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I've never been to Colorado so could be wrong. But this article makes me worry, especially for the kids. And, that you can't distinguish b/w a regular candy and
by hvmonk 11y ago
I've never been to Colorado so could be wrong. But this article makes me worry, especially for the kids. And, that you can't distinguish b/w a regular candy and one with marijuana in it. And, the concern that as time passes and this industry becomes big, and gain enough political muscle, favorable regulations would be made. All valid concerns.
- tibbon 11y agoSure, it's (a little) tricky to tell if a candy has marijuana in it, especially for a kid. The solution is simple, just don't leave your pot candy laying around for kids!!! If I had kids, had pot candy, and lived in CO, I'd have a small lockbox/safe in the top of my closet with the candies in there... and/or simply have other forms of edibles that were less attractive to kids.
- ycmbntrthrwaway 11y agoOr just don't buy pot candy if you have kids, just as you don't buy alcohol and drink at home if you are a good parent.
- notvplez 11y agoI fail to see the connection between drinking alcohol in your home and the quality of your parenting.
- ycmbntrthrwaway 11y agoBeing drunk in the presence of your kids is worse than not being drunk, especially when your kids are not allowed to drink with you.
- mikeash 11y agoDrinking does not require being drunk.
- ycmbntrthrwaway 11y agoUpvoted you, of course it doesn't. But if we are talking about "pot candy", can you say that you just like the taste, as you can with alcohol? Never tried it, maybe you can, but now I guess that smoking pot or eating pot candy involves getting high more or less.
- mikeash 11y agoYou can also just enjoy the actual drug effects of alcohol without getting to the point of being actually drunk. I have no experience with marijuana, but I'm sure there are different degrees there as well.
- oneeyedpigeon 11y agoTL;DR Weed and alcohol in moderation are both fine. Alcohol in excess is far worse in the short-term. Grandparent sounds like they might not be a drinker. Fair enough, I have no issue with that, but - as you point out - there is a whole world between being teetotal and being drunk. The stereotype (which, yes, also goes for weed) is that one swig of a drink turns you into a staggering, vomiting wreck. In actuality, the mast majority of drinking (that I have experience of, anyway) is in moderation, with a meal, and results in a pleasant relaxed feeling which is totally unlike being drunk. Weed, actually, is different - again, IME - in that the effects aren't quite so wide-ranging. Now, I've not experimented with really strong strains/forms, nor smoked an insane amount in one sitting, but a small amount has a very pleasant effect, and - for me - a greater amount doesn't really change it that much. I prefer to smoke in moderation, have a great time, and spend as little as possible. I have never done anything I've regretted under the influence of marijuana, nor have I injured myself, embarrassed myself in public, or woken up the next day feeling even slightly bad, let alone like I want to stay in bed for a week. Apart from the legal status (here in the UK), MJ is a far superior drug in every way.
- logfromblammo 11y agoTeaching your kids how to tend bar, including when to cut someone off, is a valuable life skill.~ My personal opinion is that to prevent party-related mishaps later in life--particularly between the ages of 18 and 22--you need to teach your kids how to party responsibly before they leave your household. Thanks to the keen foresight of federal highway funding bills, this means you will almost invariably have to break the law in order to protect your kids in the US. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of not having to visit the cop shop or emergency department--or both--because your kid never learned about the potential dangers of satyrs and maenads before running off and joining the bacchanalia.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoIn the same vein, teach them to handle a firearm. And drive in bad conditions (slippery, offroad, gravel). And cross country in harsh weather on foot (rain, snow). And negotiate transit stations.
- logfromblammo 11y agoAs long as you're covering all the commonplace disasters, better include how to manage their consumer credit, how to not fall in love with a train wreck of a person, and how to behave around cops.
- radnor 11y agoYeah, it really should be up to the parents to make sure all edibles are locked up. An 8-year-old kid was hospitalized last week for eating a "cookie in a wrapper on the ground": http://www.kiro7.com/news/northwest-boy-hospitalized-after-eating-pot-cookie/92878830 http://www.kiro7.com/news/northwest-boy-hospitalized-after-e... I find the story highly unlikely. It's probably more likely that he saw a weed cookie on the kitchen counter and ate it without knowing.
- fnordfnordfnord 11y agoIn any case the kid was unharmed.
