Responsibility for young folk

I just responded to a forum issue on http://www.marijuana.com/ as to whether young folk should smoke pot or not. The question posted was: "Am I Wrong In Thinking It's Ok For 16 year olds to smoke weed????" Just thought I would share my two cents with you on this. Here is my response:

I think it is perfectly alright for a 16 year old to smoke weed. The important factor here is that he/she is taught to enjoy it responsibly. I was 13 when I started smoking weed back in 1962, 47 years ago! Weed was illegal back then as it is today but in 1962 there wasn’t so much paranoia attached to it. Fuck, most people didn’t even know what it was. My grandpa gave me my first hit back then. On his small farm, he grew tons of it for his own enjoyment and for the enjoyment of his friends. He was never a dealer. He smoked it all the time and one day I just asked him what this funny smelling pipe tobacco he smoked was. Just like that, he offered his pipe to me (A regular smoking pipe that all men used back then) and I took a hit. I was already smoking cigarettes regular back then so my first toke was easy. After a few tokes I got a nice buzz and never looked back. Fuck, back then we never even looked at it as a drug.. It was just this shit you grew in yer backyard! The important thing is that he taught me a lot of things on how to be responsible with it. And also advised me that when I needed to get a buzz, use weed instead of booze. He never touched liquor at all. My dad was OK with me smoking it since he smoked it all the time himself. But they both instilled common sense in me about weed as to not let it interfere with your obligations in life. Weed was for feeling good and getting high and don’t be a stupid fuck and smoke it before school or work or church (LOL!). So much is taboo today and all this shit is swept under the carpet with the dumb fuck "just say no" attitude. I am not advocating sticking a reefer in every babe’s mouth but things would be a lot better if young people would be taught how to responsibly use weed and liquor. The same goes for sex too. Rather than be educated about "life" young people today have parents who are sticking their heads in the sand or up their asses. I know only one thing and that is my grandpa was 96 when he passed and my dad was 94 when he died last sept. Up until the night before he died my dad enjoyed his "chocolate brownies" and milk every night. Dad, you were the fucking best!