I certainly would not advocate the use of pot for students of any age. While working with the deaf community, I realized how devasting smoking pot was for them. Seems it messes with your visual memory which makes it difficult to communicate if you're deaf. So its definitely out as a study tool for young people. It also messes with you motivation which could be alright recreationally but again, no good for studying.

Most of the people I know think its best for people 20-40 as a recreational drug. Makes you slow down and take another look. Its probably preferrable to alcohol. After age 40 its not very desirable - as if you need something to slow you down at that point in your life!

As far as getting their hands on it, teen-agers would have the same access as they do for alcohol - not legally. Of course they might get it the same way they get alcohol in the beginning - from their parents ' liquor cabinet or from their friends.

Its good medicine for people with MS, glaucoma and AIDS. Also helps with migraines and asthma, I hear. Wouldn't it be great if people had access to affordable medicine? Its the pharmaceutal companies and the criminals that do not want it to be legalized. Everyone else is just afraid of losing control over others.