When I was growing up, smoking pot was no big deal.
My parents never hid the fact they smoked from their children.
They didn’t smoke around us, they would do it outside, or after we went to bed, but they never lied about it. It was explained to us kids that pot was something for grownups, and when we got older we could do it too. That really demystified it for me, because it wasn’t some secretive thing that was forbidden, I just had to wait a few years. So many kids are raised to think cannabis is a harmful drug that will wreck your life, but instead of scaring them off it makes pot seem more attractive. It makes feel marijuana dangerous and sexy, when in fact it is lighthearted and simple, truly one of the treasures in life. That said, it does not benefit children or young people to smoke cannabis, they really should wait until they are older. If teens are going to rebel and “take drugs” then cannabis is easily the safest choice for them to make. In the history of the world, no one ever overdosed on cannabis, or got so high they ate someone else’s face. Did you hear about that guy? He was on bath salts, and ate another man’s face, and my first thought was “there is someone who should have smoked marijuana instead.” For my kids, I am taking the same approach my parents did with me, to let them know cannabis is a perfectly safe and fun thing to do… but not until you’re older.