nigelhernandez
Experienced
- Apr 14, 2020
- 270
My parents and extended family would fit into this category. I guess you could say that they're trying to protect me but still their ignorance is annoying. They refuse to believe that you can be a successful member of society using alcohol, weed, nicotine despite me telling them that many 20yr olds classmates my age do the same thing. They always point to homeless people and tell me that if I use weed, I'll end up on the streets.
Now don't get me wrong, I know drug use can be devastating to an individuals life in terms of homelessness, legal problems, mental health problems, and accidental overdose but those things are mainly reserved for hard drugs like cocaine, heroin, meth, pcp etc...There's a girl in my class who is pursuing a law degree, has good friends, is actually really attractive (a stereotype about stoner girls lol), and smokes cannabis with her mother. She's also tried coke but didn't like it.
But when I tell them this, it just goes into one ear and out the other. Instead of thinking intelligently about drugs, selection bias arises and they think only of the worst examples of people affected by drugs and not the best.
Now don't get me wrong, I know drug use can be devastating to an individuals life in terms of homelessness, legal problems, mental health problems, and accidental overdose but those things are mainly reserved for hard drugs like cocaine, heroin, meth, pcp etc...There's a girl in my class who is pursuing a law degree, has good friends, is actually really attractive (a stereotype about stoner girls lol), and smokes cannabis with her mother. She's also tried coke but didn't like it.
But when I tell them this, it just goes into one ear and out the other. Instead of thinking intelligently about drugs, selection bias arises and they think only of the worst examples of people affected by drugs and not the best.