause just so we can jump up and down in place pretending like forward movement is the same as progress.

Also, if teens can use and abuse energy drank, which health canada saw fit to leave unregulated even down to the limits of potency, but had to back step on that because of so many dead bodies, but even defied their own experts who told them it should be sold under prescription in pharmacies, not next to the juice and pop looking like a toy ...

If health canada is okay killing them with that and everything else they throw at them then there's an odd motivation in play in treating weed so differently. You just have to ask yourselves who it benefits at the end of the day, and whether or not you think you really want to agree with it.

The other thing is, "protecting the youth from it", again self defeating but is trudeau's MO, and all similar arguments, are merely the status quo when it comes to things like funding law enforcement to "protect people from it".

You can't jump on that bandwagon rebranding and also pretend like "legalization" is what it is or that it will have any of the benefits that we've long argued it ought to. Like not having to use taxes to fund ideological wars on freedom. Whatever corporate legalization looks like, you can bet your ass those cards will stay in play.

It is very much bait and switch though, because when people opt to throw the youth under the bus, the mechanisms they support being in place in order to do it will be used on everyone before long.

I think the problem is they still want to be able to lie about it. They still want to be able to demonize you for using it..... "looks kid..... a monster.. you don't want to be like that".. and as always there's plenty of assholes giving nothing but cause for those arguments in the first place. You allow all of that to continue when you allow them to treat youth as a sanctuary from the facts. The fact is they understand that if you "get them when they're young, they're unlikely to stray", and it is also a common tactic of genocide.