[jsanders2001]

> You bet - and unfortunately I’ve seen it firsthand with some others that I want nothing to do with. It’s absolutely sickening!

Growing up I was around kids that started doing it when they were 11 and 12. Heck none that I know of ever did much with their lives and most got hooked on harder stuff. I remember running into one after high school and I don’t think he ever opened his eyes more than halfway the whole time I ever saw him after that (not many times) and he sold drugs with the help of a girlfriend at local bars. A lot of others now have serious criminal records; I looked them up. Don’t tell me pot isn’t harmful and doesn’t do damage. Alcohol is just as bad or worse if consumed heavily too. I’m talking about guys that doit every day ^. Of course they didn’t start that way.

[coloradan]

Serious criminal records, because they sell drugs? Sounds like a circular argument: Drugs screw up your life, because they're illegal and you'll get busted and then have a criminal record, which will haunt you forever, and therefore, drugs should be illegal to deter people from falling into this exact trap. But wait - if the harm comes only from the illegality, then that isn't a harm that is prevented by prohibition, it's caused by prohibition.

[Kit cat]

I do not think pot leads to using stronger drugs, however it certainly takes
ones ambitions and goals away! This would be typical of Soros to want
American citizens to become lazy non thinking couch potatoes! I despise
this man WHY IS HE NOT DEAD YET!!!