[LadyDoc]

He said it as if he meant most people in his age group will have smoked the stuff at one time or another. And, of course, it's true: I've smoked it; you've smoked it; cabinet ministers smoked it; anyone who grew up in the '60s or '70s smoked it

I never smoked it. And in college, a lot of kids smoked it because they made fun of you if you didn't do it.

And so what? Marijuana hasn't changed...

Untrue. The marijuana of the 1990's is much much stronger than that used in the 1970s. That's why we see so many teen addicts who actually go thru withdrawal during rehab.

Some parents are even finding themselves in the awkward position of having to conceal marijuana use from their children, rather than let them see their role models breaking the law.

Of course, they could actually take seriously the fact that they are parents, and not get high, but obviously that would be too hard. just like these parents are often on their second or third marriages, breaking up when the marriage becomes too hard, or forcing their teen aged daughters who follow in their parents self indulgent footsteps to abort, since raising a grandkid would be too hard...

[RJCogburn]

And your solution to the drug situation is....?

[Wolfie]

The marijuana of the 1990's is much much stronger than that used in the 1970s.

This is a common Prohibitionist lie.

[vin-one]

The marijuana of the 1990's is much much stronger than that used in the 1970s.

This is a bold face lie and you know it, it has been disproved many many times, right here on FR. it may be slightly stronger, and tests have prooved it over and over again, that the overall THC level has not signifcantly increased.

Most of the people I know who smoke take parenting seriously, in fact of the people who smoke MJ, I can't think of many that are divorced, and most are raising well adjusted children. As opposed to the many other parents putting kids, on ritalin, and all other sorts of anti-depressants. I would rate the Pot smokers as some of the best parents around.

[A2J]

Kudos on #12.

It's good to see some common sense on this thread.