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Opinion on kids under 18 taking drugs? besides weed of course

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john.stossel
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my personal opinion is that besides things like weed, people shouldnt "ski" or do opiates at least till there 18. i see so many kids who are naive enough to think that there is no negative repercussions that come with drug use. So besides weed, i would say its best to stay away from the harder stuff till yur at least out of hs.

my advice would be to just stick to weed,  but for some people who have self control and self discipline, other things can add fun to your life. But people in school need to stop teaching their students the stupid mantra "drugs are bad, just say no". because its not that simple. drugs are both good and bad. my best advice would be to do your homework and know what your doing. And if you can, hang out with responsible people.

but yeah i think that if drugs were legalized but enforced like alcohol is, you would have less minors on hard drugs as young as they are these days, just as you dont see many 12 13 year olds getting drunk. but i know alot of people who started doing x or oxy when they were 12 and now as adults, they are really boring uninteresting people.

anyways i dont know why this went on so long, but how many of you did hard stuff before college?

not to preach or anything, but i didnt even smoke weed till frosh year college, (although i drank alot in hs), and im kinda glad i didnt get into that until college cause i dont think i would be as ready for it.
Aug 15 2011 7:13PM
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Zimmerman
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agreed on the anti drugwar paragraph
Aug 15 2011 7:17PM
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straightlining
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But yeah, in all seriousness, you have a point. The 'war on drugs' is a waste of money and has proven to be ineffective.
Aug 15 2011 7:19PM
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emilyiscool
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hope it works

but i agree with u kids shouldnt do hard drugs, weed whatever lol
Aug 15 2011 7:20PM
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613.
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i know a ton of people in my school that are in a huge shit storm because of weed.
Aug 15 2011 7:26PM
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t_rob
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I think there is a ridiculous misconception that doing drugs makes you grown up. That is just stupid.
Aug 15 2011 7:28PM
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ski93
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No.
Aug 15 2011 7:44PM
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panojibber
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The problem with younger people taking drugs is that its much more risky.
Like, adults at least have had more life experiences and are generally more likely to be able to handle a bad trip, and are less likely to OD. This doesn't mean that they're 100% responsible, but it reduces the risk at least. And if you give kids drugs and they go crazy you also have to deal with their parents.

I think drugs should be legal, then at least we could teach responsibility. Right now we only show people 2 drug users: The ones that take their caffeine and their advil every morning and go to work and think nothing of it, and the heroin addicts, binge smokers, etc. Maybe if we taught people that meth actually IS ok once, we'd have people try it ONLY once and then stopping (not encouragin meth use here but you know what I'm saying).
Aug 15 2011 7:54PM
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knows_butter
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Any and all drugs should be avoided until AT LEAST 18.


Aug 15 2011 7:57PM
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straightlining
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mmkay?
Aug 15 2011 7:57PM
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541
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I think its weird im still 17 myself and i know this kid who rolls nonstop and hes been doing it since he was 15 and hes 18 now but hes clean its good, really i think on the legal issue everything should be legal because even if its illegal its still gonna happen so how no matter how hard we try the best we can do is make it legal and offer rehab to those who want the help. There never will be a stop it will happen and ive noticed kids start shit younger and younger everyday, ive personaly never done anything besides weed and shrooms which are pretty mellow and shit, but anyhting past that should wait even till at least your 20's if you ask me.
Aug 15 2011 7:58PM
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613.
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But what's limiting the from only trying it once?
Aug 15 2011 7:59PM
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Merrrick
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if you're stupid drugs will make you stupider, if you're smart, you'll probably stay smart (unless you take ecstasy(or heroin or meth or crack))
Aug 15 2011 8:02PM
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Anathema
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video game addiction is much more serious than any drug addiction will ever be. i think everyone knows that guy from highschool that is now just fucked up because of drugs, but think of the thousands of nerds who have no futures because of video games. i've known a lot of college drop outs who completely failed at life, lost their friends, girls, careers, everything.. all because leveling up or being better than the next nerd was priority one.

fucking pathetic world we live in. why do anything when you can sit around and pretend to have a life on the internet and live off your parents forever. super cool stuff.
Aug 15 2011 8:05PM
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Creator
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weed is fine on any age 13 and over, now if you are taking speed, meth, cocaine or other hardcore shit you are stupid as fuck, it ruins ur life and people dont realize it
Aug 15 2011 8:06PM
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henrytargett
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For me harder drugs have had way less effect on my life than weed or alchy. Mainly because of the belief that those two are OK and not that bad for you. I don't really regulate myself when it comes to weed, and I kind of do with alcohol, but with harder drugs I make sure I only use one very very rarely (every couple of months or so).

