the progression from marujana to harder drugs may only be an inherent facet of its illegality.
The fact that a lot of people who turn to drugs do it because they feel they are breaking free of rules, or being 'bad' means that any soft illegal drug could be a gateway drug to a harder substance. if alcohol was illegal it would be a gateway drug...
Drug taking as rebellionism is pretty damn silly- people shouldnt be so weak that they let someone else define for them what right and wrong are - and so need to 'rebel'. When i do something that some people think i shouldnt do i dont consider it rebellionism - just making a choice. I just have a different belief system to them (if any) and never raise any single viewpoint above my own free thaught.
a person doesn't get addicted to marijuana. its impossibe to be physically addicted to it, if u don't believe me go to counseling and they tell u that. it is a phsycological thing.
brokenhalo689 said this in post #62 : a person doesn't get addicted to marijuana. its impossibe to be physically addicted to it, if u don't believe me go to counseling and they tell u that. it is a phsycological thing.
As I understand it, this is correct. It's not an actual chemical addiction like other drugs.
Self-abuse in any form isn't smart, really. Consider all the other things that people do to themselves which are not regulated, but result in profound life changes:
* poor diet
* no oral or physical hygiene
* lack of physical activity
* smoking
* drinking
* driving dangerously
* anger management problems
* depression
I mean really.. what's one more thing to add to the list in the scheme of things that lets people destroy their own lives however they see fit?
* substance abuse
Of course, under careful moderation, any of these problems can be contained or reversed as desired. But that desire has to be there. This is where the phrase "responsible users" comes from.
I dont know if I agree with the whole "pot makes people stupid thing."
One of our best friends owns a multi-million dollar company and the guy smokes pot pretty regularly...his company continues to flourish more and more all the time....
The guy is completely intelligent...and smoking pot hasnt changed that.
One of the cities in my state...Columbia, Missouri...has just changed the laws to be the first in the state to do this..they voted to decriminalize pot for medicinal purposes....AND have even lowered the penalties if one gets caught with a small amount of recreational pot....Im pretty sure it will be probably be challenged though, as state laws cannot become more liberal than federal laws....they can become more harsh, but not more liberal.
But its really just an example of how people might start thinking of it differently.
I wouldnt say that if they said it was strictly only for medicinal purposes, but the fact that they also lessened penalties on recreational...Im thinking maybe that people see it that way...of course, I dont know...thats just my opinion.
I guess I still go back to alcohol, and wonder...which one of them is the lesser evils of the two. Personally, I wouldnt want to drive on the road with either one on the road....but if I had to choose, Id rather have the person smoking pot, and not the drunk person driving on the road at the same time as me.
Of course thats just my opinion....I could be wrong. (Dennis Miller)
"You might be the toughest little whacker. . .but in my world, you're about as worrisome as a cloudy day." (Dutch Dooley)
from what was said earlier about it making u stupid...im a sophomore in college and i smoked from 7-9 grade almost everyday and at least once a week for the next couple years and now only once in awhile. it has never affected me in school, i never had below a 3.3 in high school and below a 3.2 in college and i didnt' even study in high school and barely study now. if pot made me stupid why am i not stupid.
[QUOTE]sowhatsthetruth said this in post #64 : Makes your brain like tar though. Actually puts resins between your neurons.
Not a very smart thing to do, unless you actually LIKE being stupid. [/QUOTE
Safer than alcohol or cigarettes. Where do you get your um...facts?
AA says I am an alcoholic, but I am really just a drug addict. I believe that alcohol is one of the worse drugs there is.
"Drug" addicts with alcohol in their arsenal attend AA and not NA because alcohol is more dominant than their other chemical dependencies.
Maybe due in part to my addictive nature, I became hooked on alcohol by the time I was 14. I tried other drugs briefly but alcohol was my true love. Just having a few social drinks without getting addicted never happen for me.
An addict is an addict because they are an addict. There is no worthwhile excuse.
After a quarter of a century, 2004 is my first full year drug free
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14theroad said this in post #73 : AA says I am an alcoholic, but I am really just a drug addict. I believe that alcohol is one of the worse drugs there is.
"Drug" addicts with alcohol in their arsenal attend AA and not NA because alcohol is more dominant than their other chemical dependencies.
Maybe due in part to my addictive nature, I became hooked on alcohol by the time I was 14. I tried other drugs briefly but alcohol was my true love. Just having a few social drinks without getting addicted never happen for me.
An addict is an addict because they are an addict. There is no worthwhile excuse.
After a quarter of a century, 2004 is my first full year drug free
Congrats! My Dad, through the grace of God and AA is sober now for over 11 years. Good luck to you man!
Holy War....You're basically killing each other to see who's got the better imaginary friend. - Richard Jeni
11-03-2004 10:08 AM
There is no worthwhile excuse.
