Why Parents Should Support Legalizing Marijuana
Posted by TalkingDog on Mon Sep-27-10 03:44 PM
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/148278/why_parents_should_support_legalizing_pot /
While we don’t want our kids to try marijuana, if they do later on it can lead to very harsh consequences if they are caught, even for actions that are not harmful to others. And this next part is really scary: when a person is convicted of a marijuana offense, he or she is precluded from receiving federal student loans, will forever have a drug record that diminishes job prospects, and is precluded from many other benefits, not to mention being arrested, possibly serving time, and other harsh and harrowing outcomes. We don’t prevent even violent criminals from getting student loans. Or underage drinkers, for that matter. I don’t want people to have their lives derailed for a youthful indiscretion. Do you?
Well, if we want to have a "purity test" that somehow keeps the lower classes out of higher education while allowing the upper classes to buy their way out of charges......I'm not sure legalization would be the best thing.
...or you could just raise your kids right so they don't hang around potheads and so that they don't believe in escapism via recreational drug use.
...or you could just raise your kids right so they don't hang around potheads and so that they don't believe in escapism via recreational drug use.Another H5!! Very well said. :hi5:
...when a person is convicted of a marijuana offense, he or she is precluded from receiving federal student loans, will forever have a drug record that diminishes job prospects, and is precluded from many other benefits, not to mention being arrested, possibly serving time, and other harsh and harrowing outcomes.
Does anyone know if this is true? Because I smell :bs:
I can understand that these things might be true if you were caught with a FELONY amount of pot. But not for a misdemeanor.