My thoughts on marijuana and legalization

[MyFartsStink 10+ year member]

The biggest problem people can think of is pot will be easy for kids to get once legalized, and the thought of marijuana being a gateway drug. Fact is that marijuana is alot easier to get than alcohol and drug dealers dont id kids and would be glad to give a 10 year old pot when he has the money. Marijuana is only a gateway drug because it is illegal. So in that case drug dealers are the ones who get people to try harder stuff and make more money off them as it is hard to make a huge profit on marry j. This is just my thoughts.

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[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

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Srsly?

 

[dumple 5,000+ posts]

neat

 

[Liquid Bass 10+ year member]

if its legalized i will smoke it, and wtf is the problem with kids smoking it the Indians all did it whether they were old or young.

 

[bterz 10+ year member]

Its not legal because the government cant make money off of it. People will grow it in there backyard rather then going to a liquor store to buy it.

Californias Medical Marijuana laws are almost perfect and even though its got a long ways to go its on the right track.I think marijuana should be legal how it is in california, having dispensaries that sell the pot but you have to have a california ID to get in and obviously have to be 18+

 

[hoxie08 5,000+ posts]

i am quite under its influence right now.

 

[Liquid Bass 10+ year member]

ppl would go to stores to buy premium weed. not grow it in their yards.

 

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

Step away from the bong sherlock holmes.

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

# What is the Gateway theory?

Some people claim that using marijuana will make you want to use other drugs, like heroin, cocaine, LSD, amphetamines, and ecstasy. They argue that marijuana acts as a stepping stone, or a gateway, that leads people to harder drugs. They support their argument with statistics that show that most people who use hard drugs have tried marijuana before.

# What's wrong with the Gateway theory?

The gateway theory doesn't really explain anything. It's just an observation that has been distorted. It's true that hard drug users generally try marijuana before they try hard drugs, but that's only because marijuana is more popular and easier to obtain than other illegal drugs. The more important observation is that MOST people who use marijuana DO NOT go on to use harder drugs. There is nothing special about using marijuana that makes people want to use harder drugs.

# What's really going on?

In essence, the link between marijuana and other illegal drugs stems from the fact that they are illegal. Because they are illegal, marijuana and other drugs are only available on the black market, and anyone who enters the drug market is likely to be exposed to more than one drug. The solution is simple: by legalizing and regulating marijuana sales, we will eliminate the connection to hard drugs.

# But don't just take our word for it

According to NIDA (the National Institute on Drug Abuse),

"Using marijuana puts children and teens in contact with people who are users and sellers of other drugs. So there is more of a risk that a marijuana user will be exposed to and urged to try more drugs." (From Marijuana: Facts for Teens, 1998).

This quote from the NIDA really supports what we are saying; the connection between marijuana and hard drugs exists BECAUSE marijuana is illegal. We need to legalize and regulate marijuana to close the 'gateway.'

# The Institute of Medicine agrees that the marijuana-gateway theory is misleading:

"In the sense that marijuana use typically precedes rather than follows initiation of other illicit drug use, it is indeed a "gateway" drug. But because underage smoking and alcohol use typically precede marijuana use, marijuana is not the most common, and is rarely the first, "gateway" to illicit drug use. There is no conclusive evidence that the drug effects of marijuana are causally linked to the subsequent abuse of other illicit drugs." (from the Executive Summary of the IOM report Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base)

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

ive got an 8 page research paper on this shit that i wrote last semester

 

[dB Dom 10+ year member]

People who grow it will continue to do so. The avarage person is not going to grow in their yard.

I dont see anyone growing tobacco plants and making their own cigarettes.

 

[jdawg90 10+ year member]

i am quite under its influence right now.

as am i

 

[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

So in that case drug dealers are the ones who get people to try harder stuff and make more money off them as it is hard to make a huge profit on marry j. This is just my thoughts.

 

[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

Just smoked a blunt

 

[hoxie08 5,000+ posts]

Just smoked a blunt

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