[dangus]

To flip what you said, I’ve never known any druggies who didn’t start out on pot. I think the notion was that they quickly graduated to other drugs. Of course, most of my exposure to druggies pre-dated the current heroin epidemic, and was from when pot was both widely available and very illegal.

[dp0622]

Well that’s interesting.

I guess if they’re POTHEADS then they never moved on and that would make sense.

The ones that moved on i’m sure forgot about pot very quickly.

I think if you’ve only smoked pot for 10 or so years you’re probably just a pothead :)

For the new kids...yeah there’s a lot more out there to try now after flirting with pot

And those drugs shoot dopamine levels WAY WAY WAY HIGHER than pot ever could.

Meth is 1st place with a 1200 PERCENT increase in levels.

By comparison, sex boosts dopamine levels by 200 percent.

Anything that feels THAT much better than sex, I’m not touching.

[pburgh01]

“Druggies”....LOL...Ok Boomer, go have a beer

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

To flip what you said, I’ve never known any druggies who didn’t start out on pot. I think the notion was that they quickly graduated to other drugs. Of course, most of my exposure to druggies pre-dated the current heroin epidemic, and was from when pot was both widely available and very illegal.

Regardless, the DEA said in 2016 that pot is not a gateway drug.

From: Marijuana to remain illegal under federal law, DEA says:

On other points, the DEA report noted marijuana has a "high potential" for abuse and can result in psychological dependence. It said around 19 million individuals in the U.S. used marijuana monthly in 2012 and that contemporaneous studies showed around 4.3 million individuals met diagnostic criteria for marijuana dependence.

It did not find, however, that marijuana is a "gateway drug."

"Little evidence supports the hypothesis that initiation of marijuana use leads to an abuse disorder with other illicit substances," the report said.

[Magic Fingers]

“To flip what you said, I’ve never known any druggies who didn’t start out on pot.”

I’ve never known any druggies who didn’t start out on booze.

[Boomer]

Pot is a 1000% more potent than it was back in the day (60’s-80’s).

I wouldn’t think there would be much desire for something stronger unless the person is simply a full blown druggie (waste of space) and not a recreational user.

Never liked it myself. Alcohol was my drug of choice. Quit that years ago.