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Pot: The Gateway Crime
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| 11/06/2020
| blueunicorn6
Posted on 11/06/2020 8:12:06 AM PST by blueunicorn6
Marijuana has been called a Gateway drug. The thinking is that once a person experiences the effects of pot, they will have lost their reluctance to try stronger drugs such as cocaine, meth and heroin.
I smoked pot and lived through it. I kind of liked it. Maybe the stronger drugs wont hurt me. Maybe they will be like pot, only better. They probably wont kill me. Plus, its kind of exciting.
We sit after this election wondering how so many of our fellow citizens feel the need to cheat to achieve a political goal. Cheating is against the rules. Cheating is a crime. How can they so easily do it?
It is because they have become used to criminal behavior. They smoked pot and broke the law, but they didnt die. Making pot illegal seemed useless. It was a crime, they thought, with no personal consequences, save those useless laws.
They smoked pot and committed a crime, but the world didnt end. They felt that they benefited from committing this crime. They could ignore problems for a while.
If using pot was a crime that could be ignored, then what other crimes were useless?
They were no longer honest with themselves. They lied to themselves. The absolute worst kind of lying.
They could lie to themselves about other crimes.
Voter fraud? Who did that really hurt? Not them. It was kind of exciting. Who goes to jail for voter fraud? Pffffft.
As these Democrats continue to lie to themselves and others, committing other crimes became easier.
Stealing? Who did that really hurt? Sure, its against the law, but so is pot. Who cares? The people I stole from deserved to be victims. They didnt know how hard it is for me. They can easily replace what I stole.
The lies to themselves grew bigger.
This is not a dissertation. This is Free Republic.
I suspect that my thoughts will be attacked with mass posting.
People who benefit from selling pot will post numerous frivolous items to drive this post from the front page.
So be it.
Pot is a gateway crime.
It is being used against our society.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: anslingersghost; apd; cannabis; dea; marijuana; pot; reefermadness; wod
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To: dayglored
"What you say about pot is true of ANY minor wrong-doing, softening one's attitude towards other wrong-doings."
Drugs directly change brain function (GABA receptors, radical decreases in inhibitions) and are far more addictive.
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posted on
11/06/2020 9:12:18 AM PST
by
familyop
("No ass, no brammo, Sergeant!" --silly soldier in my platoon leaving the range during the 1990s.)
To: blueunicorn6
good analysis...
problem is really this...too many religious think all they have to do is say "Jesus is my Saviour" and shazamm...they can cheat, lie, steal, porn until the cows come home because they are already "saved" no matter what evil they do...
there is a huge disconnect with people....
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posted on
11/06/2020 9:17:09 AM PST
by
cherry
To: blueunicorn6
The drug addicts’ marijuana vs. alcohol argument is also a fallacy. Most marijuana users also drink too much in order to sedate themselves and avoid the initial paranoia of the marijuana high. After the initial, overly exciting high, users sink into a sedated state. That cycle develops after a few years into episodes of mania, depression and altered perceptions (delusions). After years of lying to themselves and others about drug abuse and effects, users become compulsive liars. They devolve generally into antisocial behaviors.
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posted on
11/06/2020 9:18:12 AM PST
by
familyop
("No ass, no brammo, Sergeant!" --silly soldier in my platoon leaving the range during the 1990s.)
To: fatman6502002
You have admitted you are a criminal.
Take a close look at your life.
What are you stealing? Other peoples time? Goods from an organization?
You have no problem committing crimes.
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posted on
11/06/2020 9:18:26 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
11/06/2020 9:23:53 AM PST
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
To: cherry
Criminals commit crimes because they think God will cover them?
No, I dont think so.
Criminals commit crimes to benefit themselves.
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posted on
11/06/2020 9:24:53 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: blueunicorn6
Legalize ecstasy. Start with old folks homes.
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posted on
11/06/2020 9:28:46 AM PST
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: blueunicorn6
Thanks for conceding my point even if it was highlighted by your own gibberish.
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posted on
11/06/2020 9:29:32 AM PST
by
JerseyDvl
(No Faith in the Electoral Process!)
To: blueunicorn6
so you want to ban something you dont agree with?
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posted on
11/06/2020 9:29:57 AM PST
by
ßuddaßudd
((>> M A G A << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
To: familyop
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posted on
11/06/2020 9:30:35 AM PST
by
fatman6502002
((The Team The Team The Team - Bo Schembechler circa 1969))
To: blueunicorn6
Again you’re just full of bullshit
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posted on
11/06/2020 9:34:53 AM PST
by
fatman6502002
((The Team The Team The Team - Bo Schembechler circa 1969))
To: kaehurowing
Numerous studies have concluded that marijuana is one of the major causes of permanent psychosis and schizophrenia.I call BS - post links, not your usual 'just Google it' lazy dodge.
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posted on
11/06/2020 9:59:46 AM PST
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: blueunicorn6
If using pot was a crime that could be ignored, then what other crimes were useless?So if pot is no longer a crime it's no longer a gateway to other crime; thanks for the pro-legalization argument!
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posted on
11/06/2020 10:02:08 AM PST
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: cherry
I agree with what you said in
comment #22.
It's happened before. A king of the northern kingdom of Israel followed his wife and her friends into idolatry. Ten tribes were taken away by the Assyrians and distributed as slaves in faraway countries. The same process happened in Judah afterwards. Both parts of the nation of Israel were taken away and dispersed into foreign, idolatrous cultures.
In the U.S.A., Puritans, Huguenots and others came to partially escape idolatry in Europe. They nearly escaped it but didn't go far enough. Their descendants sank deeper into it with each generation. That process was accelerated beginning around 1970 with calls, even in fundamentalist churches (e.g., Southern Baptist), to swerve more in the direction of idolatry (see Marcionism, Jezebel).
Have a quick, easy look at these verses, then read the chapters around them.
Isaiah 43:11.
Zechariah 14:9.
Malachi 3:6
Many have now escaped again, somewhat, to become Noachides and keep their families more cohesive and away from drugs and other enslaving indulgences.
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posted on
11/06/2020 10:26:43 AM PST
by
familyop
("No ass, no brammo, Sergeant!" --silly soldier in my platoon leaving the range during the 1990s.)
To: NobleFree
It doesnt matter.
Two generations of criminals have come about.
Wait until you see what that brings.
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posted on
11/06/2020 12:10:36 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: fatman6502002
Its a hard rains a gonna fall.
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posted on
11/06/2020 12:11:58 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: ßuddaßudd
Yes
I want to abolish crime.
You want more crime?
Post your name and address and when youll be away from home so that the thieves can pay you a visit.
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posted on
11/06/2020 12:17:50 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: blueunicorn6
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posted on
11/06/2020 1:16:12 PM PST
by
fatman6502002
((The Team The Team The Team - Bo Schembechler circa 1969))
To: blueunicorn6
If using pot was a crime that could be ignored, then what other crimes were useless?So if pot is no longer a crime it's no longer a gateway to other crime; thanks for the pro-legalization argument!
It doesnt matter.
Two generations of criminals have come about.
Still, we're better off legalizing pot so as not to add more fuel to the fire.
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posted on
11/06/2020 2:22:48 PM PST
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: blueunicorn6
wow, youre out there ..
“ you have legalized homosexuality, prostitution and gambling, but I cant smoke a joint after work in the house a mortgage on? “
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posted on
11/06/2020 2:22:56 PM PST
by
ßuddaßudd
((>> M A G A << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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