My arms were folded like that when I realized cannabis does not in fact make you go crazy or do unspeakable things. So many lies for so many decades. All for what, as now it is 100% legal in my country and almost all the stats are positive not negative. Why is no one being held accountable for the blatant lies?
I was one of the very small number of children that bought that bullshit, that all drugs are bad and what have you, but even I thought signing that pledge was kinda fucked up. Like you were required to sign it, we didn’t have a choice.
Like you were required to sign it, we didn’t have a choice.
Only years later with exposure to contract law did we learn about that pledge lacking “equal consideration” rendering the document null and void.
Does “duress” not enter into it as well?
They still require kids to sieg heil the flag and do the special chant. Shit’s wack
I don’t smoke the devil’s lettuce. I eat the glorious gummy bears.
Do they know that Drugs Are Really Expensive?
They told me people would hand out drugs for free to get me hooked. Where are all these free drugs?
They’re in Halloween candy.
I mean, I was walking home from school on my usual route, but didn’t really know this little stretch of suburbia and an older kid (a couple years older than I was) offered to smoke me out.
I passed because I was in middle school and this was a stranger.
Dude seemed really disappointed. I think he just wanted to smoke and chill with somebody, anybody.
Never saw them again.
I crossed my fingers while signing it and prayed to Jesus and he said it’s alright because finger crossing is totally legit, bro!
Jesus is the one who sold it to me… out behind the strip mall with his friend Carlos
I don’t touch the devil’s lettuce. I’m more of a jazz cabbage man.
ive always called it gods green gift (not religious anymore)
I was disappointed to find out that people aren’t aggressively offering you free drugs everywhere you go. Those DARE bastards lied to me.
The only people who have offered me drugs are friends who were offering to be polite. I always decline, but use the phrase “No thank you” to let them know I appreciate the gesture.
Well we never had D.A.R.E.
what’s DARE??
Drug abuse resistance education, where the goal was to get kids to not do drugs, join gangs, or be violent by using a pledge.
Children can’t legally sign a contract, so D.A.R.E. has no authority (and never did).
6th grade. wow.
We had the banner in the lunchroom but we never had to sign anything
I don’t do drugs, I just smoke weed.
Yeah they were right about shit like heroin and meth, I knew enough people who threw their lives away to that shit. But my stoner friends were successful and chill. It’s the only drug I care for. I know about benefits of psychedelics but it isn’t for me.
It’s a Plant, mon! From da ert!
Man I signed that and now I sell weed (legally)
Don’t you DARE smoke it though.
Don’t get high on your own supply
How is it that we have socially ostracisized tobacco smoking but smoking weed is ok?
Geez I don’t know, maybe it’s because tobacco is wildly more toxic and carcinogenic. Maybe it’s because tobacco causes hundreds of thousands of deaths every year. Or perhaps it’s because tobacco is loaded with thousands of equally as toxic additives. Just spit balling here.
Pretty sure you’d have seen a shit show for anyone who chose not to sign. Especially in like 5th grade when you got this stuff. Most 10 years olds are scared shitless by cops.
Alcohol is the gateway drug
Meh, seems to be both. Don’t get me wrong, alcohol is way worse overall. But in my experience the biggest gateway drug to harder stuff is music festivals and learned household behavior from kids in shitty situations.
