WaPost article on teens and weed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The pro-Marijuana lobby has done a damn good of promoting the fallacy that weed is harmless to the detriment of our society and our kids. It's unfortunate that the majority of Americans have bought into this scheme. The youth will pay the price for this grave mistake. It's tragic.

Agreed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you allowing your kid to do drugs? Legal or not, kids have always used and it’s a parenting issue, above anything.

OP. I didn’t “allow” but he’s 18 and it’s LEGAL. But it’s 10x stronger than I was a teen.

The article states that what used to be 4ml?%? THC is now 40-90 whatever the unit they cite.

For the poster who asked, yes, he’s better but it was scary and months of hospitalization & treatment center - all after smoking vape just once. The hospital said they are seeing more of these cases. I’m so sad for our kids.

This. I go full anaphylaxis shock when I smoke weed now. As a teen I smoked alot and the worst that happened was very subtle breathing problems. I can't smoke now or it will kill me

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. My intention of posting was to help educate parents of the dangers of this new weed. We need to be talking to our tweens, before the peer pressure starts. And we parents need to know this ain’t your 1990’s weed. This stuff is strong, and scary and kids will try it. For all those posters who want to blame me or other parents I say, good luck. Really.

NP. I’m so sorry that your son went through this, OP. We have a friend whose kid sounds just like one of the ones described in the story. They still don’t know if he’s bi-polar or just dealing with psychosis from using weed for anxiety.

Anyone judging OP or someone who has dealt with this should have a better sense of how fragile their world is. Self-righteousness and smugness are not going to save anyone’s kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DS has been hospitalized for cannabis induced psychosis due to strong weed. Looks like he’s not alone. What have we done as a nation? I understand the criminal justice component but our kids will suffer.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2023/05/01/teen-pot-use/

“We ??”

The democrats did this, OP.

You voted for this. Elections have consequences.

I was a teen in the 90s and could get very strong weed at Stuyvesant HS pretty much any time I wanted it. Strong weed has been around for decades.

Exhibit A: The adult enablers I was talking about.

What am I enabling? I'm just saying that new legislation hasn't changed as much as people want to think it has. Blaming the voters who wanted to stop spending taxpayer money on prosecuting and incarcerating pot users doesn't make sense.

You are dismissing the severity and urgency surrounding the prevalence of weed that contains THC is 2X, 3X, 4X and 5X what used to in weed one or two decades ago. You're trying to act like the current state is normal. It's not. And we should all be concerned.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS has been hospitalized for cannabis induced psychosis due to strong weed. Looks like he’s not alone. What have we done as a nation? I understand the criminal justice component but our kids will suffer.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2023/05/01/teen-pot-use/

“We ??”

The democrats did this, OP.

You voted for this. Elections have consequences.

I was a teen in the 90s and could get very strong weed at Stuyvesant HS pretty much any time I wanted it. Strong weed has been around for decades.

Exhibit A: The adult enablers I was talking about.

What am I enabling? I'm just saying that new legislation hasn't changed as much as people want to think it has. Blaming the voters who wanted to stop spending taxpayer money on prosecuting and incarcerating pot users doesn't make sense.

You are dismissing the severity and urgency surrounding the prevalence of weed that contains THC is 2X, 3X, 4X and 5X what used to in weed one or two decades ago. You're trying to act like the current state is normal. It's not. And we should all be concerned.

I'm not dismissing it. I'm saying your facts are wrong.

It's the new normal. And it is concerning.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you allowing your kid to do drugs? Legal or not, kids have always used and it’s a parenting issue, above anything.

OP. I didn’t “allow” but he’s 18 and it’s LEGAL. But it’s 10x stronger than I was a teen.

The article states that what used to be 4ml?%? THC is now 40-90 whatever the unit they cite.

For the poster who asked, yes, he’s better but it was scary and months of hospitalization & treatment center - all after smoking vape just once. The hospital said they are seeing more of these cases. I’m so sad for our kids.

It's only legal with a medical prescription card and if he's living in your home, you are allowing it. And, it sounds like he did it prior to 18. Sounds like addiction and drug use run in the family.

You know, recreational weed is legal but I think it’s 21 and over.

OP, what state is recreational weed legal at 18? Did your son get prescription for it for the weed he smoked?

Hey folks, there’s this thing called the Internet. You can type words into and and give if your debit card number (cause you’re a responsible teen with a job) and then the INTERNET will mail you a vape pen that you can smoke and get high.

<b>The internet does not mail anything. </b> A company does. Op child was using far before 18 and did not monitor it.

I know of many high school students who disagree.

High school students are minors. The internet is a tool. It does not do anything. Kids find companies or people. It’s illegal to mail it and still illegal in federal laws.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It will be the same issue as we have with alcohol. Some kids will overdo it.

It is not legal for under 18 to smoke pot or cigarettes or drink alocohol.

And yet they do.

We have proven time over time making it illegal doesn't stop usage.

That's it.

What scares me most, that NOBODY is talking about is secondary effects on children when the adults around them smoke.

With cigarettes, we learned (eventually), that if you breathe the smoke it can harm your health, even if you’re not the one smoking. Kid who are around parents who smoke, are in effect smoking. A parent drinking a beer around a child will not simultaneously intoxicate their child. A child around a marijuana smoker is not only being exposed to the effects of the drug, it’s exposing them when they’re in a vulnerable state of development.

I don’t think anyone even knows yet, what the effects of chronic exposure to developing brains will be, but I think society will soon find out. We’ve had problems for years with education (high drop-out rates, behavioral problems in the classroom, graduating students who are unable or barely able to read, etc.). If our educational system has struggled with previous students, how is it going to serve a generation of brain-damaged students?