- DanBC 11y agoI agree, but plenty of children are hospitalised or die after accidentally overdosing on medication that people leave out. There are a lot of grandchildren that die after visiting their grandparents and taking an overdose of strong meds. Older people without children tend to forget that meds need to be locked up and don't want the inconvenience of locking meds away when they only have children around occasionally. These are preventable deaths, they do happen, they happen way too often, but these are not reasons to make the meds / drugs illegal.
- PixelB 11y agoYour argument holds zero weight/relevance in this discussion because you can not die from an overdose of marijuana. No, not even if you ate a 50 edibles. Not even if you smoked 15 blunts back to back. People like to throw out the "hospitalized" statement all the time. Just because someone was taken to the hospital does not mean that they were ever in any actual danger. Someone's kid eats an edible and "feels funny" so they are taken to the hospital. Someone's kid eats a bottle full of Vicodin that they thought were candy and are taken to the hospital.. if you think those two things present the same danger to the child than I don't even know how to respond.
- DanBC 11y agoSure, the kid's not going to die. That doesn't mean that it's harmless for children to take cannabis. These conversations are really fucking tedious because every single time I forget to say "I am strongly in favour of legalising drugs" someone leaps in to make some ridiculous point - here "no possible harm to children from cannabis". If you think it's okay to let children take cannabis then I don't even know how to respond.
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- darkr 11y ago> But this article makes me worry, especially for the kids. And, that you can't distinguish b/w a regular candy and one with marijuana in it. There's still a minimum age (21 I believe) for purchasing. Same argument (irresponsible parents leaving things lying around for kids) applies for painkillers, anti-depressants, alcohol etc.
- fnordfnordfnord 11y ago>parents leaving things lying around for kids) applies for painkillers, anti-depressants, alcohol etc. +1 to this Tylenol is probably as dangerous as poison, and some people treat it like jelly beans.
- massysett 11y agoI don't understand this logic. Since all these dangerous things are legal, let's add one more to the list?
- oneeyedpigeon 11y agoI think the argument is that it's easier to regulate and control the use of something when it's legal, and - at the very least - a policy that arbitrarily criminalises certain substances just serves to cause confusion and a lack of respect for the law.
- imgabe 11y agoThese dangerous things are legal and the sky has not fallen. There are no widespread deaths from toddlers ODing on vicodin or gin. If mom and dad can keep their prescription drugs and booze away from their kids (which they mostly do) there's no reason to believe they couldn't do the same with pot.
- loeg 11y ago> And, that you can't distinguish b/w a regular candy and one with marijuana in it. It's easy to tell — look at the price tag. One is 25¢ and the other is $5.
- hvmonk 11y agoSorry if I was not clear but my point was once you removed the label.
- ferentchak 11y agoDepending on the brand they can have a strong odor difference. But sometimes it's tricky
- fnordfnordfnord 11y agoIs that a major problem? Are Coloradans in the habit of leaving half-licked lollipops lying around, and do other unsuspecting Coloradans have the habit of picking up random half-consumed food items and consuming them? This sounds like it might be a potential parenting problem, but not a law enforcement problem.
- wavefunction 11y agoYour concern is really more about irresponsible adults, and those have sadly been legal since time immemorial.
- markbnj 11y agoWith all due respect, that's really just fear mongering. There have been alcoholic beverages that are visually indistinguishable from non-alcoholic beverages pretty much since we have had alcoholic beverages. In fact making a stiff drink that tastes like basically juice is a semi-comic matter of folklore among young human males... and probably females too. It's always interesting, and a little depressing, to see how casually people will attempt to elevate their personal biases into the realm of reasonable concern without even really challenging the basis of the argument. As long as it sounds reasonable it must be reasonable, and what could be unreasonable about concern for children?
- panzagl 11y agoYou're right to be concerned- while responsible adults won't smoke around kids, plenty of irresponsible ones will. And there have been instances of kids bring consumables to school. And there's also a vibe here that weed is somehow 'medicine' and 'beneficial' caused by the years of medical MJ being used as backdoor legalization, which confuses the issue of how it affects developing brains.
- fnordfnordfnord 11y ago>And there's also a vibe here It's not just a vibe, but also a fact that cannabis use has health benefits under certain conditions. There is also very little to support the potential feared effects on "developing brains" or any other kind of brains; and growing evidence to show that it has few negative side effects.
- GigabyteCoin 11y agoI drank "Dad's" root beer [0] when I was younger and never once mistakenly drank a bottle of my actual father's beer. [0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/4pk_Dad's_Root_Beer_Glass.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/4pk_Dad'...