Yeah, I just wonder why people waste their time registering just to cause a disturbance -_-.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Morrison
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Yeah, I just wonder why people waste their time registering just to cause a disturbance -_-.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Morrison
he gets paidQuote:
Originally Posted by orangeman
18 for sure. There's a good reason why even though tobacco is legal it isn't legal for kids. As much propaganda as there is about weed, smoking it is BAD FOR YOU, period. When your body is developing it is even worse for you. When your brain is growing mind altering chemicals are NOT what you should be using. Most of the people under 18 are simply too stupid to make a good decision about whether they should be smoking or not. Many of the underage posters here prove that. I miss overgrow and their 18+ only policy...
im sure those of you who are like yeah 18+ have legitament reasons for beleiving so
but what you also have to remember is that not every person under 18 is immature and unexperienced in the game of life, some of us have lived more in a sense, if you know what i mean
and thne there are all the failure 30y/o's living in the mommys basements etc. what do we say for them? the number of years in no way depicts how wise a person is
18 sounds about right. I had smoke a ton, but I didn't go daily till I was about 18. Besides, doing shit that you're not supposed to do it half of the fun when you're not legal yet :)
18, if your old enough to go to war, get locked up and go to strip clubs then you're definitly old enough to chill.
Who sets the age? The government? Who enforces it? The police? I don't think that's a very good idea. Leave it up to the parents to deal with that kind of stuff. They know a lot better than the government whether or not the kid is mature enough. Besides, punishing the kid with the law is never going to make him change his mind. Trust me, I've seen it happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by imagoober
people should be allowed to smoke whenever.
I agree with you. Children (as I have called the group of people of ages 16 and under) do have rights. While I won't ever say that any one individual shouldn't be allowed to do something because "they're too young", I must say that as a whole group (and I was one of them once), younger people (notice I didn't say children this time :thumbsup: ) are more likely to abuse their rights. they are also more likely to violate the rights of others. now I'm not saying that ONLY people younger than 16 do this, in fact a large marjority is done by so called "ADULTS".Quote:
Originally Posted by orangeman
Laws are based on generalities. Maturity is not something that can be categorized or measured, therefore it is my belief that numerical age is the best determining factor to consider in these cases.
And just so you know, my parents didn't really care that I used cannabis when I was younger, but that I was breaking the law. That because of what I chose to do, I could have been put in jail is what they were truly worried about. In fact, this is something that they still worry about, however they also have come to realize that it is a mature decision that I am making. The decision being that I choose to use cannabis, not abuse it. I guess that is what makes this discussion such a hot topic. It's not that children aren't mature enough to make an educated decision to use cannabis, but that they are more likely to abuse cannabis.
Great discussion everyone, keep this up!
I believe that adolescence is a sacred developmental period that determines who you will be for the rest of your life. I don't believe there should be legal penalties but those that spend the entirety of adolescence smoking pot are missing out on a lifetime of being stoned.
Making this a rights issue is naive. Children aren't always right. Growing up is very much about accepting this fact.