Denver homicides cut in half after pot legalized in Colorado

I believe in Colorado you have to be the same age to purchase cannabis as you do alcohol.
As for those of a younger age I think they should be subjected to the same charges and penalties as those caught drinking under age.
My daughters all knew their mother and I smoked cannabis. We also sat them down and explained that doing anything like smoking or drinking was not wise as their minds and bodies where still developing and they shouldn't do anything that may effect that. We also told them when they turned 18 we would allow them to try smoking cannabis or drinking at home but not out in public. We didn't smoke in front of them though unless they happened to walk in on us. But they usually knew what we where doing and none of them liked the smell of the smoke so they would stay away from us till we where done.
All are well over 21 now and out of the 4, two will smoke, one won't and the youngest who I raised on my own from the age of 13 will smoke when she is having problems eating or sleeping.
The two that do smoke can take it or leave it and the one that doesn't really doesn't like smoke of any kind.

Paul; No. He isn't average at all. Much smarter than average...

But you ruined my insult. Now I have to sulk.

I don't think most people want to see young people go to jail and get felonies on their records either for smoking it and getting caught. So, will it be decriminalized for adults, but not for youth?

Believe me, I'm not for young people smoking it more than trying it out and maybe very occasional smoking, and I'm not really for that ... but kids are going to do what they want to do in the long run.

As for drunks being more obnoxious than pot smokers @HeySal, yeah they are more obnoxious, with some exceptions and I've seen plenty of those exceptions in the circles I used to be in . My statement was that you can't extrapolate alcohol being the cause of truly violent people any more than you can extrapolate pot causing the people in my original post to be stone cold killers. As one who has abused both as much as anyone can abuse them and still be alive to tell about it (in the long distant past), I've never had a violent bone in my body.

The vast majority of drinkers, like smokers, are social drinkers and never have any sort of bad behavior or consequences that occur due to drinking alcohol. Those that we come across with over the top behavior are most often alcoholics, who have a very high tolerance and drink massive amounts. The amount of alcohol that an alcoholic drinks would put a social drinker to bed for the night.

Since pot isn't an addicting substance as alcohol is, it's rare to find people who "smoke their brains out" but it's not rare to find an alcoholic who has long passed the point of self control of any sort. Since alcohol is noted for reducing inhibitions, people who are prone to violence to start with will be more prone to violence while drinking.