If you’re of age and it’s legal where you live, most people probably just go to the store and get high at home. But how does a socially awkward yet careful teen without those kind of friends get into it, if such people do? You have to know who to buy it from, and once you get it, how do you smoke it? If you live with your parents and are never home alone for more than several hours, you might not have enough time for a good high. And what about tripping in nature or at someone else’s house? You can’t just teleport there, you have to walk or drive, the latter of which is very dangerous, I would imagine as bad as driving drunk, just in a different way. So is a good dose of the devil’s lettuce basically unattainable for the victims of upper middle class suburbanite comfort?
Dude my parents have never done a drug in their lives, except alcohol all the time, which I guess counts as okay to them.
Parents may just don’t talk about it since they try their best to be a role model.
A good answer for them would be: These experiences would be granted if you go to college/university.
You could also ask other loved ones if you don’t want to put them into this position.
Looking back at my life I would simply tell them. Maybe they won’t answer immediately if they have no experience with it but chance is, that they talk about it with someone who may have such experiences and give you their honest opinion (or in your interest).
I started smoking weed when I was 16. I stopped 10 years later. I ruined my brain. I still have trouble recalling stuff. And I am still actively trying to aid this.
When you are fully developed you can handle the addictive behaviour a little better. When doing such things just in the college time you are not damaging your body that much. Would be my suggestion.
It’s expensive and only funny and less addictive when done with trusted ones at a time you do not have responsibilities for others.