[manc]

actally no, she took drugs at age 15 and drank coke with her spliff.
SHe is now a mess, lost her kids, lost her job, and now the Govt, tax payers supports her in England.

She would tell you that she started on weed to be one of the crowd, the in crowd so to speak and regrets having started any drug.

She has been in many detox places and she said many other druggies there have said te same thing.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

She would tell you that she started on weed to be one of the crowd, the in crowd so to speak and regrets having started any drug.

This is how your argument breaks down:

As a teenager, my had such little self respect that she engaged in Behavior X in order to fit in with the cool crowd. Behavior X turned out to impact the rest of her life in a bad way. Therefore, government must step in to prevent others from engaging in Behavior X.

You really want to give government the power to govern as if all the body politic was a weak-willed teenage girl?

[wardaddy]

Very few people who smoked pot end up like your sister....tiny percent

We have what......200 plus million current or former pot smokers now versus very few hard drug addicts relatively speaking... but not counting alcoholics

And pot and heroin are not alike whatsover...pot is not an escape drug

I take it you have never smoked it?

I don’t endorse any drug....nor have used any for many years but in my personal experience normal pot use is on par with normal alcohol use social detriment wise

And is no more likely to correlate to heroin addiction than alcohol or tobacco other than both being illegal mostly

One does not wake up and say... hey pot is just not doing it so ill be a herlin addict

Pot today is rather potent....no one could be immune from it...its like 100 proof and up

Truly there is much much more connection effect wise between alcohol heroin or sedatives...and othe opiods of course
This is first hand knowledge speaking...not reading or observing

You may wonder...well just what is that old redneck addicted to?

Well buddy....
Aint but one thing on Gods green earth getting do workef up over and throwing your money and good sense away over

a fine woman....and that special treat that comes with em
A fine addiction i plan on overdosing on one day

[UCANSEE2]

She would tell you that she started on weed to be one of the crowd,

So... if they legalized pot, those who are doing it to be 'cool' would probably quit.