Great way to have a generation of kids only grow up to live in their parents basement playing X-box...
Stupid Stoner Krap Ping...
The South Park guys had the best philosophy about pot.
It just makes you content with being bored.
Don't we have that already?
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| I managed to raise four kids that don't smoke pot and my reasoning with them over the years didn't have a thing to do with it's legality. I watched stoner movies with them, pointed out stoners when I saw them in public and on the school campus and let them make their own decision. I could truly not care more or less whether it is legal or illegal, but my preference would be for fewer laws and simply more responsible people. |
And, rest assured, they will complain if you go to the grocery and don't buy enough.
"Great way to have a generation of kids only grow up to live in their parents basement playing X-box..."
Pssst........I hate to break the news to you, but this is happening now and without legalized weed.
A lot of them are doing that with weed being illegal. Your point is?
Pot is like any other substance. Some will be badly affected by it. And others will be minimally affected by it. I used the stuff a bit in college, and I had to stop using it. I knew people who could do their calculus and accounting homework while high. Me, I couldn't figure out which end of the book I was supposed to open. Likewise, I know people who are regular pot smokers as adults and lead productive lives, and I know some who are waste products. I have a feeling, however, that they would be waste products without the pot.
Booze is the same way. Some people drink their entire lives without becoming alcoholics. Others fall right into the pit, and there are a whole range of stories in-between.
The point is, I don't see a compelling interest in keeping pot criminalized, and doing such is counterproductive - it causes a lot of harm. Colorado decriminalized pot years ago - possession is a summary offense - and I think that is a sane approach.