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[quote=Anonymous]These pot threads always end up in predictable ways. Probably because those who regularly imbibed (and may still do) assume that it's common for people to smoke pot and that "everyone" did (which is absolutely not true if statistics are anything to go by), while those who never/rarely touched pot and haven't touched it in years/decades are always surprised by those who still do pot because they're not surrounded by people who smoke regularly. Two different groups and mindsets and never the twain shall meet.

As for me, I err on the side of caution with pot because my experience echoes some of the posters above. I watched kids become potheads and it more or less changed the direction of their life in unnecessary ways. But it did not mean that all kids became low performing potheads. My Ivy alma mater certainly had its share of regular pot users who performed just fine. The trick is you don't know how your kid will end up. If something like this happened to me, I'd take the safer route by being the anti-pot parent, for at least I'd know I tried if the kid still ended up a failed pothead (and you high performing pot smokers frequently fail to realize how many kids end up failed potheads or how pot does act as a gateway drug for many drug addicts).

By the way, a question for you pot smoking parents, would you be equally laid back if it was a pack of cigarettes found in your kid's room? Just wondering.

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