i wasn't trying to put the parents down for the decision.....the fact that they think that it will cause brain damage and kill you...makes it sound like to me they are thinking it will happen instantaneously....i mean of course it's bound to have perverse effects of some kind....but what stoner ever thinks about how their body will fair after 30 or 40 years of smoking? not me that's for sure...and i bet you anything that if the parents for some reason (even though it's like less than .00005 % they will) i bet they would atleast ease up on him....if not start doing it themselves.....we've all experienced the magic of getting high that first time...well i can only hope we all have.....i feel bad for the people who haven't