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I'm wondering about dosage here, really. As a kid, I smoked weed like maybe once a week but I knew kids who were constantly high all day, every day. We called them "permafried" and some even self-identified that way as a matter of pride.
Hopefully, with further study and research, we can get more information about the actual risk to teens with a variety of usage patterns. Then it's a matter of education so that they're aware of the risk before they're presented with the choice to smoke.
The problem is, a bunch of people with very limited drug experience sharing their anecdotal stories isn't evidence. It's just a story.
Yeah, I'm aware of that. We need more study and research, like I said. I'm very pro-weed (I'm smoking right now lol), but we can't make reasonable conclusions about the level of risk involved in teen smoking yet. We just don't know the full extent of any negative effects on developing brains.
I think assessing risk based on consumption makes sense in terms of teens (and young adults too because their brains are still developing) being informed of the level of risk involved in how much they smoke, so that's why I advocated for that.
Lol
what would you consider extensive drug experience with cannabis, particularly in the context of minors as to be relevant to the study?
I think that a scientific study would be a better place to start than anecdotes. Preferably one run by actual research professionals.
My hot take is that teens should be allowed to smoke weed but only if they grow it themselves. Wand some kid? (Hands grow light and tent) get to work. It takes patience since you won't get your first crop for 3-4 months and the quantity they consume is limited to what they can grow, and it's a skill they'd learn