Cannabis

[Kyuuketsuki]

I don't take things that effect my brain in a negative way. Don't see the point.

Comes back to what that Australian comic was saying ... never trust someone who doesn't drink or some such

Kyu

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Myth: Marijuana is a Gateway Drug. Even if marijuana itself causes minimal harm, it is a dangerous substance because it leads to the use of "harder drugs" like heroin, LSD, and cocaine.

Fact: Marijuana does not cause people to use hard drugs. What the gateway theory presents as a causal explanation is a statistic association between common and uncommon drugs, an association that changes over time as different drugs increase and decrease in prevalence. Marijuana is the most popular illegal drug in the United States today. Therefore, people who have used less popular drugs such as heroin, cocaine, and LSD, are likely to have also used marijuana. Most marijuana users never use any other illegal drug. Indeed, for the large majority of people, marijuana is a terminus rather than a gateway drug.

You see I think that's bullshit ... it's like saying guns don't kill people, people kill people! Fine, let's see how much damage people can do with a baseball bat and compare the results ... wanna take a guess what we'll find?

Of course milder drugs can result in people taking harder ones because they like the fucking high and they want something that gives them more ... of course not everybody will go that way and I think it is naive to suggest otherwise but it is equally naive to deny there is a probable connection.

Kyu