Same as alcohol, you can’t.
The same way you get them to abstain from cigarettes, booze, and sex.
All through HS I never did pot of alcohol. I suffered from a case of “fear of dad.” I’m now almost 52 and have still never tried pot. I didn’t drink alcohol until I was 20.
Same way as parents have done since the beginning of time:consistent love & discipline.
It make any difference if and when
To buy and possess legally you to be 21 anywhere I’ve seen it legal or quasi legal
When my son was 12 or 13, I took him on a tour through a very trashy local trailer park.
I told him “all of these people smoke pot.”
This is a Portland article
Raising kids in Portland from what I’ve witnessed there is a bigger challenge than pot or alcohol
If pot were legal in say Northwest Florida and illegal in Portland you’d still be way better off in northwest Florida or South Alabama
You don’t get them to abstain and that is the very purpose of removing restrictions on marijuana. The propaganda getting young people to become marijuana addicts is the same as the propaganda steering them in to all manner of sexual perversions. A debauched population is easily controlled.
What is the legal age for purchase and use of Marijuana in places like Colorado?
For your interest.
My son, who is in his late twenties, has never had a drink, smoked a cigarette or touched s drug.
I started on him in 6th grade and never let up.
On a profession note, I’ve seen way too much Marajuana Emesis Syndrome. Feel free to google it.
Same as you do with alcohol or cigarettes.
Some will listen, some will not.
“If I catch you smoking, smelling like it or possessing that crap, then you can find your own apartment and pay for it, along with food, clothes gas and insurance. Oh, and I will take back my car.”
Incentives work.
Hey kids! Chronic use of the weed (aka ‘chronic’) has been tied to schizophrenia. The more you know...
Are they not trying it now when it’s illegal?
I don’t think you can.
The method *I* would use, having no children, would be to look around and try to find people in their 50’s and 60’s who used pot heavily. And with your kid in tow, ask them.
And find people in the 35-45 range who used heavily. See if they can hold jobs.
Kids who are 16-18-20 have no discernment and are capable of objectively evaluating nothing, including whatever your advice you may give them. Indeed, their instinct will likely be to rebel against whatever advice you give them. Mine was.
If you want them not to use pot as teenagers, IMO your word that it is destructive to young brains will not be heard nor will they pay attention. The work (on your part) involved is finding the bad examples of people who used. Perhaps homeless shelters.