Why do parents freak out more over marijuana than tobacco and alcohol?I am a parent of a 12-year boy and a 15-year old girl.
Tobacco - All kinds of cancer, heart/lung disease, stained teeth.
Alcohol - Damages the liver, brain and kidneys.
Marijuana - Happiness, high self esteem.
I wouldn't care if my kids smoked weed but if they touched alcohol or tobacco I would be so mad. I never smoke or drink; I do use weed every Friday night; I even let my kids have a toke with me; I would NEVER give them tobacco or alcohol though.
Posted by βεℓℓα
What the freak? you give your kids marijuana?!
Posted by Marley's Mama
I do not know
maybe because it is illegal?
I would flip out on any of them if i ever catch my kids doing them.
But your right Marijuana is the less effective thing out there...
Breathing in this toxic air is worse...
I would care if my kids smoked only because i use to be a pot head, and in school was careless and skipped all the time because my main priority in life was to get a bag of weed lol.
But never the less i graduated, got an education and have a wonderful life and a house now.
But smoking is no good anyways..
if i found out my kids smoked AFTER they moved out i would not care.
You should def not let your children smoke with you, your being there friend and not there parent..that's not cool.
I smoked with my dad all my life and he is a POS i love the man but he really is a scum bag.
Posted by VoiceofCommonSense
Judging by the post, marijuana leads to brain damage and low IQ. It's also against the law. Giving it to kids is illegal too. See, brain dead.
Posted by ♥LauraLee♥
You do realise there are actual cigarettes used to make marijana cigarettes, don't you?
For one, yes all 3 are not good things to do, but in a lot of cases smoking dope can always lead to harder drugs.
Allowing your kids to "have a toke" with you could very well be classed as child abuse.
DreadHead --- Process: First, the tobacco must be removed from the cigarettes. This is done by rolling the cigarette in the fingers while applying pressure, which loosens the tobacco, causing it to begin falling out.
OP- How Does it Affect You?
A mild hallucinogen, marijuana has some of alcohol's depressant and disinhibiting properties. User reaction, however, is heavily influenced by expectations and past experience, and many first-time users feel nothing at all.
Effects of smoking are generally felt within a few minutes and peak in 10 to 30 minutes. They include dry mouth and throat, increased heart rate, impaired coordination and balance, delayed reaction time, and diminished short-term memory. Moderate doses tend to induce a sense of well-being and a dreamy state of relaxation that encourages fantasies, renders some users highly suggestible, and distorts perception (making it dangerous to operate machinery, drive a car or boat, or ride a bicycle). Stronger doses prompt more intense and often disturbing reactions including paranoia and hallucinations.
Most of marijuana's short-term effects wear off within two or three hours. The drug itself, however, tends to linger on. THC is a fat-soluble substance and will accumulate in fatty tissues in the liver, lungs, testes, and other organs. Two days after smoking marijuana, one-quarter of the THC content may still be retained. It will show up in urine tests three days after use, and traces may be picked up by sensitive blood tests two to four weeks later.
The Impact on the Mind
Marijuana use reduces learning ability. Research has been piling up of late demonstrating clearly that marijuana limits the capacity to absorb and retain information. A 1995 study of college students discovered that the inability of heavy marijuana users to focus, sustain attention, and organize data persists for as long as 24 hours after their last use of the drug. Earlier research, comparing cognitive abilities of adult marijuana users with non-using adults, found that users fall short on memory as well as math and verbal skills. Although it has yet to be proven conclusively that heavy marijuana use can cause irreversible loss of intellectual capacity, animal studies have shown marijuana-induced structural damage to portions of the brain essential to memory and learning.
The Impact on the Body
Chronic marijuana smokers are prey to chest colds, bronchitis, emphysema, and bronchial asthma. Persistent use will damage lungs and airways and raise the risk of cancer. There is just as much exposure to cancer-causing chemicals from smoking one marijuana joint as smoking five tobacco cigarettes. And there is evidence that marijuana may limit the ability of the immune system to fight infection and disease.
Marijuana also affects hormones. Regular use can delay the onset of puberty in young men and reduce sperm production. For women, regular use may disrupt normal monthly menstrual cycles and inhibit ovulation. When pregnant women use marijuana, they run the risk of having smaller babies with lower birth weights, who are more likely than other babies to develop health problems. Some studies have also found indications of developmental delays in children exposed to marijuana before birth.
Marijuana Dangers
Impaired perception
Diminished short-term memory
Loss of concentration and coordination
Impaired judgement
Increased risk of accidents
Loss of motivation
Diminished inhibitions
Increased heart rate
Anxiety, panic attacks, and paranoia
Hallucinations
Damage to the respiratory, reproductive, and immune systems
Increased risk of cancer
Psychological dependency
Point proven.
Posted by Tiger Lily ⋆
I'm with ya. I guess growing up with an alcoholic for my early life, I put that at a much higher category of evil, and I'd be pissed if I knew my kids were sucking cancer sticks.
Recreational, occasional use of marijuana, provided they were aware of what it is, what it does, and what the potential ramifications are, and were being safe, eh. Way down there on my list. It's only a bad thing when it becomes a habit or becomes an escape from something they don't want to deal with. As long as it's used purely recreationally, no problem really. Pot lets you leave it alone. Alcohol and cigarettes don't. As for the effects similar to a cigarette in a joint, it's not really enough to make much of a difference if you're only an occasional user. And you could always mitigate that completely by baking the marijuana into foods or making it into a butter.
I used to smoke with my later adoptive parents. Not when I was really young, but probably when I was in college, like at 16 or so. They were and are (as am I) very infrequent users, just a few times a year when nothing else was going on. They never pushed it at me, but when I was curious they taught me what they knew and told me how to be safe with it, ie not buying dirty product, don't smoke alone, and what the THC content and unique effects of each strain was, so that I wouldn't be caught off guard. Never had a sip of alcohol or a puff of a cigarette in my life, or done anything harder than pot.
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