I respect your response, but I believe that criminalizing pot is barking up the wrong tree.
I have seen the very same things you have seen and more. Having at one time lived in a major US city and saw the whole freak show.
The real battle is a spiritual/cultural war. That is where the real fight should be — not in the area of criminalizing pot.
IMHO, criminalizing pot has the unintended effect of encouraging the rebellious desires many have — it allows them to be “rebels.” Take that away and the whole pot culture of “rebels” begin to fade.
Sometimes it is better to let them be free have at it and they learn their hard lessons. Thus, they freely choose to walk away.
If you really want to help the family with kids deep into pot culture, I would recommend trying to get as many people (if possible kids included) to pray all of the Psalms.
Many very powerful spiritual effects! Psalms are spiritual battle prayers par excellence.
To me this is how you win the real battles. Criminalizing pot only moves the deck chairs...
Thank you so much for that reminder Frank. You are very thoughtful. We have been praying a lot for these kids. (I love the Psalms as well.:)) It is heartbreaking to watch them jumping into the abyss. Their other choices in life have taken a dramatic downturn in a very short period of since they started using and in their quest for their next high. It is like they are checking out of life. They are driving off every descent person that have surrounded them for years. And you can’t reason with them when they are stoned.
I’m passionate about this because I believe there isn’t one benefit to legalizing it. We will just disagree on the legalization aspect because I strongly believe it takes the stigma off using an incredibly harmful chemical compound (THC), legitimizes it and is further destroying the fabric of American society.
One of the reasons I love FR so much is that we are able to come on and debate these things. Like a giant think tank.