[g.l.amour]

i think most laws are correct. don't jail users , but don't start selling it in supermarkets either. in belgium the increase in -18 users has grown to dramatic proportions (+25%). i started smoking at 18 and stopped +/- at 25 (the paranoia in the end... that is no fun). meaning, i started at an age where i knew how important finishing university was. i couldn't dream of having started at 15 and screwing up my whole high school career.

so i am in a good position to understand that some people want the freedom to do what they want (heck, been there, done that). but what airspirit says is equally true. it IS degenerative in large and even small portions ... but we all like our beer, don't we, airspirit ;-). thing is, i have been a good balancing artist, but i can see alot of others who screwed up their university degrees and their parents money. not to say they are now cleaning toilets, but not the same job they would have done when they would have finished law school. i do have a couple of friends who smoke al000t of pot and 1 finished law school with highest honours, and another economics with highest honours (both on their way to becoming professors). but those are the 10%, the other 90% are working in factories after their flunked university careers.

anyway, kids will do st00pid stuff, and when u r a kid u don't care too much. but i sure as hell wouldn't want my maybe future kids to be smoking pot at 15yrs of age. i wouldn't want to bet my chances that they are the lucky 10% that are smart enough to not let it interfere with their school / work.