- I doubt that it was bad pot. And yes, I inhaled. I have heard that this is common. And it makes sense considering the way drugs affect the brain.
- Yes, unfortunately most people have tried it. Interesting that there are more incidents of ADHD these days. There may be many cause unrelated to drug usage. However, maybe it is more than just a coincidence?
- Yes, we drank as kids. However, I didn't know of anyone who was as dramatically affected by alcohol as pot. Should note that pot usage lead to other nastier drugs.
- Mother's Little Helper (reference to a Stones song). Specifically, pills. But the point is the same.
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/r/rolling+stones/mothers+little+helper_20117873.html
- “And they enable the enabling of someone’s weakness.” This is meant to imply a spiral. Your problems will probably get worse if you don't face them and drive you to “hide” even more. Pot may not be addictive but it creates a dependency.
- “Marijuana doesn’t cause a lot of crime” Agreed in one respect. It “pacifies.” However, it is reasonable to assume that it increases poverty levels. And increased poverty levels mean increased crime. Don't know which one wins — “too lazy to steal.” :)
Interestingly, this is reason why some of us think that Soros likes legalization — because it pacifies.
Not many doctors believed in it in the past and now it is way over-diagnosed. I'm going to be best man at a wedding tomorrow for a neurologist who is one who still thinks ADHD is a made up disorder.
“Yes, we drank as kids. However, I didn't know of anyone who was as dramatically affected by alcohol as pot.”
You and I had different experiences. Alcohol has killed friends of mine. I've seen it cause a lot of problems and I still see it cause lots of problems. I'm in court all the time seeing cases where alcohol has caused serious problems, like domestic batteries and all sorts of other stupid conduct that ends up hurting people. I have never once had a woman tell me her husband is a great guy except when he smokes pot and gets mean and beats on her. I can't tell you how many times I've heard that or something similar about alcohol.
“Should note that pot usage lead to other nastier drugs.”
Alcohol use and cigarettes do to, or at least several times as many people who drink and smoke will use a drug like cocaine than those who do not drink or smoke. These are all “gateway drugs.” I do not think that drinking or smoking necessarily makes one want to use a drug like cocaine, but the fact that one drinks and smokes indicates that he is more likely to be the kind of person who would try cocaine than one who does not drink and smoke. There is no reason why marijuana would be anymore of a gateway drug than alcohol if it was legal. Illegal drugs tend to travel through the same channels. As it is when people buy pot they are buying from people who in many cases will sell the other drugs. Not only that, but since marijuana is illegal it doesn’t seem like a big deal to break out other illegal drugs in front of a marijuana user. What's he going to do, tell? He's breaking the law too. Make it legal and people won't be buying it from dealers who sell other drugs and they won't automatically be safe to do other illegal drugs in front of. They won't be part of the club, so they won't be as likely to be offered other drugs.