Suggestion For The Adult Only Rule?

Dear Canna.com users, I was recently thinking about the new under age rule and how it has affected us. It's obvious that it has removed a lot of spam, however some does still remain. But the bigger issue being (for the community), is that it has died down a lot, or so it seems. We have lost a lot of great members to this ruling and it feels the community over all to is suffering from it. I understand the rule is in place and has well justified reasons for staying.

Myself and some other members came up with the idea that a Parental Registry Form system be used. For example if a minor wants to use this website they would have to have their parents consent to use it. This would keep away any liabilities for the website regarding age issues. I feel that as a very popular cannabis forum/community it is up to us to help guide our younger users. I understand some of the older members think "Well I had no Internet forum", well you're right you didn't. But I'm sure you made some mistakes in your youth, and I'm pretty sure you're willing to give advice to younger people who seek it.

Billionfold says:


â??Hey all, Billy here. As some of you may know, I was banned a little while back for being under 18. In all honesty, I'm 17. You can bet I'm upset about it. I feel that Cannabis.com is a community, and that the information here about cannabis, aside from the grow information, should be viewed by everyone. I understand why the adult only rule was implemented, but I feel that it needs revised for the greater good of our community we have here. Now I'm not real familiar with vBulletin, which is the software this forum runs on, but it would make sense to me that it would have some sort of feature that would need parents activation if a minor would sign up. I've seen it before at other sites, but I'm not sure if they ran on VB. I would register, and after it realized I was a minor, would ask for my parents email and would send them an activation email. Also, I know there is information available at cannabis.com that isn't minor friendly. So then it would also make sense for VB to have a feature to close off certain areas to certain people. Such as age restriction on the cultivation area, parts of the sexuality area, ect. I also agree that a standard of maturity should be kept at Cannabis.com, so I'm not saying let the nosepickers in. Obviously we don't want those sort of members. It may require more work, but I think in the long run it'd be worth it for our community. I really hope the mods, and Sundance, will see this as a genuine suggestion and not remove it immediately.â?�

I hope some others will voice their opinion on the matter. NOT on the rule itself, but on the suggestion made.

Yeah I think this would be a good idea I was just talking to him on msn about this and I dont see why this shouldnt work I mean the forums used to be a LOT busier than they are now, its practically dead now to be honest.

so basically what you are saying is only kids that have parents that let them smoke pot can be on here? and i mean i like the rule even though it cant be enforced it stops kids that are hiding there age now from bragging about stupid shit like getting stoned for freshman english

But yeah i think this would be a good idea but there would still be ways to get around it im sure and how would that be enforced?

kids would just say they are 18 so the concent form would not have to be filled out

Yeah but they can do that now anyway, for all you know im only 10 years old :).

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Originally Posted by Jake420

so basically what you are saying is only kids that have parents that let them smoke pot can be on here?

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No, parents who feel they can allow a friendly online community to educate their children appropriately on cannabis.

"Would you rather your child got cannabis info from a friend, or from an intelligent online community devoted solely to cannabis?" - Bill.

yeah but IMO no parents are going to go for that, at least i dont think they would, but yes this idea could work you should enter this idea on the suggestion thread let the mods take a look at it

This ain't NC17 or R rated or sumfin. It don't matter if Mommy says cool, you still can't get drunk and rap wit a pig. You'd still get busted. Why should this be different. Intoxication is intoxication and the rule is so maybe the public might see some sense of responsibility here. So my vote (like this is a democracy?), no. But maybe Sundance wants to allow backsliding? I doubt it.

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Originally Posted by Jake420

yeah but IMO no parents are going to go for that, at least i dont think they would, but yes this idea could work you should enter this idea on the suggestion thread let the mods take a look at it

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None? I'm sure there are parents that will allow it. You're right a fair few may not, but a select few will.

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Originally Posted by qdavid

This ain't NC17 or R rated or sumfin. It don't matter if Mommy says cool, you still can't get drunk and rap wit a pig. You'd still get busted. Why should this be different. Intoxication is intoxication and the rule is so maybe the public might see some sense of responsibility here. So my vote (like this is a democracy?), no. But maybe Sundance wants to allow backsliding? I doubt it.

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If a minor is mature enough to be able to talk to hs parents about smoking cannabis then I should imagine they wil be quite mature on the site. We have already be shown that younger members can be very mature. The whole idea of this is to keep a mature manner with in the community, but also to keep in touch with younger tokers.

I don't think it matters if the parents ACTUALLY consent. The rule is in place for liability issues and a system like that suggested by Nation 1ne would take care of liability issues. I mean obviously many minors would get around it by using an email address that they can access to consent for themselves, but that still is not the point. Liability would be addressed and yeah, this site might just liven up a bit more..

I can relate to this for sure. I had been using a username for almost two years with countless posts and threads and maybe some respectability. Alas, three weeks before my 18th birthday I was banned. : ( It definitely turned me off to this site for a while and then finally one day when I realized I was actually 18, I created another username.

Hope this works out.

Stay high

Some of them are medical marijuana patients. In which case, it's not illegal.
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Originally Posted by Nation_1ne

Myself and some other members came up with the idea that a Parental Registry Form system be used.

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How do we confirm that this actually come from a parent and not the person, friend, brother, etc.........sorry to say but it would just be another moderating headache.

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

Wow, the forum rules have gotten a lot heavier since ive last been on here

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Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud

How do we confirm that this actually come from a parent and not the person, friend, brother, etc.........sorry to say but it would just be another moderating headache.

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

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But you see it really doesn't matter legally. I mean you will have covered yourselves just by having this and anyone who does go about joining the site that way will take over liability.

Unless the admins really have somethin against minors (and that should be used loosely. I'd say AT LEAST 75% of those "minors" are somewhere around 16 - 17). We've all started smoking before that and if you didn't you probably wish you had. This site is for those that can contribute to the cannabis community and it shouldn't be stipulated that you have nothing to contribute just because you haven't been on the planet as long as everyone else.. In fact I'd wager that some of the most repsected members on this site are minors or were at one point..

Stay high

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Originally Posted by I Justburn 247

But you see it really doesn't matter legally. I mean you will have covered yourselves just by having this and anyone who does go about joining the site that way will take over liability.

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Not my house and the owner of this house decided to make it an adults only site.......easy enough. IF I decided to make it where kids weren't allowed in my place there would be no debate to it.

This may be a free site but the owner makes the rules.......

Have a good one!:jointsmile: