Cannabis for Children: The Day My Kid Learned Cannabis Tastes Good

You are probably at home right now, sitting in your living room, thinking about how the day went, how is your life going, who you are, who you would like to become. Maybe you are smoking some pot (and if you are doing so, I really hope you purchased some quality stuff – see greenhouseseeds.nl/) and you are meditating because you realize you have walked for so long, you don’t even remember where the journey started.

Whether you are experiencing a situation more or less similar to one of my little scenarios, there is something you should think about. What did your childhood taught you? How did you feel when you were wearing the shoes and the costume of the “child”? And what is childhood for you anyway?

You can think about it from a psychoanalytical perspective, and then focus on the entire trauma, problems and whatever else you experienced with your mum, your dad and your relatives. Or you can be a social scientist, and follow the latest trends that have been shaping children studies in the last few years. If you choose the second option I gave you, you will soon examine how ideas such as innocence, purity and naivety have become part of “what childhood is”. As a matter of fact, you will also realize that until 100 years ago, and even today in certain parts of the world, being a child means simply having responsibilities that are different from those adults have: because your body allows you to do certain things, because your experience allows you to complete certain tasks, because your energy is different.

This said, something happened this week that could very well make you think twice before associating innocence, purity and naivety with childhood. In fact, Ben and Jerry – the famous ice cream makers – have said to the world they are ready to produce marijuana flavored ice cream. You are probably screaming “What?!?” aren’t you? And you are probably asking yourself: “isn’t marijuana dirty and impure, something for adults? And isn’t ice cream something we all have when we are children?” Well, isn’t this a funny contradiction?

This could potentially change the game. Because if children begin to appreciate the taste of cannabis, and if the imagery associated with marijuana – just think about the leaf – begin to have access to places “for children”… maybe cannabis won’t be perceived as dirty and nasty anymore. Or maybe children will have the chance to be labeled as complicate being, like all of us, who can be pure and innocent but also dirty and impure. Either way, wouldn’t it be fun?