I was talking with Mrs. SkinyUte about this the other day. We have three kids, ages 15 and 11 (twins). As they get older and consider partaking in something, I would prefer that they smoke weed over drinking and (obviously) any sort of harder drugs. 100 out of 100 times, weed would be the far better choice.
I would, of course, prefer that they don’t indulge of any of the above. But if they’re like 75%+ of kids who do try something, weed certainly seems like the lesser evil. I think back on all the insanely dangerous things we did as underage drinkers, and it’s a miracle that we’re even still alive.