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I'm a female and, honestly, I am SICK of females who think they can prohibit something for adults because of their (sometimes misplaced) fear about their children.
are you aware that legalization contains strict laws about giving marijuana to anyone under the age of 21? - laws that can and will be enforced.
are you aware that, in those nations that have decriminalized drug use, drug use has dropped?
are you aware that anti-drug campaigns in the U.S. had the REVERSE effect on drug usage for teens?
are you aware that teens who want to obtain cannabis can now get it more easily than they can get alcohol because it is sold in their schools?
if you're not aware of these things, why do you make this unsupported statement that more teenagers will smoke pot and... KILL PEOPLE (BIG SCARE CAPS.)
I don't want anyone to smoke pot and drive. however, if I had a choice, I would prefer to share the road with a pot smoker rather than a drinker.
instead of scare tactics, people who are concerned about teens using cannabis should inform them about responsible behavior, which includes not driving. they should make it evident to their children that, if they drink or use cannabis, they should be responsible and call a taxi or a parent to pick them up because the goal is safety - even when or if a teenager does something he or she shouldn't.
this is how to cut down on stupid actions like driving under the influence. not by pretending that prohibition stops people from doing stupid things - it doesn't.
I'm sorry you lost a family member to a drunk driver. I would not wish that one anyone. however, because a few people are irresponsible is no reason to assume everyone is irresponsible.
I have two young adult children and neither or them drinks or smokes (anything.) I do know they have some friends who do. I also know that they have been in situations with designated drivers because the people they know realize that is the responsible thing to do.
They knew, all through their teen years, that if they were EVER in a situation in which someone had been drinking, they were IN NO WAY to ever get in a car with such a person and that they could call, no questions asked, and get picked up (any friend, as well) from where ever they were - because the goal was not punishment but safety.
if my kids had grown up hearing that anyone who drank was a bad person they would have known that's a lie. If they had grown up afraid to seek help in a situation because of the fear that they would get someone else in trouble they would have been more likely to put themselves or someone else in a dangerous situation.
at no time was there ever a question of drinking being okay for them as minors - but it also wasn't something to pretend was not part of circumstances in which they might find themselves at parties, etc.
you don't deal with problems by trying to scare people. you deal with problems by trying to find solutions - by honest assessment of dangers and options in a variety of situations.
maybe the answer to this fear of teenagers driving while under the influence would be to raise the driving age to 18 and making public transportation part of American life - that makes far more sense than trying to enforce prohibition on adults because children should not participate in some activity.
we don't outlaw sex because we don't want children to have sex. it makes no sense to outlaw cannabis because we don't want children to use it.
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