Does anyone let their teenager smoke weed?

[Anonymous]

schizophrenia

[Anonymous]

Pot doesn't cause schizophrenia.

"Researchers concluded that marijuana doesn’t cause schizophrenia by itself, but it may initiate the onset of the disease in a genetically predisposed person."

[Anonymous]

No. Period

[Anonymous]

I grew up in a wealthy east coast town much like Bethesda. In my HS there were kids who smoked dope at lunchtime and came back to classes stoned. Or they went to someone's house and made mushroom tea. And at parties they had cocaine.

One of these kids was a friend of mine - the kind of friend you have in class but don't hang out with (I never did drugs). And after attending an expensive SLAC and spending a year working in Paris, she returned to the us and she died age 30 of drugs.

[Anonymous]

Yes, but he didn't. He was always kind of embarrassed at his hippie-ish parents and was mortified the time we found a baggie of pot that one of his friends left and smoked it ourselves. Yes, I believe that the weed actually belonged to his friend, and we laughed and laughed at him as he kept assuring us of this (while we smoked friend's weed). My kid is basically like Lisa Simpson.

[Anonymous]

No absolutely no illegal drugs!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in a wealthy east coast town much like Bethesda. In my HS there were kids who smoked dope at lunchtime and came back to classes stoned. Or they went to someone's house and made mushroom tea. And at parties they had cocaine.

One of these kids was a friend of mine - the kind of friend you have in class but don't hang out with (I never did drugs). And after attending an expensive SLAC and spending a year working in Paris, she returned to the us and she died age 30 of drugs.

Unfortunately this happens far too often. But the marijuana-criminal-industrial comp!ex will tell you it's all just harmless fun. Yes often your stoner kid won't die but rahter waste their true life potential as middling unambitious potheads.

[Anonymous]

Last HS football game smelled like an Amsterdam coffee house.

There must have been dozens of kids doing it, though we didn’t see them openly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pot doesn't cause schizophrenia.

"Researchers concluded that marijuana doesn’t cause schizophrenia by itself, but it may initiate the onset of the disease in a genetically predisposed person."

Even among identical twins of those diagnosed with schizophrenia there is only about a 40% chance of having the diagnosis. Meaning, environmental risk factors (like marijuana in adolescence to name one) are a huge part of the picture. Even if you aren’t aware of a family history it’s quite possible that your child could have that genetic vulnerability and it’s wise to minimize environmental risk factors that could cause it to manifest. It’s an unbelievably devastating disease that preys on people just starting out in life and robs them of many aspects of adult life. It’s ridiculous to be flippant about something like that when there are clear steps to decrease risk.

[Anonymous]

We don't encourage it and we make it known that we don't approve of it for teens, but I'm fairly confident my oldest Dd and her friends smoke weed occasionally & I haven't made serious efforts to catch her/punish/etc.

[Anonymous]

We've thought about this a lot and decided that we would not allow. But the reasoning comes down totally to the fact that it is illegal. If it was legal and they could do it safely, we would be fine.

But the illegality makes it just not worth the risk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jesus. That is so awful.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We've thought about this a lot and decided that we would not allow. But the reasoning comes down totally to the fact that it is illegal. If it was legal and they could do it safely, we would be fine.

But the illegality makes it just not worth the risk.

The democrats legalized it in VA and DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We've thought about this a lot and decided that we would not allow. But the reasoning comes down totally to the fact that it is illegal. If it was legal and they could do it safely, we would be fine.

But the illegality makes it just not worth the risk.

The democrats legalized it in VA and DC.

The *voters* did not legalize marijuana use for minors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pot doesn't cause schizophrenia.

"Researchers concluded that marijuana doesn’t cause schizophrenia by itself, but it may initiate the onset of the disease in a genetically predisposed person."

Even among identical twins of those diagnosed with schizophrenia there is only about a 40% chance of having the diagnosis. Meaning, environmental risk factors (like marijuana in adolescence to name one) are a huge part of the picture. Even if you aren’t aware of a family history it’s quite possible that your child could have that genetic vulnerability and it’s wise to minimize environmental risk factors that could cause it to manifest. It’s an unbelievably devastating disease that preys on people just starting out in life and robs them of many aspects of adult life. It’s ridiculous to be flippant about something like that when there are clear steps to decrease risk.

It still doesn't cause it. I am well aware of schizophrenia as I have several relatives who have it. I don't allow my kid to smoke weed because it is illegal. Period. Full stop.