Analytics wrote:Markk wrote:Your not hearing me...and I am not saying that in a bad thing, it is just the way it is.
When one is 14 to say 17 years old, and you turn to pot, and if you like it and you hang with that crowd...most often you will graduate to harder drugs. In the drug culture you have different cultures, those that like meth, those like heroin, those that like prescription drugs, and those that like things like LSD and Mushrooms. There are even those that like sniffing paints or thinners, even gas...and their are those that burn out on PCP (dust).
You can't put that in a theory or a structured reason why, like your sugar analogy. It is just the way it is in the drug culture...and the one common denominator is that pot is almost always the first drug that leads to that culture, which leads to addiction.
If you want an example, wine coolers, especially in the 70's and 80's were a gateway alcohol for hard core drinkers. Those that start out and get into the drinking scene general start with sweet tasting drinks..becasue alcohol at first taste like crap....today they have the lemonade and root beer types of drinks...most that drink them , don't become alcoholic's, but those with a weakness to addiction will jump to hard alcohol...it is similar with pot.
We have students instead of reaching their potential, they become stoners or worse.
My experience with pot has been different than yours. I haven't ever seen sombody use pot who wasn't a productive adult member of society. I rarely see homeless people. I don't associate one with the other.
But yes, the "drug culture" leads to addiction. I can see that. But the culture of getting powerful opiods from your doctor whenever your body hurts also leads to addiction. If you think marijuana should be illegal because it can lead to addiction, do you also think that opioids should be illegal because they can lead to addiction, too?
I think marijuana should be illegal because it makes youth that abuse it stupid and lazy...and crushes and r e t a r d s potential.
I believe opioids should only be prescribed...the same with pot. Do I understand that it would take the will of a country not willing to go that way...most definitely.
I have a addictive personality...I have to really watch it...LoL... I can eat a package of chips ahoy in one night. But...I was injured in a auto accident and developed a bulging disk in my neck. Long story short, I was prescribed an opioid, and I liked it (a lot),...I had to finally tell the doc no more and opted for surgery. But man they took the pain away, there is a place for them. I would bet there are folks here hooked on prescription drugs and might not know it.
To anyone that wants to listen...Drugs are fun and make you feel good, they really are. They also numb out problems... but only for a season...and for those that arn't strong enough, they destroy. You have to learn to hate them...which I do. I have seen them kill and destroy too many loved ones, and I honestly believe they are destroying our country to a very large degree.