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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dirty" data-source="post: 292532" data-attributes="member: 6535">Your kids are likely going to try it anyway, and at a similar rate as kids did when it was illegal. However, they won’t run the risk of legal consequences for it like was the case in the past, and they will have a chance to mature and decide it’s time to move on. You think making it legal is going to sway everyone to get stoned all the time? Or is it the old “gateway drug” theory? This world has many, many problems right now dooming our children. Marijuana is not even on the radar. I know many, many, MANY people including myself who did it in their younger years (and some still occasionally do) and bust their asses making a living for themselves and their families and providing for society in a way that many other folks don’t. I could rattle off a pretty extensive list of physicians, dentists, teachers, coaches, soldiers, and city workers who were pot smokers and have outdone some pretty straight laced folks that I also grew up with. Marijuana is not fentanyl, but by legalizing it you can help to ensure the marijuana your child tries is not laced with fentanyl. I won’t win any popularity contests with this statement, but like many hot topics these days, it’s easy to tell who does and does not know what they are talking about and who is running on common sense and/or experience vs. pure emotion.</blockquote>