Michael Jolton was a young father with a 5-year-old son when Colorado
legalized medical marijuana in 2000. Now he's got three boys, the
oldest near adulthood, and finds himself repeatedly explaining
green-leafed marijuana ads and "free joint" promotions endemic in his
suburban hometown.
"I did not talk to my oldest son about marijuana when he was 8 years
old. We got to talk about fun stuff. Now with my youngest who's 8, we
have to talk about this," said Jolton, a consultant from Lakewood.
A marijuana opponent with a just-say-no philosophy, Jolton, 48, is
among legions of American parents finding the "drug talk" increasingly
problematic as more states allow medical marijuana or decriminalize its
use. Colorado and Washington state have measures on their Nov. 6 ballot
that would go a further step and legalize recreational use of marijuana
for adults.
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5 comments:
Why is it not a problem to explain away alcohol or cigarette ads that are every where as well?
Try having the conversation at the same time you talk about alcohol. This is an incredibly lame excuse for not decriminalizing or legalizing marijuana.
So we should create laws around the way someone wants to parent their child? So he can avoid a hard conversation? Grow up DAD, I thought the reefer madness era was over but people still carry this crack/heroin type association with marijuana. Just so it's known, there still hasn't been one death solely attributed to marijuana. This is a great example of the piss poor mindset in America, "The government should do something because I don't know what to do!" No, they shouldn't and they can't.
i like all these comments. this country needs to wake up
No legal pot, no problem, bath salts are everywhere. if that doesn't work, kids can just huff gasoline
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