The Dangers of Marijuana have been greatly exaggerated since the 1930s, but I suspect most of those claims were the result of projecting in the absence of actual knowledge instead of "lies." In other words they didn't know what they were talking about. Alternatively some of the exaggeration may have been intended to dissuade by making the danger seem greater.
From what i've seen, the primary danger from Marijuana seems to be that it turns users into worthless F**ks. One of the Potheads I know lives in Colorado. He's forty years old, been using pot since he was a teen, and has NEVER HELD A JOB. Still hasn't got one. Lives off his mother.
You know who's going to end up paying for his medical and retirement? Take a guess.
Even coke and meth they lie about the speed with which one becomes addicted (there are NO single dose addictive drugs out there,
Now see, if I were using your criteria, I would call that a lie. As it is, I will simply say you don't know what you are talking about.
I have a good friend who was a Pimp and Drug dealer in the 1990s. I've hung out in drug houses and watched people do their thing. Crack will get some people the very first time they try it. I've seen it happen.
You know what? On some people it won't. I've seen people walk away from it. So here's the deal. How do you know which people can safely try it and walk away, and how do you know which people will be turned into crack whores after their first try?
My friend, we'll call him OG because that's what he used to call himself, (Stands for Old Gangster) would talk up some girl he saw walking down the street. He was really a very charming fellow. He would talk her into smoking some pot with him, and after awhile he's slip some crack in it.
He said most of the time it took one hit, and he could turn that girl into a crack whore.
Sorry but it’s not true. There are NO one shot addiction. There are one shot OBSESSIONS but that’s addiction. Words have meaning and addiction is a physical process that requires rewiring the neurotransmitters in your brain, which takes repeated frequent exposure over time. Anybody that says there’s one shot addiction is lying. Period.
I’m sure your anecdote (remember the plural of anecdote is not fact) OG “victims” WANTED more crack after the first one. It’s supposed to be quite a rush. But that’s not an addiction. If they were addicted and he didn’t give them more they’d go through DTs, which they wouldn’t do. Not addicted, obsessed. You shouldn’t go believing gangsters who brag of turning girls out, they’re born prevaricators.
“From what i’ve seen, the primary danger from Marijuana seems to be that it turns users into worthless F**ks.”
Most of the people I know smoke pot. None of them are on welfare. They all have better than average careers.
Maybe it’s just that the people you know are worthless F**ks and would be regardless.
“I have a good friend who was a Pimp and Drug dealer in the 1990s.”
I think maybe your conclusions are skewed due to the people you hang out with lol.
And if she had been able to purchase it herself at the grocery store like booze she NEVER WOULD HAVE EVEN GIVEN THE PIMP THE TIME OF DAY.
Prohibition, keeping the pimps and gangsters in business!