Oh yea, Storm Crow's posts have taught me a lot. As a matter of fact, I was reading one of her links that dispelled marijuana myths about an hour before I had that talk with my folks, and I used some of the information that I found to combat some of their stuff ("It causes you to lose motivation" mainly).

I talked with my mom privately a little while ago before I left for work, and she told me she wasn't really upset about it. She doesn't want it in her house or in the car while she's driving obviously. She actually said that she thought it was stupid of my dad to bring it up and "try to get me in trouble" when he does it sometimes, she thinks that he's pissed because she didn't get more upset than she did.

Basically I convinced them that I'm a responsible user, and that I think it's actually safer than drinking (something they're perfectly fine with me doing). I explained to them that I've done research on all sorts of topics, and know how to keep myself out of trouble, but that if I slipped up and got caught by the police that I would take full responsibility for it. I also explained how I use it as a way to reward myself sometimes, and that's how I stay motivated to get things done despite the fact that it'd be sooooooooo easy to just sit on my ass and eat chips all day lmao.