I think age dosn't really matter just as long as you regulate yourself responsibly. That said, its way more likely for a younger person to be irresponsible.

For the record I'm 17 going to be a HS senior.
Aug 15 2011 8:10PM
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panojibber
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The same things that limit people now: Self control and access to the drug.

If you can't control yourself and can access it too easily... Check yourself into rehab. I mean, sure people would get addicted but then at least they could get help. Self control is something people lack today, the credit crisis in the US was all because people couldn't stop spending outside of their means. Obesity: not controlling food intake. Abuse: not controlling anger/emotions.
Aug 15 2011 8:11PM
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Merrrick
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pretty wise for 17, completly agree though
Aug 15 2011 8:11PM
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84891jnf92048
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I'll start by saying that I don't smoke weed/

I don't give a shit if my friends smoke weed, unless they do it excessively and their life revolves around it. It especially bothers me when people try to brag about buying weed, or smoking a lot of weed, or being really high. It doesn't make you cool. It's a thing to do. But if you just smoke and you don't talk about it all the time, that's cool.

I do have friends that are into harder stuff, and it really disappoints me. It doesn't like change my opinions of them as people, and I'm sure that since they do it they enjoy it, but I really don't think that 16 year olds should be doing acid or x or whatever every weekend, and talking about how excited they are to try a new drug like it's really cool and has no detrimental effects to them whatsoever. I just wish they wouldn't.
Aug 15 2011 8:21PM
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nkmo.
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Except for the part where he says age doesn't matter.

The human brain doesn't stop developing until well into our 20s. Any sort of drug use during the earlier stages is going to retard development. Im all for the legalization of drugs, im a pretty regular recreational user, but to suggest its okay for anyone under 18 (okay 16) to do so is pants on head retarded. Go outside, read a fucking book, do stuff that encourages brain growth, not retards it.
Aug 15 2011 8:29PM
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sherwood4099
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No way they definatly shouldn't but there's no way to stop it we just need to keep trying to discourage it and make it harder. Weed NBD but in the end kids under 18 can hardly handle alcohal responsible should say can't...
Aug 15 2011 8:48PM
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JewRad
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i definitely should not have done psychedelics before turning 18, shit's mad wack, fucks your brain up. my 2 cents.
Aug 15 2011 8:51PM
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Inline.
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Why is pot different from other drugs? I don't see why weed is taken for granted that it isn't a drug. Look on above the influence: marijuana
Aug 15 2011 8:53PM
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bustinthejus
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I'm sorry but how old are you, 12? Weed doesn't have any negative effects except when you smoke it, in which case it's like inhaling any other smoke - it's no good for your lungs. But lung cancer hasn't been linked to weed, and it's not like weed melts your brain...
Aug 15 2011 8:58PM
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klayer_9
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I personally don't give a fuck what other people do as long as it doesn't affect me.
Aug 15 2011 8:59PM
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casual
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Marijuana should in no way whatsoever be lumped in with other truly life destroying drugs. Smoking weed is not at all in any way the same thing as shooting dope, smoking crack or snorting meth. Period. That's not to say that smoking weed can't have consequences or ill effects, but it really is fair to call apples to oranges here.

If you want to use this rhetoric, why not throw alcohol into the mix? The only difference between weed and alcohol is that one kills people every day, and the other doesn't. Not to mention the one's social acceptability relative to the other, and the millions of dollars spent my multi-national corporations to market alcohol, of course.

