Kids steel their parents weed and sell it at school, or find other creative means of acquiring it. There is no imaginary underworld of ‘pushers’ trying to hook your kids on weed. And comparing the legalization of marijuana with safe injection sites and drugs like heroin and crystal meth is about as intelligent and educated as your theory of the possibility that anyone possessing 30 measly grams of pot might be out to ‘push’ it to your kids! Hogwash!
No imaginary underworld of pushers? Are you kidding me? You ever heard of the terms "matching" and "fronting". Common in the world of dealers. I know because I was involved in that world in my teens and early 20's. Something I'm not proud of, but not afraid to share experiences, with any young people willing to listen. So if kids are stealing pot from their parents to sell to other kids or attaining them in any other "creative" ways...wouldn't that raise a red flag in your own sense of morals? Wouldn't that also constitute as a definition of 'Pusher'?
If you want to compare Apples with Apples...Marijuana THC levels in the 1960's and 1970's pale in comparison with the strains of today that are up to 15 times the potency and increasing. Now cases are popping up of people overdosing on ingested weed that if that was 35 years ago would be a subject of laughter...but who cares right? Because all users of 'today' including minors are well informed and responsible. The days of Red Hair, Cambo, Maui Wowee, Thai, Home Grown, and original Skunk are gone. Now it's not uncommon to get products that are laced. So legalizing it will automatically make things better? Give your head a shake.
I compare it to safe injection sites because of it's potential to become a health issue, more so now, that it's legal and main stream. If you think that's a harsh comparison, come back to me in 10 years and let's see if I'm way off base.