Not to mention that marijuana is a “gateway drug”, i.e. those who smoke it, are more likely to go on to hard drugs.
Actually, that is absolutely not true. Marijuana smokers pretty much remain such. After 25 years of Prosecuting, studies, etc ... I have zero doubt that it should be legal. About 90% of us felt that way. The gateway drug meme has never held up.
Yale study: Marijuana may really be gateway drug
http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Yale-study-Marijuana-may-really-be-gateway-drug-3805532.php
And every one of those people have imbibed dihydrogen monoxide.
Same difference.
I'm not saying pot should be legal, I'm saying the statement it's a gateway drug is ridiculous.
The war WOD is nothing more than a war on our constitutional rights and needs to end.
Not to mention that marijuana is a “gateway drug”, i.e. those who smoke it, are more likely to go on to hard drugs.
Lots of drunks do hard drugs too. Alcohol is more dangerous than pot.
The only thing that marijuana is a “gateway” to is the black market for drugs. So long as (and wherever) marijuana remains illegal, the only way to buy it is on the black market. The black market dealers (aka criminals) are likely to try to up-sell you to harder (and more profitable) addictive drugs.
End the prohibition, and the “gateway” closes.