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Question: Do you think pot is a Gateway drug?
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<blockquote data-quote="muttmeister" data-source="post: 232601" data-attributes="member: 135"><p>I think pot is in the category with alcohol and cigarettes. For normal people with no problems, it can be just another recreational drug with no particular consequences. (although to say smoking ANYTHING has no particular consequences ignores what it is doing to your lungs, etc).</p><p>For people who are going to get hooked on SOMETHING, pot is probably a gateway drug. </p><p>I came of age in the 60s when pot came into general use. I know people who used it occasionally and got straight A's, got responsible jobs and kept them, and have smoked pot regularly (but not OFTEN) for 40 years and who are fine. I know other people who went from pot to LSD to cocaine to whatever else they could get their hands on and who ruined or lost their lives.</p><p>Did I allow my kids to smoke pot in my house? Never (although I know they did smoke it when I was not around). I don't feel that makes me a particular hypocrite as I also did not allow them to drink in my house and I did not allow them to smoke in my house until they could do so legally. Pot never became legal so it was never allowed.</p><p>In the back of my mind I've had this debate for a lot of years about whether pot should be legalized. On the one hand, I am sure it is no worse (and maybe not as bad) as alcohol and cigarettes. On the other hand, I just don't see how adding another way to mess up your life to the list of legally available agents is a good thing. My head says it might be a good idea but my heart just won't go along.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="muttmeister, post: 232601, member: 135"] I think pot is in the category with alcohol and cigarettes. For normal people with no problems, it can be just another recreational drug with no particular consequences. (although to say smoking ANYTHING has no particular consequences ignores what it is doing to your lungs, etc). For people who are going to get hooked on SOMETHING, pot is probably a gateway drug. I came of age in the 60s when pot came into general use. I know people who used it occasionally and got straight A's, got responsible jobs and kept them, and have smoked pot regularly (but not OFTEN) for 40 years and who are fine. I know other people who went from pot to LSD to cocaine to whatever else they could get their hands on and who ruined or lost their lives. Did I allow my kids to smoke pot in my house? Never (although I know they did smoke it when I was not around). I don't feel that makes me a particular hypocrite as I also did not allow them to drink in my house and I did not allow them to smoke in my house until they could do so legally. Pot never became legal so it was never allowed. In the back of my mind I've had this debate for a lot of years about whether pot should be legalized. On the one hand, I am sure it is no worse (and maybe not as bad) as alcohol and cigarettes. On the other hand, I just don't see how adding another way to mess up your life to the list of legally available agents is a good thing. My head says it might be a good idea but my heart just won't go along. [/QUOTE]
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