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you allowing your kid to do drugs? Legal or not, kids have always used and it’s a parenting issue, above anything.

OP. I didn’t “allow” but he’s 18 and it’s LEGAL. But it’s 10x stronger than I was a teen.

The article states that what used to be 4ml?%? THC is now 40-90 whatever the unit they cite.

For the poster who asked, yes, he’s better but it was scary and months of hospitalization & treatment center - all after smoking vape just once. The hospital said they are seeing more of these cases. I’m so sad for our kids.

It's only legal with a medical prescription card and if he's living in your home, you are allowing it. And, it sounds like he did it prior to 18. Sounds like addiction and drug use run in the family.

You know, recreational weed is legal but I think it’s 21 and over.

OP, what state is recreational weed legal at 18? Did your son get prescription for it for the weed he smoked?

Hey folks, there’s this thing called the Internet. You can type words into and and give if your debit card number (cause you’re a responsible teen with a job) and then the INTERNET will mail you a vape pen that you can smoke and get high.

<b>The internet does not mail anything. </b> A company does. Op child was using far before 18 and did not monitor it.

I know of many high school students who disagree.

High school students are minors. The internet is a tool. It does not do anything. Kids find companies or people. It’s illegal to mail it and still illegal in federal laws.

I'm not sure why you are so hung up on the mechanisms. The point is that incredibly strong weed is widely available to anyone who knows how to use the internet, if a kid smokes it's not the parent's fault, there needs to be some serious consideration given on potency of THC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DS has been hospitalized for cannabis induced psychosis due to strong weed. Looks like he’s not alone. What have we done as a nation? I understand the criminal justice component but our kids will suffer.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2023/05/01/teen-pot-use/

“We ??”

The democrats did this, OP.

You voted for this. Elections have consequences.

I was a teen in the 90s and could get very strong weed at Stuyvesant HS pretty much any time I wanted it. Strong weed has been around for decades.

Exhibit A: The adult enablers I was talking about.

What am I enabling? I'm just saying that new legislation hasn't changed as much as people want to think it has. Blaming the voters who wanted to stop spending taxpayer money on prosecuting and incarcerating pot users doesn't make sense.

Omg-this is a well studied issue with many published studies in leading journals-on average (your teen experience in the 90s notwithstanding) weed is much much stronger.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It will be the same issue as we have with alcohol. Some kids will overdo it.

It is not legal for under 18 to smoke pot or cigarettes or drink alocohol.

And yet they do.

We have proven time over time making it illegal doesn't stop usage.

That's it.

What scares me most, that NOBODY is talking about is secondary effects on children when the adults around them smoke.

With cigarettes, we learned (eventually), that if you breathe the smoke it can harm your health, even if you’re not the one smoking. Kid who are around parents who smoke, are in effect smoking. A parent drinking a beer around a child will not simultaneously intoxicate their child. A child around a marijuana smoker is not only being exposed to the effects of the drug, it’s exposing them when they’re in a vulnerable state of development.

I don’t think anyone even knows yet, what the effects of chronic exposure to developing brains will be, but I think society will soon find out. We’ve had problems for years with education (high drop-out rates, behavioral problems in the classroom, graduating students who are unable or barely able to read, etc.). If our educational system has struggled with previous students, how is it going to serve a generation of brain-damaged students?

Yes, agree with this. So incredibly sad

[Anonymous]

Vaping is the main issue--with tobacco and marijuana. Tell your kids to stay away from vapes if they want to try weed.

Defending alcohol is a losing game. It is the cause of so many problems. I am so glad that kids are drinking less these days.

OP--I doubt your DC vaped only once--do you know that is the case for sure? This is much more concerning if that is true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It will be the same issue as we have with alcohol. Some kids will overdo it.

It is not legal for under 18 to smoke pot or cigarettes or drink alocohol.

And yet they do.

We have proven time over time making it illegal doesn't stop usage.

That's it.

What scares me most, that NOBODY is talking about is secondary effects on children when the adults around them smoke.

With cigarettes, we learned (eventually), that if you breathe the smoke it can harm your health, even if you’re not the one smoking. Kid who are around parents who smoke, are in effect smoking. A parent drinking a beer around a child will not simultaneously intoxicate their child. A child around a marijuana smoker is not only being exposed to the effects of the drug, it’s exposing them when they’re in a vulnerable state of development.

I don’t think anyone even knows yet, what the effects of chronic exposure to developing brains will be, but I think society will soon find out. We’ve had problems for years with education (high drop-out rates, behavioral problems in the classroom, graduating students who are unable or barely able to read, etc.). If our educational system has struggled with previous students, how is it going to serve a generation of brain-damaged students?

Yes, agree with this. So incredibly sad

You are talking about kids who don't stand a chance anyway. Parents who sit around chronically smoking pot all day around small children are failing them in about 1,000 other ways.

[Anonymous]

I'm sorry, OP.

I think we are just in the early stages of a real crisis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, OP.

I think we are just in the early stages of a real crisis.

- a crisis of our own making.

Huge mistake to “legalize” marijuana.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Vaping is the main issue--with tobacco and marijuana. Tell your kids to stay away from vapes if they want to try weed.

Defending alcohol is a losing game. It is the cause of so many problems. I am so glad that kids are drinking less these days.

OP--I doubt your DC vaped only once--do you know that is the case for sure? This is much more concerning if that is true.

Britany Griner spent all those months in Russian prisons over THC vapes.