Marijuana use? Legalize it?

[Tantor]

It should stay illegal. i know many people who have used it "suuposedly harmlessly" for years and they are idiots. most of them don't keep a job and most of them can't have an intelligent conversation. Pot kills brain cells and is very dangerous.

and it leads to other drugs such a cocaine and heroin. I know this first hand......

 

[gottaluvPluto]

It should stay illegal. Todays Marijuana is not like the 60's pot. It is stronger and usually laced with another drug. Most people think you cannot get addicted to pot, but you actually can.

Someone had stats on death and had cigarettes high on the list, however, most people who smoke pot also smoke cigarettes, so the cause of death could go under cigarettes instead of pot.

Pot is the gateway drug to other drugs!!!

 

[swilphil]

I've already stated my opinion, but making pot legal brings up an interesting question. Where would people be allowed to smoke? They can't exactly have smoking areas in open-air spots or restaurants because non-smokers would get a contact high just from being near.

 

[Disneyworldreaming]

and it leads to other drugs such a cocaine and heroin. I know this first hand......

BULL!!!

 

[swilphil]

BULL!!!

For some people pot can be a gateway drug. I've known pot smokers that eventually want a bigger buzz or thrill, so they've turned to harder drugs. Obviously not all pot smokers get hooked on other drugs.

You posted on the other thread:

I AM one!!! I am a recovering addict and my husband is a herion addict. it is a know fact! alcohol attacks the organs much quicker....

Did your husband use pot before he used heroin? Did you ever use any other
drugs after you started smoking pot?

 

[Sparx]

keep it illegal, but stiffer penalties. I also think that people that want to use it will find a way.

 

[MosMom]

The first drug my mom ever used was alcohol. From there she moved onto cocaine, sleeping pills, painkillers, heroin, you name it. Since we only have to know people who have used a drug as a gateway drug, apparently that would make alcohol a gateway drug then as well.

 

[Disneyworldreaming]

For some people pot can be a gateway drug. I've known pot smokers that eventually want a bigger buzz or thrill, so they've turned to harder drugs. Obviously not all pot smokers get hooked on other drugs.

You posted on the other thread:



Did your husband use pot before he used heroin? Did you ever use any other
drugs after you started smoking pot?

I tryed pot. hated it and my husband never smoked. we were not into that type of buzz. I know a ton of pot smokers, and not one, uses any other drug. 30 yrs experiance and I do not know anyone. not saying it happens. but I feel it is more because that person has an addictive personality as appose to pot leading to other drugs.....just my experiance

 

[DISshopkeeper]

That's the trouble. You believe something with such a passion you become unhinged from objectivity. I have seen huge wards full of screaming people, all there due to cannabis. I have met the victims, talked to the families, done some independent research myself and talked personally to many of the best doctors in the world over this.

Rich::

You sure must get around for someone just 20 years old, eh? LOL!!! Wards full of screaming people????

 

[Aidensmom]

I think it should be legal and restricted and taxed just as alcohol is.

I think if you want to categorize it as a gateway drug, you should also call alcohol the same thing. I also don't think smoking pot means you are going to move on to something else. I don't smoke pot, but I did for a while in college. I still graduated and went on to hold good jobs, and I never had the desire to do any "harder" drugs. The people I have known that did harder drugs ALL drank alcohol, and most smoked cigarettes, while only some were pot smokers.

 

[shortbun]

Huh? I thought pot smoking hippies were pacifists. Do you really think they'd let there pot smoking (tax) dollars be used for a war? Any war???

Elwood, you're just the guy I was looking for!!!! lol!
You, of course, noted MY eye roll. Like it would EVER happen.
See ya!

 

[poohandwendy]

I don't really like the term 'gateway drug' because I think it takes responsibility away from the users. IMO, it gives the impression that the life choices were made because of the substance, rather than because of the user. The only way a drug really can be considered that powerful is if EVERY person who used it ended up doing the exact same thing. That is obviously not true.

I just don't believe we should make excuses for why people abuse drugs and alcohol. The users make that choice. They are the gateway by making the poor choices of abusing drugs. JMHO

 

[Blondie]

I've already stated my opinion, but making pot legal brings up an interesting question. Where would people be allowed to smoke? They can't exactly have smoking areas in open-air spots or restaurants because non-smokers would get a contact high just from being near.

In designated coffee houses like those in Amsterdam;

A haven for some and an oddity for others, coffeeshops are unique Amsterdam establishments where it's okay to smoke a joint.

