cannabis and teens?

It can slow brain developement if you smoke at too early an age but i think its socially acceptable to smoke after 15-16

 

as long as getting high isnt their number one priority, and the kid is responsible, i have no beef with teen smokers

 

Most kids don't smoke until around 15-16 nowadays, so I think if you let your kid smoke, then you can control the situations that your kid is introduced to cannabis. If your son wants to smoke the ganja, he's going to do it, whether you are aware of it or not. So my take on this issue introduce him to the fine herb in a comfortable and controlled setting. Try rolling a joint with your son and sharing it with him, while discussing the ground rules if he wants to smoke herb.

1. A joint is comfortable to smoke for anyone. You might intimidate your son if you pull out a glass piece, but then again it may not intimidate him at all. Gauge based on your son. If you think he's ok for a bowl, then offer him to smoke a bowl with you.

2. Show him the proper techniques for smoking the piece and/or inhaling. Teaching will create a connection between you and your kid, and make it less stressful when you begin to talk business.

3. While smoking the ganja, about 1/4-1/3 of the way through, begin to talk to him. Questions like, "Do you enjoy doing this?" are good starters for conversation. Then, I would follow up with something like, "Well that's good, I did the exact same thing at your age, but understand that if I'm going to let you smoke grass/herb, there will have to be some ground rules. " if he said he enjoyed smoking the bud.

Some Sample Ground-Rules

1. "Buy bud with your own money, or grow it."
This rules let's you make it clear he's not going to waste your hard earned money on his new habit. You could buy him a glass pipe/ bubbler or something to start him out, and maybe buy him some as a gift from time to time, but make it clear you don't want him to spend all of the hard earned cash you give him on the herb. If he wants to smoke, he should do something productive to earn money to spend on herb, like mowing lawns, or maybe a part time job in the summer that doesn't require drug testing unless of an on the job accident.
Growing would let you be in greater control of the situations that your son procures his bud. This method would avoid drug dealers who often have something else to sell. If you do not want him to grow, then become his quasi-dealer. That way you have a degree of control to make sure your kid is introduced to cannabis correctly and safely. Once he knows the ropes, if he wants to buy from another person he knows, let him. It's a good way to get to know people and make new friends.

2. "No smoking if you have things to do. Get your shit done. Then you can smoke your lungs out..."
This rule is more like common sense, but it makes sure your kid is aware that smoking should not become the center of his life. Kids often use marijuana to relieve stress and tension of their everyday lives. Yes, today's society has turned our kids into stress machines. Nobody ever stops to calm down and simply relax anymore. That being said, if your kid wants to smoke after he's got done with a long day, I say let him. It gives him an opportunity to sort things out, and relieve stress and tension that has built up through the day. Offer to share/match a bowl with your son after he's done with all of his work and other tasks for the day. This may seem a little old school, but it's a good method for showing your kid that there's a time for everything, and you should have good priorities in order to support your habit/ enjoy the herb.

3. "It's still illegal, so please don't be stupid." Keep your things together, and if you have to drive with herb, make sure its in an airtight container. Obey traffic laws, you already have something on you that can get you in trouble, so don't risk it.

4. "Ask me to smoke again sometime." This is another good way to bond with your kid, and make sure he's doing ok with everything. Parents don't take much time to really converse with their kids these days. But don't be controlling. Tell him you understand that he's a teenager, and as long as he's keeping up with the important things in his life, and not letting herb get in the way of anything, I'm completely fine with you continuing to smoke. Explain tolerance, and why its important to take breaks every once in awhile.

This would be the best way to introduce mary jane to your kid. It teaches them the ropes, and establishes guidelines that allow your kid to smoke as much as he/she pleases that is reasonable, while still pursuing his/her goals and ambitions in life.

