Comments on: Surprise. Decrim doesn’t mean kids are toking in school.

By: cigarette electronique

cigarette electronique — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:58:41 +0000

This definitely makes great sense!

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By: Cliff

Cliff — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:57:17 +0000

“Relaxing drug laws never meant that more people would use drugs.”

However, it will mean that the right people (incarceration / treatment industrial complex) will not be getting paid with the shovelfuls of cash they are used to receiving.

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By: James

James — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:47:19 +0000

Look at foreign nations. They have more liberal drug laws than we do, and lower usage rates. Relaxing drug laws never meant that more people would use drugs.

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By: R.O.E.

R.O.E. — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:48:14 +0000

Something I feel the government and people in general need to realize is this….Too much of anything is a bad thing(government included) and if its causing problems …Stop doing it(government included).

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By: Nhop

Nhop — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:42:19 +0000

Yes, we need to give kids more credit. (for intelligence…)

One thing that really irks me about drug information (propaganda) put out by government is that my (and yours!) tax dollars are being used to spread the message. Remember the “Burrito taster” that Pete wrote about a while back? That is the kind of swill being spread by our government in the name of keeping kids off drugs. It is funny in a ridiculous kind of way until one realizes that this is paid for with our tax dollars….

http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/2008/11/06.html

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By: R.O.E.

R.O.E. — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:35:25 +0000

The only reason I tried cannabis 25 years ago is because adults were telling me I couldnt have it. Its knmown fact that teens are prone to not do as they are told.

Funny thing is, after I tried it, I found small amounts helped me concentrate on my school work. I was a D-F student all through school then became a A-B student on honor roll. Now dont get me wrong, I dont think its a good thing for kids to start smoking weed. Its not for everyone. Just as some people can drink beer and handle it well where others turn into idiot alcoholics, some people can handle cannabis just fine,others turn into stupid stoners.

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By: Just Legalize It

Just Legalize It — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:29:05 +0000

oh i didnt finish that lol im medicated….. if we told them the truth then they would probably be more likely not to use it….

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By: Just Legalize It

Just Legalize It — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:28:14 +0000

i bet if we told kids the truth about cannabis, that if you use it as a teen or preteen you have a higher chance of developing mental illness in the future.

dont lie to them…. it creates mistrust and that is worse than the truth AND the drug

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By: Duncan

Duncan — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:21:12 +0000

The only reason I tried cannabis that day 32 years ago was to piss off my parents. I can’t say how things would have turned out had they not been so puckered about the subject. After all, if things were different, they just wouldn’t be the same. But I can say their attitude did the opposite of keeping me from trying it. I can’t have been the only teenager in history determined to piss off his parents. Oh well, I am grateful for the way it turned out.

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By: Nhop

Nhop — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:47:19 +0000

I can remember as a youngster hearing all sorts of scary things about drugs, how they are addictive, how they can kill, destroy lives, make you crazy, etc. Once I found out that these were either outright lies or gross exaggerations, I felt “lied to” and developed a suspicious outlook and attitude to any kind of antidrug information. Talk about sending a terrible message to children, and we are still doing it today!!!

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