tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18542739.post6324975692779668549..comments2024-01-05T09:33:41.964-05:00Comments on Dare Generation Diary: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bong UserGarret Overstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09591273708913985060noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18542739.post-31090630933778506432007-07-30T00:06:00.000-05:002007-07-30T00:06:00.000-05:00Wow, times have changed. At my high school, a lar...Wow, times have changed. At my high school, a large percentage of the straight A nerd types smoked pot and nobody really cared.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18542739.post-23026940155904027882007-07-15T08:54:00.000-05:002007-07-15T08:54:00.000-05:00Actually my first knowledge/encounter with a marij...Actually my first knowledge/encounter with a marijuana user was when 2 teammates of mine on the track team were thrown out of school for possession. They were hard working dedicated and productive members of the track team. Although neither of them threatened school records they scored a LOT of points for the team and won some close dual meets for us. <BR/><BR/> I suppose that I could have surmised that their career would be ruined by pot use and their value decreased with continued use - but I saw no evidence of that with my beer guzzler teammates. I saw no temper problems that sometimes plagued beer guzzlers. They fit in quite well with all segments of the team which is quite amazing since track teams tend to drift off into niches [distance runners, weight people, sprinters and jumpers].<BR/> <BR/> Ironically, the most "a motivated" slacker was a Korean student who was retained - despite many incidences of alcohol abuse both inside and outside of the academy grounds. There was no way this guy could have contributed to any athletic team. It was high tolerance for a foreign national to meet what were suspected of being de facto racial quotas [the military is a pioneer in social engineering] and zero tolerance for someone using weed. The Korean eventually graduated and was killed in an alcohol related accident within five years of graduation. And the Coast Guard lost two very fine officers due to zero tolerance.JT Barriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15571868033521182864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18542739.post-58942656923100901172007-07-13T10:54:00.000-05:002007-07-13T10:54:00.000-05:00Great post Rebecca. That is a great point about c...Great post Rebecca. That is a great point about children living up to the expectations society placed on them. <BR/><BR/>I agree with Micah that the distrust for cops, govt., parents etc. is an important aspect of the harm caused by the drug war. <BR/><BR/>I think that that the negative stereotypes you mentioned are incredibly important to address. Because of the ONDCP's media campaigns and DARE, a kid who experiments with pot is told frequently at school, on tv, at home, that people like him are criminals. Should we be surprised when he starts thinking of himself as a criminal?Matthew Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03601579271218659100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18542739.post-8962229396624011922007-07-12T14:58:00.000-05:002007-07-12T14:58:00.000-05:00Great commentary, Rebecca. The dissolution of tru...Great commentary, Rebecca. The dissolution of trust for teachers, parents, law enforcement, and the government is one of the most overlooked casualties of the War on Drugs.<BR/><BR/>I often think: What kind of a schizophrenic country have we become when we readily dole out caffeine and amphetamines to children with one hand, while locking them up for marijuana and methamphetamines with the other?Micah Daiglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10364333162602151183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18542739.post-26094245175435690472007-07-12T14:46:00.000-05:002007-07-12T14:46:00.000-05:00Your first category of the marijuana user who reac...Your first category of the marijuana user who reacts to the label: "deviant," "violent," etc. is consistent with one of the major theories about deviance, labeling theory. This is explained very well in Howard S. Becker's classic text, <I>Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance</I> Free Press, 1963.<BR/>Chapter 3 is "Becoming a Marihuana User," and chapter 4 is "Marihuana Use and Social Control."<BR/>You'll enjoy this book.<BR/><BR/>Eric Sterling<BR/>SSDP Board (Appointed Member)<BR/>Adjunct Lecturer in Sociology<BR/>The George Washington University<BR/>rico@gwu.eduEric E. Sterlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061193531254728800noreply@blogger.com