[q_an_a]

The difference is that todays version of POT is 10 times as strong as in the 6os and 70s and his every bit as "addictive" as an oppiate, not because they are the same, but because the JOY is addictive. Anyone that thinks that being addicted to pot, that is easy to get, would not lead to heron or crack is kidding themselves.

The willing market would be huge and with our VALUEs, such as family, community, and honesty much different now than prior to WWII is also kidding themselves. The sales of opiates which would be the next easy drug for a large market would be off the charts. the 2% number would be 15% easy.

[dennisw]

The fool also wants to legalize heroin and other hard drugs. How stupid is that?

[MrLeRoy]

is every bit as "addictive" as an oppiate

Rubbish. According to research cited by the Institute of Medicine, of all those who have ever used heroin 23% of them became dependent, whereas for marijuana the corresponding figure is 9%.

Anyone that thinks that being addicted to pot, that is easy to get, would not lead to heron or crack is kidding themselves.

Recent studies by the RAND Corporation, and by economist Steven Pudney of the University of Leicester, have deflated the "gateway theory."

[Wolfie]

The average THC content today is about 5%. That was the average back in the 70's as well. Yes, there are more potent varieties, just as there were back in the 70's. The folks testing the stuff back then just didn't happen to run into a whole lot of it, since most of what was tested was street schwag. In fact, when the Drug Warriors talk about increased potency, they're purposely comparing the highest quality pot of today to the lowest quality of yesteryear.

The Myth of Potent Pot

[eno_]

There is not historical support for your scaremongering about hard drugs. And there is no difference between today's anti-drug propaganda and pre-Prohibition anti-alcohol propaganda. The Drug War and Prohibition are peas in a pod: Expensive, counterproductive, and an excuse for government intrusion into the lives of a supposedly free people.