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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 232751" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>I figure it this way...</p><p>Even if pot ISN'T physically addictive (as some have claimed), that it leads to a mindset. If it's okay to smoke pot, then it's also okay to break other rules and break other laws. It tends to suggest that obeying the law is optional, or situational.</p><p></p><p>I think that's the danger.</p><p></p><p>Many people can walk the line without ever crossing it. However, some just can't, and for them it's a danger, not just because they get addicted to the high or whatever, but because if their parents have condoned one illegal thing, then they may as well condone all of them.</p><p></p><p>My difficult child is binary. He's either all on or all off. It does him no favours to "be nice" by easing up or bending the rules for him, because then he views all rules as optional and he opts out. I think for him and many other kids with issues, it's the same thing. If that rule is okay to break, then lets test ALL the limits until we find out exactly where the boundaries are.</p><p></p><p>Whether or not you think pot is a big deal or a small deal, I think the bigger issue is boundaries. If your child already has issues with boundaries, how does it help to blur them further?</p><p></p><p>That said, I am slightly in favour of legalizing it, if only because then it could be regulated and taxed, and treated like another commodity. They could set up a Pot Control Board or something, just like the LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario). More than the dangers of using pot, I take HUGE issue with those who sell it. Perhaps if it were legal, and controlled, and had a set fee structure, and the government taxed it so that health costs could be covered for people who use it....</p><p></p><p>I'm babbling. I really don't know where I stand on the issue. I do know that I don't like it.</p><p></p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 232751, member: 3907"] I figure it this way... Even if pot ISN'T physically addictive (as some have claimed), that it leads to a mindset. If it's okay to smoke pot, then it's also okay to break other rules and break other laws. It tends to suggest that obeying the law is optional, or situational. I think that's the danger. Many people can walk the line without ever crossing it. However, some just can't, and for them it's a danger, not just because they get addicted to the high or whatever, but because if their parents have condoned one illegal thing, then they may as well condone all of them. My difficult child is binary. He's either all on or all off. It does him no favours to "be nice" by easing up or bending the rules for him, because then he views all rules as optional and he opts out. I think for him and many other kids with issues, it's the same thing. If that rule is okay to break, then lets test ALL the limits until we find out exactly where the boundaries are. Whether or not you think pot is a big deal or a small deal, I think the bigger issue is boundaries. If your child already has issues with boundaries, how does it help to blur them further? That said, I am slightly in favour of legalizing it, if only because then it could be regulated and taxed, and treated like another commodity. They could set up a Pot Control Board or something, just like the LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario). More than the dangers of using pot, I take HUGE issue with those who sell it. Perhaps if it were legal, and controlled, and had a set fee structure, and the government taxed it so that health costs could be covered for people who use it.... I'm babbling. I really don't know where I stand on the issue. I do know that I don't like it. Trinity [/QUOTE]
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