This may seem like bad parenting, but I believe this is a much better alternative to your kids running around and potentially hurting themselves because they don't have your approval

 

Thats kinda contraversal, but bearly being 18 and smoking for 6 years I can say that it is not such a bad thing until someone gets extravagent and not caring about what the consequences could be. My father let me smoke kinda young and I believe that was better for me then trying to find some place to blaze, runnin the streets with a sack in my pocket. If a younger person is mature enough to understand the risk and such involved in being a pothead then why not? It hasnt killed nobody and probobly never will. But having the younger people running the streets with marijuana on em is more risky then a parent or someone authorizing it under their supervision, even tho it can't be like that all the time.

 

if your kid wants to and you feel he is at the age were you would allow it then yea just teach him so stuff. and tell him how not to get busted. but at the same time to be responsible. and make sure you tell him this "you dont revolve around bud, bud revolves around you"

 

Thats when I started and I was a A-(some)B student. I agree,

 

I agree with what others have said. If they don't put weed before everything else in their life and are able to do it responsibly, then I think it's fine at any age after 14.

 

For me and my parents its all about honesty. They are honest with me and in return i am honest with them. I can honestly say that after talking to them about me smoking our relationship has gotten even better than before. Their number one rule is regarding respect, as long as we keep it i keep on smoking.

 

Agreed with Milky! I know to many people who started smokin in middle school that are total fuck-ups now.

I started in middle school too, but I was a real mature kid.

 

Well, first off, I would just keep in mind the dangers of smoking anything vs. vaporizing. If you're going to introduce him to the green, perhaps at least consider introducing him in a way that is the most healthy(and likely the most enjoyable way, especially if his lungs have NEVER held smoke of any kind). Yes, joints are easy, but joints can also be pretty harsh on a new smoker. My suggestion would be to introduce him to bud via a vape.

As far as the comments on it being more "socially acceptable", well, within the US, it's not really any more "socially acceptable" than being at a local bar with him drinking under age, so just be careful with that when looking for acceptance outside the home.

That being said, the only social "acceptance" you should be looking for is a bond between you and your son. Sounds like you're going about it the right way. Good luck.

 

now that im not a teenager anymore, i think teenagers are retarded.

 

Yeah and teach him to smoke bud properly, better then him learning from some idiot.
Like that one dude on here that was using a bowl made out of a hollowed out bic pen and a GATORADE CAP

 

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wow i just posted a similair question to yours without taking the time to look.

my opinion is that im unsure. lol feel free to post in my thread. anyways my dad started letting me smoke at 15. at the time it was strange. my father was an ex addict and had alot of issues while i was growing up. around the time he got his shit together we started smoking together. it was very bonding. he passed away several years later but im glad we had all those moments. not sure if we would have ever really become as close as we were if it were not for smoking. im not sure he was right or wrong by letting me smoked but i think i was mature enough to handle it will no ill effects.

 

unfortunately, i know many ppl who ended up the same way, however i think they would have gotten to that spot with or without bud... but thats getting into a whole other argument

 

my mom let me smoke when I was 14 and it was all cool. (18 now). We even smoked together. At first it was so awkward and weird but it got cool. I used to view marijuana as kind of a bad illegal drug and its hard to do something like that with your mom.. its like what the fuck lol. Even though I liked it, I still didn't have it involve with my normal life with my folks and stuff. Now I do, and I appreciate it more and view it as a "thing god put here for our enjoyment." So basically, if I think back to early civilization, I don't think God would be like "WEED IS EVIL". He probably smoked with Jesus . But besides that, the only sideaffect is that when I was younger, I had strange thoughts if I smoked alot for like 2 days. After that, I would space out for a little and just think about basically nothing, and have strange thoughts and feel lightheaded at times. But it's not much of a side-affect, and it gradually went away.

But again, Weed is okay for 13+ if they are responsible and keep their shit together.

 

like, i dont personally care all that much... but no i dont think that its right.

 

If you were 13 and you loved smoking, you would want people to be pro youth-pot (or whatever you want to call it). but now that your older your views have changed?

 

You sir, have the right idea.