Posted on 07/20/2009 11:11:12 AM PDT by cryptical
Alcohol is a much stronger gateway drug than the ganja. I have a friend that is a law officer and he said he would much rather pull over a car load of potheads than drunks becuase drunks can get very violent and potheads are mellow. I have friends that smoke and they are very reasonable people and only do pot and drink a little. I guess I am a Libertarian on the issue.
It’s also called a gateway drug for a reason
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Because we certainly cannot admit publically that alcohol is the number 1 gateway drug of all time.
C’mon freepers. ‘Fess up.
Your first experience with drugs was what? Alcohol or reefer?
Me first. Alcohol.
Good Point, because one evil is legal we really need another one,
Yeah, that will work.
Definitly DOOBIE.
I now stick to one beer, probably three a week.
On glass of RED wine once a night.
I think most people know that on the whole, retards smoke dope. Maybe a few more will try it, but not many. Any medicval uses are excluded from my reatrded comment. Other than that, retarded!
This test done on Spiders should settle the argument once and for all, Drugs should not be made legal. Watch what they do when given THC. Yikes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc
“Marijuana is not physically addictive.”
It does produce physical dependence with various withdrawl symptoms after long-term heavy usage. The psychological dependence is much stronger, however.
I’m libertarian on this too. Weed is not addictive. In fact the only drugs that I would call addicitve are the uppers like cocaine and meth that require more and more to equal the original dose’s effect. Even heroin and morphine are easy to kick by comparison, and don’t do near the damage to the body that speed does (or heavy alcohol use, for that matter).
The whole drug prohibition racket is just that, a racket. The effects of drug abuse should be a medical issue, not a criminal one.
“If they legalize beer/wine then everyone would graduate to vodka and become alcoholics.”
Just about 90% of the jugheads out there who end up sucking on a vodka bottle and sitting in an AA hall will tell you they started drinnking beer when they were kids. What’s your point, that somehow there is no progressive part of addicition?
Yep, alcohol IS the “gateway drug”, and it’s a drug that is far more harmful both to the individual user and the collective.
Prohibition failed. The “Drug War” is failing. Time to go back to the drawing board, with the first order of business being the legalization of marijuana. Ignorant conservatives will continue to oppose it, but happily it appears conservatism is headed in a more libertarian and hence enlightened direction.
well first i would say that alcohol is more “dangerous” then marijuana. the difference is alcohol is legal so it´s not considered as a “beginning” drug. i don´t know how the reports in the US are but here mariujana ist often reported to be the “drug” which most people started before they become addicted to harder drugs. and this is in my personal impression total BS because i´m pretty shure that someone who does hard drugs shure have had a beer before in his live.
“I think it is kind of hypocritical...”
God forbid we should be hypocritical...
“It does produce physical dependence with various withdrawl symptoms after long-term heavy usage.”
Your source, please?
“Ignorant conservatives will continue to oppose it, but happily it appears conservatism is headed in a more libertarian and hence enlightened direction.”
You forgot the /borderline insane sarc tag...
Addiction can result from anything that results in a mood change. Gambling, Sex, Food, Pot, Alcohol, Cigs, Coke, Meth, Shopping, etc.
There are certain people that do these things and never get addicted, OTOH there is a small segment (8% or so) that will try something once and they are hooked. You only hear about these people.
The gubment has been trying to demonize weed for years and it hasn't done anything except drive it underground.
No more than alcoholism. Legalize it and tax the $hit out of it, just like booze. Take some of the tax burden off the working man's back. I guess we learned nothing from prohabition.
Perhaps they should use the tax revenue to establish spelling/capitalization/grammar/punctualization programs for on-line forum contributors. You know, so they can present cogent, rational arguments about the lack of side effects to chronic marijuana use.
I think that’s a pretty good idea.
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