Posted by Lou Pilder on August 18, 2003, at 21:25:06
In reply to Lou's request for a determination, posted by Lou Pilder on August 18, 2003, at 20:47:43
Dr. Bob,
There are mothers of teenage children here seeking infomation to make informed decisions about the use of drugs for their child. And it would not seem out of the ordinary for these mothers to have a child that they suspect or even have knowlege of that the child is using MJ.
Now the code hear is that this site is not to be used to facilitate any illegal activity. And I feel that there is a great potential for a mother to do things that could make it easier for their child to use illegal MJ when they see those posts in question go unanswered by you, for then the potential is to think that this site says that MJ is OK to use. Does this site say that MJ is OK to use? If it does, then that would make it much easier for a child to make the decision to use MJ. You see, people make decisions from what they read, and this site does have credibility so that the use of an illegal drug that is being used by some posters here could have a great impact on making the decision to use MJ. The decision becomes very easy.
A child could direct their parent or a teacher to this site and say, "See, Dr. Bob does not admonish people using MJ". Teenagers do things because adults do them. That is how the tobacco companies have created a dynasty. Children see the movie stars smoking, so they want to be like them. They see the advertisment in the magazine by a race-car driver and want to be like them. Could not a child read here that a psychiatrists internet mantal health board has thos thwrite that they smoke MJ most evry day make it easier for them to make the decision to smoke MJ which is illegal in almost evry jurisdiction?
I am asking you to not allow this internet mental health forum to be used to facilitate the use of illegal drugs by any means, including posts that posters describe their illegal use of.
Lou Pilder
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