Quote From: cartilagecrownDrug use in teens? What's new?
People have been taking natural drugs (like marijuana and mushrooms) for many, MANY years. Now, in recent years, drugs are seen as evil.
And there are evil drugs. Man made ones. I am terrified of meth and heroin and cocaine. Those drugs will get you physically addicted in a short period of time and some of them have very bad chemicals in them.
However, I can honestly say that I've never met a single person who only smokes marijuana and is a troubled person. If they drink or do any other drug, then they sometimes start acting weird.
I'm not saying that marijuana is good for you AT ALL but I'm saying that in my personal experience, every single person I've met that smoked marijana and didn't do any other drugs were never people that did anything violent or crazy because of the drug. In fact, they are totally normal. And most were not tempted into harder drugs or anything.
I know some people may not believe me, but I've seen responsible, well adjusted families where every single memeber (and they're all adults) smoke pot, and they have fewer problems than my own family and none of us do it! And no, they don't secretly fall apart when the doors are closed, they're a really nice family, and all the members are intelliegent and friendly. And you wouldn't even know that they occasionally smoke pot.
I've seen many people be violent and unstable on alcohol, though. I've seen that A LOT. I'd much rather someone smoke pot than drink.
I'm sorry if it offends anyone. But I'm just going by personal experience. Besides the fact that it's illegal, I've never seen pot alone ruin anyone's life. (and becuase it's illegal that I don't do it. I don't want to go to jail!)
However, just to let you know, I'd like it if people didn't even need drugs at all, because then they can just get high off life. I'm just saying, marijuana is the least troublesome.
I will agree with the points you've brought up.
When I worked nights at a convinience store, I didn't mind the "Potheads " Why , they would come in and buy out the chip rack, maybe talk for a bit, then leave peacefully (Though I will say it STINKS, hate the smell of the stuff ), drunks would come in, puke all over the bathroom, destroy the chip rack, and then get threatening if you dared say anything to them (instant A- Hole, just add alcohol ), makes me wonder some days if maybe the wrong thing is illegal.
I haven't smoked it in over twenty years, never had the urge, and yet I can't go eight hours without a cigarette, yes I toked pretty near every day at lunch hour, on weekends at parties etc. and then just gave it up, never looked back, personally, and it is a personal thing, I never had any desire to even try anything worse (okay, I admit, there's nothing better than a cold beer on a hot summer day ).
