DO WE REALLY WANT TO ADD TO OUR TEEN ADDICTION PROBLEM?

The supporters of legalization of the marijuana called the qualification of this initiative on the ballot, a watershed moment for their cause. It is for a good reason too, because they see their efforts are getting one step closer to bear fruit. But the real question is that do we really need to make it even easier for our teens to get their hands on marijuana, the gateway drug.

Are we not already scratching our heads on how to get our teens off smoking and drinking, which are the other legal drugs. Yes there are people who might benefit from smoking a joint or two a day as there are people who probably benefit from one glass or two of wine every night with their dinner. And frankly I don’t know who benefits from one cigarette after his or her dinner every night and yet smoking is still legal. But I am diverging. My point is how are we going to control this monster that we are letting out of the cage? Has anybody done any research to find out the ramification of such decision on our youth and specifically our teens.

Teen addiction is already a major problem in America. We see on the news and read in the newspapers that teen addiction is reaching an epidemic proportion. We are already paying a high price in drug related crimes, not mentioning the price we all pay for lost lives, dreams and opportunities of our teens struggling with drug and alcohol addiction.

Is the legalization going to make it harder to stop our teens from experimenting first marijuana and then the hard core drugs like coke and crack? What problem is this legalization going to solve? Maybe I am naive. But I think when it comes to relying on individual self-policing and self monitoring, our race doesn’t have a good track record. But again it is me.

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