Cocaine is a mild drug? William, you're a smart guy and you make a lot of sense in your writings. Re-think that position. Cocaine is a hard drug. It may not be as bad as meth or heroin, but it is not far behind at all. I've sure seen it destroy a lot of lives. It is leaps and bounds worse than marijuana. I'd never put those two drugs in the same category.
Cocaine hooks those who are weak to it, as does hot fudge sundaes. It produces no physical addiction, and in that way is in the same class as cannabis. If you use too much of it, you will have physical effects, but the other drugs will destroy you. I watched students snort cocaine all through college, and saw them graduate.
I have no real experience with it, but what I have observed, it is as much maligned with lies and disinformation as cannabis. You need to remember, it is not a opium derivative.
