

I don't skate much these days but occasionally I go cruisin around to meet old friends. There is that 11-12 year old kid who is sponsored and knows how to skate:







However, since everybody smokes weed around there he seems to toke as well. I remember when he was even younger, others giving him alcohol



I talked to him today and he said that he wouldn't smoke tobacco nor do drugs but he might reconsider psychedelics when he gets older. He said that smoking weed is good cause it would help him relax?



Not that I care or its my business but do you agree with that? I mean the elderly getting him into the scene of street life from such an early onset. I personally think that he is more intelligent than most of the people who go to these spots.



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#12946091 - 07/24/10 04:06 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) Edit Reply Quote Quick Reply



What stress does a 11 year old have to need weed to relax?



I didn't even know what pot was until I was 15. I tried it as soon as I cared enough to learn about it.



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Is it okay for an 11 year old kid to smoke pot?



Rastafarian children smoke pot regularly starting as early as 5 years old.







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What stress does a 11 year old have to need weed to relax?



I didn't even know what pot was until I was 15. I tried it as soon as I cared enough to learn about it.



Not everybody was naive as you were at that age.



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smoking anything is not healthy. he could 'relax' by ingesting as well.



not that i'm condoning pre-teens using marijuana though..



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I've heard of shamans in the Amazon giving tribal children Ayahuasca



I don't think it's "bad" if a young kid smokes pot. I would prefer a kid wait until age 18 before partaking.



But if it were my kid, I would request that he vaporize



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Well, its the neurogenesis factor.



He might just stop skateboarding and figure something more useful for the world, but hell what do I know!







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I agree with the smoke damage concerns. But he seems to be quite a bright lad for his age. Most kids are spoiled brats and he is quite a rational one. Wouldn't abuse the herb but he seems to like it quite a lot.



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Well, its the neurogenesis factor.





What about it?



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Is it okay for an 11 year old kid to smoke pot?



Rastafarian children smoke pot regularly starting as early as 5 years old.







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Kada said:

What stress does a 11 year old have to need weed to relax?



I didn't even know what pot was until I was 15. I tried it as soon as I cared enough to learn about it.



Not everybody was naive as you were at that age.





When I was 11 I was still more interested in playing in the woods and building forts.



I was also going to church 4 times a week and learning to feel guilty about every little thing I did. Thanks mom you fake hypocritical drunken whore.



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I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do." - R o b e r t A . H e i n l e i n

"There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies.

My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness." - D a l a i L a m a

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I smoked pot at 12 myself was smoking cigarettes at like 8 or 9...if the kid has taken it upon himself to seek it, he is no longer innocent.



I wouldn't personally give him the weed but I wouldn't be a hypocrite and tell him not to do it either.



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Well, its the neurogenesis factor.





What about it?







What's it not about?



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Is it okay for an 11 year old kid to smoke pot?



Rastafarian children smoke pot regularly starting as early as 5 years old.







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Kada said:

What stress does a 11 year old have to need weed to relax?



I didn't even know what pot was until I was 15. I tried it as soon as I cared enough to learn about it.



Not everybody was naive as you were at that age.





When I was 11 I was still more interested in playing in the woods and building forts.



And if you discovered weed back then you may have discovered how much more fun that stuff would have been while high.







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I was also going to church 4 times a week and learning to feel guilty about every little thing I did. Thanks mom you fake hypocritical drunken whore.



Oh shit, that really sucks man.







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Well, its the neurogenesis factor.





What about it?







What's it not about?



Everything other than what it is about--why don't you just answer my question? How is neurogenesis relevent to this topic?



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Smoke weed, you gain more neurons. Surplus, nothing wrong with that.



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I would beat my kid and move away from where ever we were if I found out he was smoking at 11. At least wait until you get into high school. I smoke weed but 11 is to damn young. Hypocritical? No. I'm just a better parent than that. Thats WAY WAY WAY to young. I don't care how harmless pot is or isn't.



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I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do." - R o b e r t A . H e i n l e i n

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My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness." - D a l a i L a m a

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#12946163 - 07/24/10 04:19 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) Edit Reply Quote Quick Reply



I agree, 11 is too young.



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Smoke weed, you gain more neurons.



That hasn't been proven yet though.



http://www.jci.org/cgi/content/a bstract/115/11/3104

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Smoke weed, you gain more neurons. Surplus, nothing wrong with that.







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Is it okay for an 11 year old kid to smoke pot?



Rastafarian children smoke pot regularly starting as early as 5 years old.







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Kada said:

What stress does a 11 year old have to need weed to relax?



I didn't even know what pot was until I was 15. I tried it as soon as I cared enough to learn about it.



Not everybody was naive as you were at that age.





When I was 11 I was still more interested in playing in the woods and building forts.



And if you discovered weed back then you may have discovered how much more fun that stuff would have been while high.





Honestly I'm really glad I didn't smoke weed that young. I had way more fun sober. I did a lot of awesome things that I would have never done if I was toking at 11. Where do you even get money for weed at 11?



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I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do." - R o b e r t A . H e i n l e i n

"There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies.

My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness." - D a l a i L a m a

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I know that it stops neurons in the hippocampus, cerebulum and globus pallidus. The cannabinoids plug in the endocannabinoid system and shut down firing neurons in a retrograde fashion. That explains why u start to notice random shit that u'd ignore by default and why u cant remember shit when you are baked.



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