Study: 1 of every 15 HS students use pot daily.

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sourceninja

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Don't think legalizing it will help them do any better in school

And keeping it illegally apparently won't stop them from doing it.

I have no desire to smoke pot, however I think it should be legal. It is no worse than drinking, has medical uses, and could bring jobs and tax revenue to this country.

Legalizing it would put financial strain illegal cartels and at the same time make drug use safer by keeping people out of dealings with lowlifes. This means reductions in murders, muggings, etc.

It is a win/win situation. Protecting our kids from smoking pot is no different then keeping them from drinking or smoking. Education + treating them like a rational adult will give them the tools to make responsible choices.
 

TechBoyJK

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Sure they are. They just have to keep repeating that 10th grade until they pass which they can't because they're stoned. On pot. And stuff.

I went through high school stoned.. Got a 3.9GPA, was on student council, ran track, played football, got a scholarship, dropped out of college because I was recruited by a big company to make $50k a year when I was 19.

Suck it.
 

TechBoyJK

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This doesn't come as surprise to me. I have never been high before, but a lot of my friends get high about once a week maybe twice. Actually my friend is baking me brownies for my birthday, don't know if i will actually eat them, but we will see.

Yea.. I don't know if eating a potentially potent brownie for your first high is a good idea.

1. could upset your stomache
2. might hit you like a freight train
3. might give you the wrong idea

Lightly smoking or vaporizing will give you a less intense, longer high with less drop off.

Once you know what to expect, then eat a brownie.
 

Born2bwire

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I went through high school stoned.. Got a 3.9GPA, was on student council, ran track, played football, got a scholarship, dropped out of college because I was recruited by a big company to make $50k a year when I was 19.

Suck it.

Another dope fiend college drop out. How many flower childs must succumb before people realize what the hippies have done to us?
 

surfsatwerk

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Yea.. I don't know if eating a potentially potent brownie for your first high is a good idea.

1. could upset your stomache
2. might hit you like a freight train
3. might give you the wrong idea

Lightly smoking or vaporizing will give you a less intense, longer high with less drop off.

Once you know what to expect, then eat a brownie
.

And then... COCAINE!
 

actuarial

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I went through high school stoned.. Got a 3.9GPA, was on student council, ran track, played football, got a scholarship, dropped out of college because I was recruited by a big company to make $50k a year when I was 19.

Suck it.

Went through high school and university stoned. Graduated top of my class in both cases. Managed to avoid Schizophrenia.
 

TechBoyJK

Lifer
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Don't think legalizing it will help them do any better in school

It would make weed harder to get.

Take it off the streets. Make it legal for adults to buy in a regulated shop. Shop owner won't want to get fined or lose his business so he will ID everyone, and drug dealers (who will sell to kids) won't have much of a market anymore because the adults with the money will just be going to stores to get it.

How often do you see high school kids peddling beer in school? Not often, instead, you see them begging adults to go buy it in a store, and most adults tell the kids to go take a hike.
 

TechBoyJK

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Another dope fiend college drop out. How many flower childs must succumb before people realize what the hippies have done to us?

LOL did you read why I dropped out?

I was in school to teach elementary education. I would have been lucky to make $50k a year when I was 40. I took a job making that much when I was 19.
 

Saint Nick

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It would make weed harder to get.

Take it off the streets. Make it legal for adults to buy in a regulated shop. Shop owner won't want to get fined or lose his business so he will ID everyone, and drug dealers (who will sell to kids) won't have much of a market anymore because the adults with the money will just be going to stores to get it.

How often do you see high school kids peddling beer in school? Not often, instead, you see them begging adults to go buy it in a store, and most adults tell the kids to go take a hike.
While I am all for legalization, I think that it will only make it more available given how easy it is to manufacture and distribute.

Ron Paul 2012!
 

LookBehindYou

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And keeping it illegally apparently won't stop them from doing it.

I have no desire to smoke pot, however I think it should be legal. It is no worse than drinking, has medical uses, and could bring jobs and tax revenue to this country.

Legalizing it would put financial strain illegal cartels and at the same time make drug use safer by keeping people out of dealings with lowlifes. This means reductions in murders, muggings, etc.

It is a win/win situation. Protecting our kids from smoking pot is no different then keeping them from drinking or smoking. Education + treating them like a rational adult will give them the tools to make responsible choices.

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TechBoyJK

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While I am all for legalization, I think that it will only make it more available given how easy it is to manufacture and distribute.

Ron Paul 2012!

More available? Or not anyworse than it is now?

Pot was sooo easy to get in High school.. harder to get than beer, even though most of the kids wanted to drink.
 

Born2bwire

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LOL did you read why I dropped out?

I was in school to teach elementary education. I would have been lucky to make $50k a year when I was 40. I took a job making that much when I was 19.

Yeah, I read it. THE REEFER.