This amendment does not represent the grass-roots sentiments of Nevadans. Advocates of drug legalization have admitted that they couched the marijuana question in medical terms to camouflage the issue. We can't afford to send the wrong message to our children about marijuana or other illegal drugs. So They Are Buried. Juvenile marijuana usage rates have skyrocketed in the past six years.
Kids now begin smoking pot in the sixth and seventh grades.
Half of today's teens do so before completing high school. Many will suffer from decisions made while their judgment is impaired by the psychoactive effects of this drug. Marijuana impairs driving skills and judgement far less than alcohol and many prescription drugs. My point here is about thinking skills, however, not driving skills. If we lower the societal barriers further, then marijuana use among youth surely will escalate along with the negative consequences of drug abuse.