Devil's Advocate mode engaged: Why are these teens living the sort of lives where being stoned all the time is the only way to function? A desire to be "stoned

Devil's Advocate mode engaged: Why are these teens living the sort of lives where being stoned all the time is the only way to function? A desire to be "stoned out" like you're describing, is frequently related (like any sort of escapist behaviour) with the life situation of the person seeking escape. Are they under psychological pressures that are driving them to seek escape? Just look at the massive rise in teen suicide, perhaps they are self-medicating rather than committing suicide? Are you tracking any of these teens as they become adults to correlate teenage weed use with adult weed use, the majority of teenage behaviours settle out as people mature and find a place to fit into life, with teenage life provided certain shelter from adult life pressure such as rent and food costs, the need to get a job often leads to people "turning their life around" (which can be viewed as classic goal oriented behaviour, I wanted X so i did what I had to do to get X) If you're going to claim that people have no idea how many lives are being destroyed by easy access to weed. I'm going to need you to cite something, heck even something as vague as "we see this kind of damage, but can't quantify how many teenagers are affected and need more follow up funding" would be a good start.