[april15Bendovr]

“Considering that most of the people who’ve smoked pot eventually give it up of their own accord without much apparent discomfort”

Thats a myth

I work as a Mental Health Counselor and that is not at all what we observe.

[tacticalogic]

I said “most”, not “all”. I expect you probably have about the same opinion of pot that ER staff have of motorcycles, for pretty much the same reasons.

[Ken H]

Of the ones your clinic treats or counsels for marijuana abuse, what percentage would you estimate are under some kind of legal supervision for a marijuana offense?

[fr_freak]

Thats a myth

I work as a Mental Health Counselor and that is not at all what we observe.

That makes perfect sense, but is an extremely skewed view of the real situation. What group, among society as a whole, do you think are most liable to abuse drugs? Why, those with mental problems, of course. Did the drug use cause the mental/emotional problems, or did the mental/emotional problems cause the drug use?

Another question: how many of these pot smokers that come to be counseled also abuse other substances, to include alcohol? Why would you focus your blame on one substance, when most likely they are abusing several, which, of course, is a pattern of behavior which would indicate that the source of the problem is the person, not the particular drug?

[Hemingway's Ghost]

I work as a Mental Health Counselor and that is not at all what we observe.

Could be because your sample is tainted, i.e., made up entirely of people who needed your services as a mental health counselor. If you think about it a bit, you might realize the type of people who might need mental health services might also be the same type of people who would self-medicate with recreational drugs like marijuana.

Ever think about that? Probably not . . .