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[quote=Anonymous]We've started to have these conversations. I'm still not sure what the right approach is, but I've been honest to a degree. It's an issue complicated by a host of factors, which we've discussed. Some of them are:

Marijuana isn't the same drug it was when I was smoking my crappy ditch weed.

Legalities.

The socioeconomic reality and danger of the trade: see sketchy dealer neighbors for example A. Do you want to participate in this?

What the hell is actually in whatever you are getting is a mystery.

But what about when grandma was dying and chemo made her sick? Is that ok?

But what about places where it's now legal?

What addiction is, and how you may have a genetic tendency towards it.

Ditto depression

What can happen if you start experimenting with this stuff before puberty is over and your brain is still forming.

A real conversation about set and setting, and how that can affect an experience as well as one's safety.

This isn't a comprehensive list, but this has ALL come up in conversation. My son is TWELVE, by the way, and kids at school are already telling tales about who is trying what. So far my son seems pretty turned off to the idea.[/quote]

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