The brew they serve comes not in a cup but in a bowl, digestible as joints, space cakes or through a bong.

Walking into one of these joints is a trip all by itself. You are immediately enveloped by a cloud of smoke so thick it can induce a residual high without ever having to light up.

A good coffeeshop is one that has a menu and a staff that will fully explain the expected effects of each type of weed. If they do not have a menu, find one that does. There are so many coffeeshops in Amsterdam...don't waste your time on a shady one.

Technically, it's illegal to sell and consume pot, but years of tolerance have taught the Dutch to look the other way. At least that's what they print in the tourist books. In reality, use is permitted only in designated areas so Dutch officials can keep an eye on people. Out-of-control drug use was a huge problem in the past and useage is not tolerated outside designated areas. Use of hard drugs is dealt with harshly.


Source of information.

Check out Stoners in the Haze, an Investigative Report.

 

[Micca]

I have seen several reference to marijuana being a "Gateway" drug. Does anyone know if it is compatible with my HP Pavilion?

 

[Lil_Tink]

I believe 100% legal... The jails are filled with druggies and dealers...We spend millions of dollars trying to stop it..Why not just legalize it.. Almost everyone at my school has done it, and will continue to use it wither legal or not. Lets just save jail space for all the rapist and petafiles posting child porn on the internet....

 

[Lil_Tink]

I tryed pot. hated it and my husband never smoked. we were not into that type of buzz. I know a ton of pot smokers, and not one, uses any other drug. 30 yrs experiance and I do not know anyone. not saying it happens. but I feel it is more because that person has an addictive personality as appose to pot leading to other drugs.....just my experiance

Ditto..At my school most people dont go any stronger....Or so I know... Cause none want to turn into some of their parents who are all in jail for drugs

 

[shortbun]

For some people pot can be a gateway drug. I've known pot smokers that eventually want a bigger buzz or thrill, so they've turned to harder drugs. Obviously not all pot smokers get hooked on other drugs.

You posted on the other thread:



Did your husband use pot before he used heroin? Did you ever use any other
drugs after you started smoking pot?

Look, people do all sorts of things BEFORE they try heroin. They drink soda, they dance, they sing. Some religions think all those things lead to ruin. So-is Pepsi a "gateway" drug too? If someone is looking for a big buzz or thrill, they are going to go after it-pot or no pot. Is alcohol a gateway drug? I imagine that most, if not all, herioin-cocaine-crack addicts drank beer or wine or booze to excess prior to trying their drug of choice. Maybe they spun round and round as children too-they probably did. So?

 

[Michelina]

Todays Marijuana is not like the 60's pot. It is stronger and usually laced with another drug. Most people think you cannot get addicted to pot, but you actually can.

Where are the facts to back this up? I hear this on the "Don't smoke pot" commercials. I've known tons of pot smokers through the years and still know a handful and I've never heard anyone say that their pot was "laced" with something. There have been many studies that found marijuana to not be physically addictive so I don't know what you mean by "you actually can".

 

[Alicnwondrln]

While I don't use it personally, I feel it should be legal, but sold only to persons over the age of 21 like alcohol is. Our prisons are way over crowded and we can't even keep pedophiles locked up right now. I say, clear those cells and make room for the real "Bad Guys."

this makes sense
people will find a way to use it

 

[Lil_Tink]

Perhaps your experience has skewed your view. I know that Junior had withdrawl symptoms, as did a lad named Jim Pracy; it was why the latter committed suicide, sadly.



You know, I was referred to that place for an illness. A serious illness. And you know what? They got it dead wrong. In BIG way. Then they referred me "up" (I quote the doctor) to the Maudsley. I'm now much better and am returning to University. You'll understand if I don't want to discuss the gory details, as so to speak.



Have you been living under a rock? There are multiple corroborating reports to look at. The Priory is also a world renowned institution that should be treated with respect, not dismissal.



Multiple sources dear, multiple sources. And good ones, too, unlike your quantity over quality approach. I'm afraid you are "dead" wrong.

However.

It is not my job to ensure that you don't spread problems and foes about the place and there is probably nothing I can say to reset your opinion back onto the right track; in fact, I don't believe that even the word of God would sway you.

That's the trouble. You believe something with such a passion you become unhinged from objectivity. I have seen huge wards full of screaming people, all there due to cannabis. I have met the victims, talked to the families, done some independent research myself and talked personally to many of the best doctors in the world over this.

But you won't hear it, will you?



Rich::

Actually...I knew a girl at my school...It kept her from commiting suicide.