So all the people that are on hard drugs and say they got their start with marijuana, were wasting their time. They should have just gone for the real stuff from the start?
“So all the people that are on hard drugs and say they got their start with marijuana, were wasting their time. They should have just gone for the real stuff from the start?”
People generally start with what is safest, cheapest and most available. A plant that grows like a weed in every part of the globe and is ready to harvest in 3 months is why cannabis is so common and impossible to prohibit.
I’m sure the people you mentioned nearly all tried alcohol and cigarettes long before cannabis as well. Hell, it’s practically a national tradition for a dad to give a son his first beer.
Something more expensive and far more dangerous is unlikely to be tried first if a safe, cheap option is available.
There are places in southwest Asia where people start with opiates because that is cheap and available. Alcohol is banned/expensive and cannabis is not worthwhile to produce.
“Real” is all in the beholder. People are naturally curious, try things, and move to the next option until they find what works best.
Some people have lived wonderful lives, have good brain chemistry and see no need to toke something that takes them away from that. They are unlikely to take any risks and may never even try anything mind altering.
Some people were so abused or are so naturally depressed that they need anesthesia to take them away. Even when they sleep, the dreams haunt them. They keep trying until finding something like Heroin and it becomes the only way they feel “alive”. Living as a beggar on the street and staying high is preferable to feeling their normal brain chemistry.
The majority of people lie somewhere in between and can deal with daily anxieties with the help of some milder safe substances. No need for them to use something dangerous. Even though any doctor in the 50 states can easily prescribe them countless dangerous medications that are far harder than cannabis and taxpayers will cover it, the majority STILL do not take that route