“don’t generelize... substance abuse follows the ten percent rule. “
That in itself is a generalization, isn’t it?
I don’t buy that statistic.
People either try pot and decide it’s not for them (generally no harm done)
Or they decide the like it, and smoke it more and more.
The more and more often they smoke it, the more useless, paranoid, lethargic and irrational they become.
Without fail.
As for knowing some stoners, of course I do, don’t we all? And I don’t know any who have done well on it.
I have known those who tried it or used it for a while and then stopped. They are fine as far as I know.
I dont’ know any adult stoners, or substance abusers of anything other than alcohol, and I can’t say I’m close to the functional alcoholics either. Sure when I was in college, there were a few stoners... but none of the ones I knew are stoners today. I do know people of all ages who casually smoke, drink or whatever holds their fancy. The idea that these people function at a lower level is ridiculous... quite a few are extremely successful type A personalities... who enjoy the slower pace of being high.
I honestly don’t know ANYONE who tries “said substance” and just ups the ante to “more and more”. I’d argue that people who tend to over imbibe have other issues going on. They probably wouldn’t be highly functional regardless of what they were or were not doing.
The ten percent rule...can even be reduced... I round up from 9. whatever. That’s a broadly known percentage that event the feds work with.