Why do I get the impression that she thinks that young people making their own decisions is a bad thing?
Pot burns hotter than tobacco, but you smoke much, much less of it. But it's still smoking. Based on - ahem - extensive personal research I'd guess it's less carcinogenic than tobacco due primarily to dosage, but that its health risks are not zero, and not just cancer-related, smoking anything tends to increase blood pressure and put exotic organic compounds onto skin whose reactions vary from individual to individual but which are occasionally detrimental.
Is it as "harmful" as tobacco? Well, tobacco isn't necessarily "harmful" to everyone, so blanket statements such as this are not necessarily that helpful to debate. Is it risk-free to everyone? I doubt that seriously. Will there be social costs associated with legalization? I think that is inevitable. Will these be worse than the social costs we're paying to support the WOD? My personal belief is that they will not be, but they won't be zero.
And no, I don't smoke the stuff any more.
Nice win, but no cigar (Wimbledon champ horrifies anti-smoking nannies!)
In that post, the winner (21 years old) was seen smoking a cigar, and the anti's came unglued saying that ""We're not dealing with adults who are able to make informed choices."
So, why isn't it ok like " She said regardless of cannabis's legal status, many young people will make their own decision about whether they wish to use it or not."
I wish they would together and decide on keeping on topic about how old a person has to be in order to become an ADULT!