Getting the message to parents

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  1. #1 oltex, Nov 25, 2011
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    Getting the message to parents
    DrugWarRant / Pete Guither / 11,25,2011


    The hell you would, Mom and Dad.




    Within a couple of years, he was dealing. Then he was expelled. He was a good athlete, but gave up sports, gave up his sports friends and soon ran with another crowd. It changed the whole dynamic of the family.


    Not a completely unfamiliar story. And there is so much going on in there that requires thoughtful analysis, particularly when you learn more about him…


    The young man suffers from depression.

    Is this a story about marijuana abuse or something else entirely? Seems to me that there were a number of issues here and that marijuana may have just been a symptom reliever.

    So what’s the conclusion from the author of the article?
    And, in a nutshell, that is why state-control of marijuana will probably never happen. Because an ordinary citizen, a garden-variety parent, does not want to be party to the creation of a nation of young pot-heads. Period.

    Really? Is that what we learn from this story? Is prohibition why the older brother didn’t abuse marijuana? How did prohibition help the younger brother? It seems to me that all his problems happened under prohibition. So why is that an argument against legalization? He dealt marijuana and hung out with that crowd. Would that have happened if marijuana was legal?

    Wouldn’t legal marijuana have an age restriction?

    It baffles me that people continue to look at the drug problems under prohibition and list them as reasons why legalization would be bad. There’s no evidence that legalization would exacerbate these prohibition-related problems and plenty of evidence that we’d have a better chance of helping people who abuse drugs without the sledge hammer of prohibition.

    Every time one of these parents comes forward we need to ask why they support having criminals control the drug market.
    How does that help their children?
  2. One of the biggest problems of prohibition is it doesn't allow parents to be parents. The government wants to be everyone's parent.
  3. When I encounter an angry parent blaming the harm to their child on marijuana it is usually not hard to make them understand that without prohibition,,most of the harm done to their child would never have happened. And what they are the angriest about,,the money it cost to keep or try to keep their child out of jail is only because of prohibition and actually harms society more than marijuana ever could.
  4. I can get bud no problem at all, getting alcohol without a fake ID is a different story. By legalizing it would keep it away from younger kids.

  5. Thats what im sayin. 13, 14 year olds can get weed, but do u see them getting alcohol at all?? By legalizing it for 21 and older it would make it less available for teens to get. Dealers would most likely lose customers, i know if i can go to a store and buy it legally without worrying about getting ripped off or shorted i would definitely go to the store.

  6. Yea, back in my even younger days, the only booze we had were stolen from out parents or we'd get a homeless guy or chill dude to buy for us. With bud its the easiest thing to get.
  7. Great article, tex. Thanks for sharing it. I reshared it with a couple of thousand people on G+. ;)
  8. I remember when i was 15. bud was easier to get than booze and tobacco.

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