So much for "stay in school and don't do drugs." As it turns out, in one study kids whose drug of choice was marijuana were "'more socially driven ... significantly more likely to practice
sports and they have a better relationship with their peers' than abstainers."
Ooooh, also: "'Even though they are more likely to skip class, they
have the same level of good grades; and although they have a worse
relationship with their parents, they are not more likely to be
depressed' than abstainers." I guess the drug talk should go something like: "Darling, drugs are bad, but I'll totally understand if you need to smoke a little weed to do well in school, okay?"
Caveats here. Kids who used both tobacco and marijuana were more likely to be heavy pot smokers, and the results weren't true for them. The kids here were also between the ages of 16 and 20. The study was done on 5,000 Swiss kids, and bong hits are on the rise among Swiss kids and kids from some other European countries. However, pot smoking has declined among U.S. teens. Hey, maybe that's why we're falling behind other nations in terms of education and social values. Somebody call Michael Moore!
