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Why are so many on drugs today???
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 504511" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Addiction has existed as long as nature has. There are animals who eat things to get high. LOTS of them. It has been a human problem as far back as records go. I do think that many people think pot isn't a big deal and that for many it has the same role as alcohol. </p><p></p><p>I think we just hear more about it because now we have laws about it, global info in close to real time, and we have figured out how to produce stronger substances (the pot grown in grow houses/operations are said to be far stronger than what was smoked in the past). Used to be people covered drug use up. Relatives went for a retreat or to some destination instead of admitting that they went to get clean. Heck, doctors and cops used to help cover it up (still do if you are wealthy and powerful). </p><p></p><p>We get such an enormous barrage of info every day and addiction/drug issues sell media so those stories get shown/printed more often. </p><p></p><p>that being said, I don't know of many people who were able to manage pot as their only drug. I had one close friend who had a TOTAL personality change due to the enormous amount of pot she was smoking. We also worked together and she put a LOT of us at risk because she would be so very messed up. I took a ten yr break from her because I just didn't want to be around it. I do think at some point we will probably have to legalize it. If nothing else it would help deal wth the drug cartels. Or so the theory goes. They sure wouldn't have to sneak it around and hurt people over it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 504511, member: 1233"] Addiction has existed as long as nature has. There are animals who eat things to get high. LOTS of them. It has been a human problem as far back as records go. I do think that many people think pot isn't a big deal and that for many it has the same role as alcohol. I think we just hear more about it because now we have laws about it, global info in close to real time, and we have figured out how to produce stronger substances (the pot grown in grow houses/operations are said to be far stronger than what was smoked in the past). Used to be people covered drug use up. Relatives went for a retreat or to some destination instead of admitting that they went to get clean. Heck, doctors and cops used to help cover it up (still do if you are wealthy and powerful). We get such an enormous barrage of info every day and addiction/drug issues sell media so those stories get shown/printed more often. that being said, I don't know of many people who were able to manage pot as their only drug. I had one close friend who had a TOTAL personality change due to the enormous amount of pot she was smoking. We also worked together and she put a LOT of us at risk because she would be so very messed up. I took a ten yr break from her because I just didn't want to be around it. I do think at some point we will probably have to legalize it. If nothing else it would help deal wth the drug cartels. Or so the theory goes. They sure wouldn't have to sneak it around and hurt people over it. [/QUOTE]
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