in reply to the original post i would say probably, i would try my hardest though in stopping them from starting on tobacco as that really is a very expensive and damaging life long habit for most people.
http://www.badscience.net/2007/03/reefer-badness/
should clear up misconceptions about modern weed being 25x stronger,
http://www.badscience.net/2007/07/blah-blah-cannabis-blah-blah-blah/
this one is about psychosis.
Dr Ben Goldacre for those of you that have not heard of him is a very sensible sounding chap that likes to dispel all sorts of nonsense usually spouted by the media. He has many many entries on a very wide variety of subjects.
Just read the badscience link, very interesting.
Its funny how things change. Here i am, 38 years old and already i've forgotten the lessons of youth!
Coming from the E generation i've done most drugs (avoided H and Crack!)
And spent plenty of time defending the use of them in moderation..
My biggest gripe was always the lack of good solid facts and figures. Always its scare tactics, drugs kill, etc.. I have a large circle of friends and none of us are showing any ill effects from our mispent youth (we still partake in most things on stag do's).
My parents didn't have the information they needed to make an informed reason for me not to, they only had government/The Sun BS to argue their corner. Nothing has changed today, the same old BS..
Having said all that the world has changed and kids now discover drugs at a very young age.
For us drugs was a just a faze because in the end we had to grow up a little and make the most of our lives, fun while it lasted though..These days my drugs are techy descents, snowboarding and alcohol!
We should always try and research the facts and not fall for sensationalist rubbish (this goes for most subjects)..
spamtastic post marymn.
hey is this the party thread?
why not, new crop just dried.
pull up a mat and a rizla.
I don't know. I have issues with the path that drugs take to get here and the crime it's associated with as Tankslapper points out.
Other than that I've no real problem with it, however my teenage kids haven't gone near alchol yet. And I wasn't bothered for weed or booze either yet my mum grew canibis in her back garden.
I did experience my daughters friends smoking weed in the back garden at her party last month, and TBH I thought it was just a bit cheeky.
One thing though smoking the stuff in public is severely disrespectful, that'll get my fists clenched.
My son(20 soon) started and stopped smoking pot quite quickly.
I've been at it for 21 years with no issues.
If you want to keep your kids on the straight and narrow point them to youtube and get them to watch Swansea love story parts 1-6.
Very sad but very real.
If my lad decides in the future he wants to smoke weed then I'd be more happy for him to smoke at home than elsewhere but would rather if he wanted to get high to find a non smoking method of using it.
I started smoking fags at 12 years old cos it made me look hard ect...
my first try of canabis was when I was 15 , the usual squidgy/Moroccan that seemed to be what was available in the 80's. I've never been tempted to try anything else despite numerous offers.
Nowadays I've packed in tobacco on it's own and only smoke weed now and again when a friends crop comes of age and I don't have to pay for it , but I've always been a 1 joint is enough smoker cos once your stoned your just wasting whats left.
The best non smoking method is , boil a bottle of high fat milk(jersy/gold top) and pour into a flask adding a good sized bud , leave to steep for an hour then seive out the weed. Use to make tea/coffee. ingesting the tch gives a much better buzz and doesn't cack your lungs up.