I suggest a 21 and older lounge

[johnnyAKABob]

I've found that there are some of the kids in here that act more mature than the adults.

damn i was gunna point that out, and surely if you want to ban all minors it would get confusing because it would depend on what country they are in?

[flamingskullballs]

dont make a chat of age, but more of mental maturity

a 'serious chat' if it does ya

if we discriminate by age, then what have we become?

and if they go into the chat, and talk of complete nonsense and spam, et cetera, dont ban them from the entire SITE, but merely from the chat

[CityBoyGoneCountry]

It's not about maturity, it's about responsibility. Adults have a responsibility to set rules for minors and to enforce them.

When you associate marijuana with minors, you only reinforce the stereotype of dangerous potheads getting kids hooked on drugs. Whether it's true or not, that is how it is percieved, and you need to understand that if you ever want marijuana to be legalized.

[Inferius]

Everyone on this forum is actually 18+.
Those who say different about themselves or others are just immersed in a role-playing fantasy summoned from the depths of their rebellious memories.
It's a simple game really.

Personally, If I have children, I'm going promote maturity and responsibility in them. So, when they become responsible teenagers, I'll have the choice of introducing them safely and securely to marijuana. Or I can just wait till they're 18 becuase the rest of the conservative world tells me to.
In the meantime, I'm sure they'll have inhaled so many
toxic fumes/vapors from poorly crafted plastic pen pipes,
that any introduction I give at the society-defined time of magical maturation
will be wasted in a fit of coughing and trip to the emergency room.

Maybe if there was somewhere my child could have gone to learn...
somewhere away from the rules and discriminations of society.
Hell, marijuana's illegal anyway, what kind of hypocrite would honestly reject my child due to another law?

[Reefer Rogue]

Sounds like ageism to me...

[jamstigator]

I don't know of any realistic way to verify age, so this can't work. I mean, send them a scan of your photo ID? How do they know it's yours? Credit card? There'd be some serious security issues with any age verification...especially on a cannabis-related site. I won't be sending anyone a copy of my photo ID or a credit card number with my name on it or my social security number, that's for sure.

And besides, Psycho4Bud is totally right - there are kids who are extremely mature, and there are adults who are extremely immature. Why punish the former to benefit the latter?

[the image reaper]

the issue regarding age of participants, at least in my concerns, is the 'legality' and 'penalty' aspects ... as everyone should already know, crimes involving adults with minors carry much harsher penalties, and are pursued much more vigorously ... nobody much cares about adult marijuana users, BUT, throw the kids into that mix, and you have serious charges being leveled ... I can have sex with my 25 year old neighbor (except she'd never let me ), but, let me approach a 16-year old, and my tired old ass is in jail for a loooong time ... ... makes no difference to the judge and jury if the rules are wrong, the outcome won't be pretty for the defendant ... I've said it before: if and when, this website gets taken down, the presence of the underage participants will be the primary target of the prosecutors, they're gonna 'protect them chilluns' .... word. :smokin:

[Dankmike]

this is bullshit, im 17 i smoke weed and i maintain.

cannabis is illegal if a 17 year old is too young to smoke it , than a 30 year old is too old to smoke it.

ive never talked to a police officer, been to jail been on the ankle braclet, been on probation.

im a good kid, i smoke herb.

[Inferius]

the issue regarding age of participants, at least in my concerns, is the 'legality' and 'penalty' aspects ... as everyone should already know, crimes involving adults with minors carry much harsher penalties, and are pursued much more vigorously ... nobody much cares about adult marijuana users, BUT, throw the kids into that mix, and you have serious charges being leveled ... I can have sex with my 25 year old neighbor (except she'd never let me ), but, let me approach a 16-year old, and my tired old ass is in jail for a loooong time ... ... makes no difference to the judge and jury if the rules are wrong, the outcome won't be pretty for the defendant ... I've said it before: if and when, this website gets taken down, the presence of the underage participants will be the primary target of the prosecutors, they're gonna 'protect them chilluns' .... word. :smokin:

Wuh Chilluns' you talkin' bout foo?
We're all just a bunch of computers emulating people.
Unless they catch you IN THE ACT posting on this site,
there is absolutely no proof of who you are, or what age you are.
And besides, why would this website be targeted by prosecutors?
It commits no crime.
Free speech applies to everyone, and everything.
If anything,
this site teaches morals,
understanding,
and responsible/safe use of the herb we all love so much.

[the image reaper]

Wuh Chilluns' you talkin' bout foo?
We're all just a bunch of computers emulating people.
Unless they catch you IN THE ACT posting on this site,
there is absolutely no proof of who you are, or what age you are.
And besides, why would this website be targeted by prosecutors?
It commits no crime.
Free speech applies to everyone, and everything.
If anything,
this site teaches morals,
understanding,
and responsible/safe use of the herb we all love so much.

you have a lot to learn about how Federal prosecuters 'go after' people ... I personally have experienced this years ago, in outlaw biker gangs (another life) ... for instance, the R.I.C.O. act, 'conspiracy' legal charges ... "conspiracy to engage and encourage illegal drug cultivation, use, and distributing", and the biggie "contributing to the delinquency of minors, by encouraging drug use", etc ... the list of ridiculous charges goes on and on ... try reading more of your newspapers, stuff like that is there every day ... makes no difference in court who has the facts, it's who is on the winning side of the case ... testify against a cop in court sometime, a cop that's lying thru his teeth, and see who the judge and jury believe, him or you ... ask Tommy Chong what the bastards are capable of (he just finally got out of prison for selling bongs from his online website) ... hmmm ... but, "you can buy bongs legally all over the country, they can't legally do that to Tommy" ... they could, they did, and that sucks ... life ain't fair ... :smokin: