I've mentioned before that I'm a freqwuent smoker of cannabis.I Agree with most of you I think all drugs should be legal because if someone chooses to kill themselves with narcotics it should be their choice.I actually did an essay on the legalization of cannabis for school too.Plus in California medicinal marijuana is now being taxed so if they can tax and sell that, they can sell and tax weed that isn't but should be made legal right?

What the hell does it matter? I have a reasonably good relationship with my parents, but it's not like friendship exactly. For one thing, I actually don't swear in front of my parents. I do tend to act slightly differently around them. But then again, I suppose I act differently around different friends too. Anyway.

My parents are pretty liberal regarding most things like alcohol, sex, dates, etc and I don't go out getting drunk and having orgies, in fact I've never gotten drunk in my life and the time when I drank the most I was on a party with my mother.
I have friends whose parents are conservatives that try to limit what they do to the maximum. The result is that they get drunk almost every weekend, my friend even told me he got drunk once to "defy" his parents.
I strongly believe you need to talk with your child, not phohibit him/her to do anything, they'll end up doing it anyway.

Yeah, but you're not 12 troy :P

Exactly, a lot of adult's just say you cant do this and that and then leave it. Obviously they are going to do it. My dad one time just sat me down, told me he'd grown weed in his bedroom when he was a kid and just said what he thought of it. And I really appreciated it. I have since them smoked weed, but thats a different story ;)

Still, cannabis can slow down the development of the brain, so I dont think it should be legal until your 18. But my views on smoking weed and ciggerettes applies. You should be able to smoke them in your garden or in defined public places, but not in your house because then it begins to affect the other occupants in the house.

But what about young children? Why should they be forced to inhale the second hand smoke. By the way I dont agree with cocaine or heroin being legalized at all.

Yes communication is needed with a child, build a relationship. But like I said before. You must be a parent not a friend.
You can have a close relationship by spending time with your kid, going into his games and dong activities together.

Drugs and alcohol are the last thing you should approve when it comes to parenting.
Ask A Doctor, Ask the Police, Ask a Psychologist and see what they will tell you.

Um excuse me but no matter what, once you have a kid you are their parent from the day the kid was born til the day you die. Now of coarse once your kid is an adult he will make his own decision but you should always be he's base. Unless, you give your kid to adoption.
You must always have this certain type of respect to your parents. When I was your age I use to think the same way "Oh when I grow Older.... blah blah blah"
And now til this day (well this part is art of my culture) I disrespect my mom and a slap in the face it goes.

Whether you believe in the bible or not this is a good verse
Like it says in the bible
"Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you."

When your kid gets lung cancer because of second hand smoke don't whine like a bitch.
Did you know 2nd hand smoke is worse than actually smoking.

I wasn't talking to you.