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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who are all these pot-smoking parents and parents who have just decided to let it slide at home?  Pot is a gateway drug.  [b]No one starts with coke or heroin[/b].  No one knows who is going to get addicted to pot and move on to chase bigger and more dangerous highs while everyone else in their group of friends continues with "just" recreational pot use.  Are you ok with your kid being the one that can't stop?  Add to that the fact that today's pot is something like 25 times more potent than pot that was available 30 years ago.  OP, you need to care - we all should.[/quote]

Almost every single addict starts with booze. Your reefer madness thinking is outdated. I do NOT want my kids smoking until adulthood/college. Just like I don't want them pouring themselves a big as glass of sauvignon blanc on Friday after school for happy hour.

But something like 20% of Americans used adult use or medical weed in legal states last year. You can be addicted to gambling and shopping too- addicts are going to addict. Trust me, you know parents who smoke weed. Boring ass, regular parents.

Pot is way better than 20 years ago. Its more refined and has product controls, which is awesome. You smoke significantly less than a bag full of seeds or stems and the legal market has seen product quality go up and price in real dollars go down. Low dose edibles are great for all kinds of things that people reach for bottles of prescription pills for. We did a huge disservice to ourselves by making this schedule 1 (which was not based on data or science, it was entirely political) which took away decades of research on what we can and can't tread with THC and CBD compounds or how they react with other medicines.

Yes you should 100% care that your kid is hurting a developing brain. Like I said, its akin to alcohol for me. That's not OK for children.

Don't conflate the two issues though. 
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