Many things and activities are suitable for young people, but others absolutely are not. Children do not drive cars, enter into contracts or marry, and they must not use drugs. The responsible cannabis user does not operate a motor vehicle or otherdangerous machinery impaired by cannabis. Although cannabis is said bymost experts to be safer than alcohol and many prescription drugs withmotorists, public safety demands that impaired drivers be taken off theroad and that objective measures of impairment be developed and used, ratherthan chemical testing. Use of cannabis, to the extent that it impairs health, personal development or achievement, is abuse and should be resisted by responsible cannabis users.
Abuse means harm.
The responsible cannabis user does not violate the rights of others, observes accepted standards of courtesy and public propriety, and respects the preferences of those who wish to avoid cannabis entirely. Regardless of the legal status of cannabis, responsible users will adhere to emerging tobacco smoking protocols in public and private places.