You really think like this? You need to apply some critical thinking to this issue I think, buckaroo.
Aug 15 2011 9:02PM
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SkiThe603
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OP has the entire idea pretty much right
Aug 15 2011 9:18PM
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da435
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I have this thought...

that because we call Marijuana a "drug", and put it in a category with other "drugs" it makes Mj the "gateway drug".

because... most kids will try weed and notice that it doesnt drastically alter anything, or cause addiction or really mess up there life in any way.

however. they have been told for years by D.A.R.E and all that bullshit that it will alter there life.

so this causes them to think that most, if not all of what they have been told about this "drug" is false.

so why wouldn't they assume that what they have been told about coke or meth or H, ect.. is also false to some extent.



Aug 15 2011 9:37PM
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jason...
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by 4 months after i'd turned 15 i had acid, mushrooms and ecstasy/mdma. im 18 now, i look back and think maybe that wasnt the best idea, but i turned out fine. im going to university next year and am generally happy with my life. the only thing that has truly affected my brain performance is some serious concussions.

so do i think its ok? not really, but i did it (and seriously overdid mdma) so i cant really judge.
Aug 15 2011 9:41PM
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A.Eberhard
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Whether it's legal or illegal teens will still try it. Drugs like Heroine, Meth, Cocaine can really fuck up your life so making that legal doesn't make any sense. The government condoning drugs that can screw up your whole life? Weed should be legal though and regulated through government. Could create a little extra revenue and a lot of police effort could be put onto fighting the harder stuff.

Aug 15 2011 9:47PM
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ECB
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so true, its sad
Aug 15 2011 9:49PM
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nkmo.
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Alcohol and cigarettes fuck up more live than all those combined. Just sayin...
Aug 15 2011 9:52PM
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da435
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18 is even the year that maters as far as brain maturation, your brain isnt fully developed until 25..
Aug 15 2011 10:26PM
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ECB
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smart post is smart da3lda
Aug 15 2011 11:21PM
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deleted5
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change your icon
Aug 15 2011 11:27PM
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Obie.
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oh jesus......someone is in D.A.R.E class right now. it is a fucking plant. I know many other drugs are also derived from organic sources. But to have Marijuana in the same class as Heroin, pills and other drugs that are mostly synthetic is completely wrong IMO. Smoking a lil weed every now and then isn't going to do shiit to you.
Aug 15 2011 11:36PM
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Balto
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i wouldn't say drugs them self make you grow up. But usually drugs lead to doing stuff with older people(idk many 14 y/o with a solid blow hookup), and that makes you grow up faster then hanging with people your own age
Aug 15 2011 11:38PM
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SeanTom
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pretty much this. and the OP

did you ever read the article about the kid who died from playing too much call of duty?
Aug 15 2011 11:48PM
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hellyeaaaah
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I probably wouldn't consider acid a hard drug, you can't really compare it to cocaine or meth haha. I don't' really know too much about x, but I'm assuming there's a lot worse stuff. But I totally agree with the rest of your post, spot on bro.
Aug 16 2011 12:31AM
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84891jnf92048
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I'm not really calling acid or x hard, but I know kids who are into oxy and shit. It just bums me out.
Aug 16 2011 12:41AM
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GayWolf420
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Its whatever. Let them do what they want I suppose. Live and let live. Personally, I'll stick to weed.
Aug 16 2011 12:44AM
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ohmythugaim
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E/mdma is not a hard drug.
Acid/shrooms are not hard drugs.
Aug 16 2011 12:44AM
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hellyeaaaah
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Ah, alright. Sorry, I just misinterpreted
Aug 16 2011 1:00AM
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B.Aussie
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I agree. I don't think even weed should be smoked under the age of at least 16. Although no where near the effects of other drugs alcohol included there is still some evidence that it changes the blood flow within the brain whilst under the influence and as it is a mind altering state that puts you into another state of consciousness should not be taken up by kids under the ago of 16. in saying that i'm not indicating you should stop smoking it, just that it should be legalised and controlled so those under 16 shouldn't be able to obtain it same as other mind altering substances especially alcohol.
Aug 16 2011 1:27AM
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