Why do my parents not want me to smoke weed?

Some of my most vivid memories in life come from high school. You are undergoing a period of rapid development, physically, mentally, emotionally. Why do you want to dull those memories? As someone else said, use pot at 15 and the next thing you know, you're 18. My take is you want to experience these years to the fullest rather than sail through them in a pleasant fog.

You guys do realize this thread is from last year, yes?

no...I do forget to look. Dang.

The advice still applies but the original poster may not be the one to read it.

well...I am playing mostly - I just read the first post because it was on new topics list and read down a little...didn't even think to look when it was originally posted...or who pulled it up and why. I just was responding mostly to Joe's "join the circus or the Republican Party" comment. Ha. I am a dufus. It's okay. I accept it.

lay off the weed mismi

kiss my butt panzade

touche pussycat

I guess they don't want you smoking weed for the same reason they don't want you drinking alcohol unsupervised at 15.

The biggest reasons your parents don't want you to (or shouldn't want you to at least) smoke weed is because:

1) It's illegal, and they are responsible for you legally.

2) It can prevent you from getting a job as many entry-level jobs will test you.

Those are pretty damned good reasons.

I knew that it's old, but over 1,000 people have arrived here from search engines since it was posted, and will continue to do so. There are many more people reading the answers to the question than the original poster.

The advice I gave isn't going to expire in the next few years either.