Comments on: FAQ Teen Pot Culture

By: olii

olii — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:46:58 +0000

in the place that we live we measure by something we call “bowls” and it’s pretty much it’s 5 dollars per bowl and that’s as easy as it gets there are also names for specific amounts of bowls but i don’t feel like getting into that

By: sean

sean — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:09:24 +0000

well, im just starting to read this, and using your other articles to help me from getting caught, but right away i saw a mistake. an 1/8 is about 3.5 grams, and if you say that a gram is $15 then the 1/8 should at least cost $45. just saying.

By: Anonymous Writer

Anonymous Writer — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:55:31 +0000

I never had tried marijuana until I was 17 years old. I now quite frequently use marijuana, and enjoy the feeling every time that I use this plant. I am 19 now. I attend a major university, and make very competitive grades. I graduated early from high school based on scholastic achievement, and entered college as a sophomore when I was 17. I feel that the punishment for the use of marijuana in the United States is infringing on my civil liberties. Not only am I an advocate for marijuana legalization for recreational use, but the hemp plant has many beneficial environmentally renewing attributes. This is a great website explaining the thousands of uses for this plant which is banned from production here in the states. http://www.naihc.org/hemp_information/hemp_facts.html

I appreciate how you seem to be supporting of both sides, but keeping this “drug” illegal is not worth the effect that it is having on our society. With marijuana being illegal for around seventy years now, it is obvious prohibition has failed. This country was founded by people who were under the influence of many illegal substances as science has proved. If I want to enjoy a toke session, or occasional wake n’ bake… what harm is it doing to all those people out there not for legalization. Saying that there are thousands of victims (producers, suppliers, gang victims, etc) is not a valid argument. Because the whole problem, in general, could be eliminated by legalization; letting Americans cultivate their own herb for themselves. Sorry to rant, just wanted to get my feelings out there for once. Cheers,

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:54:41 +0000

I just wrote a post called: 10 Reasons Parents Should Want to Legalize Marijuana, which is opposite of this post, you might want to check it out.
http://www.onteenstoday.com/2008/12/18/marijuana/

By: Jamie B.

Jamie B. — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:04:00 +0000

Look,
Your anti-marijuana propaganda does not fool the majority of teenagers. In fact, anti-cannabis ad campaigns are considered a total joke by most teenagers. I have watched many of these commercials while passing the bowl with friends. I mean come on, it’s hard to deny that prohibition has NEVER been successful. Whether marijuana is legal or not, people will continue to enjoy it. My advice to you is go to your local high school. Ask ANYONE who deals at the school. Find the dealer, and buy an eighth. Go roll a blunt. You are so incredibly ignorant, you shouldn’t knock it before you try it. Also, go ahead and throw all of your music away. Throw away every record, CD..everything, because I’m sure the majority of your music was written and recorded under the influence of marijuana. If you condemn it’s use, I believe listening to music written under it’s influence hypocritical. No one likes a hypocrite.

Thanks for some more uninformed bullshit about cannabis.
for the record, I am 15, I have a 3.82 GPA, I am on honor roll, in the National Honors Society, I am on the varsity debate team, newspaper staff, and i am president of the french club. I just happen to enjoy partying and feeling good. Get your facts straight. Toke up.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:40:24 +0000

Thank you Jon!

By: jon

jon — Tue, 06 May 2008 05:04:12 +0000

I honestly like that you have posted this article about pot for parents. I think my parents are incompetent about pot and therefore fear it

I would like people to get over the stereotype that potheads are dumb. I am about to be a senior, I have a 3.7gpa, 27act score, college bound and I like to smoke pot. So don’t blame pot for making kids screw up, some kids just wouldn’t do their homework just cuz they are lazy.

Also, this article is correct in stating that kids understand the risks of pot. For me, I know that smoking a jointbis three times worse than smoking a cigarette, but it must be accounted that smokers smoke many cigs a day. I smoke two joints a week at most, big difference. Even if the risks of smoking pot were much worse, we still would smoke, simply because it feels reeeaallll goooood. Plus being high does not impair your coordination much, compared to alcohol. I think alcohol should be illegal ad Mary jane should be legal. Even though both are fun.

Hope this gives parents some perspective.

By: Marni

Marni — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:03:14 +0000

SmokeSAT1720, there are also quite a few studies that say marijuana is bad for you. Vanessa is talking about the overall effect of inhaling smoke on your health. Just because pot is better than other drugs, you are still better off not doing it.
I believe that she also saw two of her friends go to jail for having pot on them and will always encourage kids to stay clean, which I agree with.

By: smokeSAT1720

smokeSAT1720 — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:31:10 +0000

I find it quite strange that you keep saying that marijuana is bad for your lungs. Quite a few recent scientific studies have indicated the exact opposite , some have said that there is no connection while some have actually found a negative correlation with lung cancer and weed usage. I think you have been huffing from the D.A.R.E bag for a bit too long. Marijuana has very few if any negative effects on the body , on the other hand it outweighs any other drug , and most other things in health benefit. it is a pity that you have been propagandised to such an extent that you write this sort of thing (without government subsidy even).

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:15:46 +0000

colin

Thank you for your well thought out comment, I think it will be very helpful for parents
Vanessa