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This may affect them in the future, say with job prospects. It's sort of silly to say to a 35-year-old, sorry, I know you're qualified, but when you were 16 you once smoked some marijuana with your friends, so I can't offer you the position. Just silly.

I'm just nitpicking here, but no one is going to know when you're 35 if you smoked some marijuana when you were 16. There's no way to prove it, and I don't think anyone with a brain would mention it to a potential employer.

For those who say it is addictive, marijuana is less addictive and less harmful than many other prescribed drugs. If we were to deny the availability of a drug on the basis that it may be abused, we would have to remove a huge range of medications from use.

I like that you said it's less addictive rather than it's not addictive at all. Anything can be addictive, and a lot of people who argue the subject will tell you that it's not addictive at all.

Some people are addicted to sex. You can definitely become addicted to marijuana, just not physically like alcohol is. The addiction would be more of a mental addiction.

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I'm just nitpicking here, but no one is going to know when you're 35 if you smoked some marijuana when you were 16. There's no way to prove it, and I don't think anyone with a brain would mention it to a potential employer.

If marijuana is illegal, then smoking it, possessing it, cultivating it, selling it, etc., are all illegal, and will appear on your criminal record if you are caught. Criminal records, at least in my country, can be seen by employers. If you smoke weed - even just once - when you are 16, and get caught, then there is no doubt that it will come back to haunt you. When 50% of teenagers are doing it, it gets ridiculous.

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If marijuana is illegal, then smoking it, possessing it, cultivating it, selling it, etc., are all illegal, and will appear on your criminal record if you are caught. Criminal records, at least in my country, can be seen by employers. If you smoke weed - even just once - when you are 16, and get caught, then there is no doubt that it will come back to haunt you. When 50% of teenagers are doing it, it gets ridiculous.

Yeah I was absolutely wasted last night and didn't fully comprehend your post. I remember responding to something and trying hard to type it without spelling mistakes, rofl.

Carry on.