It’s possible that there were other drugs, too.
Smoking marijuana is just not mentally or physically healthy.
Fire away, stoners!
Probably so, but if you look at modern THC levels of Cannabis...probably triple the ‘power’ that you would have experienced in 1972. If this kid at age 14 was getting the new edibles (could be 50 to 90 percent level)...two or three times a day...he probably was stoned around the clock.
Add in the alcohol ‘rage’ of the parents.
Around the US, you might have 100k young men who are capable of endangering the general public, and no desire to fix the problem.