“Smokes and beers are purchased from a store. MJ is purchased illegally from a dealer (in most states). When a kid purchases the marijuana from the dealer, he or she will almost inevitably run into “Hey, I’ve got a few of these XXXXX’s you can try. They’re extras so I’ll charge you half.” Boom...MJ just lead to Heroin or some other drug use.”
I tried drugs as a late teen and early adult. I tried and loved alcohol from the start. I became addicted to alcohol, from the stores.
About the only benefit from buying your poison in a store, is you can rely on the dosage. Enough to get you high, but probably not kill you.
The street dealers don’t want you dead, unable to buy more. Overdose from heroin is an occasional mistake.
The smokes and beers from the stores kill you, just more slowly. The drug dealer doesn’t want to kill his customers.
It isn’t so simple as one path safe, the other not safe. I’ve met priests, lawyers, doctors, judges, teachers in AA.
These days the mayor of Toronto uses crack.
I remember when they said two good things about cocaine; it is too expensive to use a lot, and it wasn’t addicting.
There are millions addicted to store-bought booze, and pharmacy-purchased drugs.
No dispute with that. However I do take issue with those who deny marijuana is a gateway drug.
Our current president has acknowledged past coke and pot use. It is claimed he also smoked crack.
President Clinton's brother said he had a nose like a vacuum cleaner and is rumored to have used it while in the White House.
JFK used prescription medications as well as pot and LSD whle in the White House. LSD was legal at the time, as well.
Toronto's mayor is hardly an aberration.