Quote Originally Posted by GrinKyle
obviously you haven't done anything to change their minds, cause if you have its very very easy with all the information out there to change ANYONES mind with the right approach, and don't just walk up to them and be like, YOUR MORONS !!!!, show them how mature you are and ask them if you can sit down with them for a hour to go over a issue that you are dealing with. Having facts right in front of you to prove their old ways and ideas are wrong....

I did this with my parents years ago and its a lot easier than you think... my mother was raised HARDCORE Christian, and my dad is a HARDCORE conservative that listens and agrees to every word bill'o'riley says... so IF i could, its quite possible you can..
"Obviously" I have done things to try to change their mind. The first week it happened that was all I was talking about, and both my parents are flaming liberals, too. I kept quoting internet evidence including no long term effects, its non-addictiveness, and they won't have it. They're more focusing on the idea that it's illegal and that legal troubles could prevent me from going to college... there's no way to argue with that. Its true.

They also say that having weed can slow emotional development because when you're bored, you can just turn to weed... therefore you're not learning how to deal with boredom (and any other problems that everyone goes through) because the problem is immediately eliminated by weed.

There's truth to that. However, I was only a weekly smoker, so I didn't rely on weed for fun.

Secondly, I'm 18 anyway, so they should give me the choice of how to use my time. I think the only valid point they have is the legal issues. I'm seriously considering just saying "fuck you guys" and choosing to smoke. The only problem that might create is that my car is in my dad's name, so they could take it away from me.