Feel marijuana is a gateway drug

[-Josh-]

Where's the research to back this claim up? I cited my sources, where are yours? I've done marijuana to, does that make me an expert?... Once again you need to realize, yes you hold it in( a little longer, but not enough to make a difference) And there are no records or evidence that link death as a direct result of smoking marijuana.(S04)
“So You Wanna Know About The Legalization of Marijuana?”2000.
http://soyouwannaknow.com/site/pros_cons/pot/pot.html

[TexasF355F1]

There was a pro-marijuana program on PBS one night a few years ago. Probably around 3 or 4 years ago. It was the history of marijuana and its abolition. It was very very interesting. Did anyone else catch it?

[imtheoneandonlyD]

i think i remember skimming through it. but i didnt actually watch it.

i wish i would have.

[aloharocky]

A little off topic, but do dope smokers realize how friggin boring and silly they are when they're high? Today a guy that I've been helping came over to discuss his truck's suspension, He'd been tokin, and after ten minutes of his giggly bullshit I told him to take his truck somewheres else for the rest of the project. If he'd stuck around I'd have buried a hammer in his skull. Imagine, a grown man turned into a six-year-old instantly, and wanting to be taken seriously. No way.

[fredjacksonsan]

Originally Posted by Limited5.9Cherokee

noone has died from marijuana, not as a direct result. it definately doesnt cause lung cancer. And it is not illegal because it cant be regulated, it is illegal due to slavery, the main guy leading the campaign to outlaw marijuana was the president of the largest logging company in the world. Hep is 100s times more effecient then trees can ever be. and logging companies lost millions when hemp became big. In WWII the government PAID farmers to grow hemp to be used for rope, sails clothing, tents stationary, etc. it was the primary substance over trees. it is more efficient, cheaper, better on the environment, it would not suprise me one bit for it to be legalized in the next 20 years. it has too many medicinal and environmental benefits for the world to turn away.

Amen on the Hemp thing. Hemp clothing, sheets, rope, etc, even paper products are great. Stronger and longer lasting than cotton, cheaper than produce than cotton or tree-based products. You don't need pesticides when growing hemp, the bugs stay away from it. Prior to it being made illegal to grow hemp in the US, farmers would plant alternating rows of hemp and their other crops and never sparyed pesticides. Europe has alot of hemp production and a large hemp-product industry.

A common misconception is that hemp IS cannabis. It isn't, but they're closely related.

As far as the original question, I believe that any drug, including nicotine, alcohol, prescription this or that, or marijuana, can be a gateway drug. For some people, no. But as mentioned in an earlier post, a vast percentage of addicts tried marijuana (or just nicotine), which then led them to try other things.

People will argue that experimentation is normal, and it is. But if you experiment for a long time, you'll eventually meet someone that will have something different, or harder. In that way, I believe it's a gateway drug.

[Oz]

It has little to do with the substance - nicotine, THC, whatever. People with addicitve personalities are always going to find something.

[klone420]

Originally Posted by J-Ri

I voted no, but I think that people who use marijuana ARE more likely to try real drugs. I never have, never will. I think the reason for this is who they get it from. That person is invariably a drug dealer, who sells other drugs. "Hey, man, wanna try some ______?". If it were legal and you could buy it at the gas station or grocery store, there would be no pressure to try anything else.

So to summarize, weed doesn't tempt you to try other drugs. Ther person you get it from may.

I agree with clawhammer that this is not the most accurate place for a poll. The good news (as I see it) is that all of us who are 16-24 now, will be running the country before long. Limited5.9Cherokee said he wouldn't be supprised if it were legalized in the next 20 years. I sure hope it is.

Drug dealers don't sell drugs they offer it!!?

[klone420]

First off- You can die from Marijuana! The thing is that you won't die from an overdose, believe me I've tried. Secondly- marijuana is like no other narcotic/drug because the effects are different from person to person/Clone to clone. The highs can be one or more of these feelings-alert,body stone,cerebral,cheerful,clear head,couch lock,creative,creeper,energetic,euphoric,even body-head high,giggly,happy,lethargic,mellowing,munchies, narcotic,physically relaxing,psychedelic,sleepy,social,stoney,trippy,u plifting,visual,wandering mind. If you don't believe me ask any pothead! Therfore it can be controled/regulated. my thoughts are that you should legalize the ones that are uplifting,cheerful,alert,clearhead etc... and limit the stoney,narcotic,trippy,etc.. Also people will try to grow these crops so there should be a servay to tax growers.
some exps. bubbleberry-euphoric&cheerful,bubble Gum-uplifting,Eclipse-happy&cerebral,Misty-uplifting&social,Northern lights-narcotic&body high,Sensi Star-strong body stone possibly cerebral,Super Skunk-even head/body stone
So depending on what buds you smoke=your performance.
And saying that smoking weed makes you dumb or that you can't perform is bullsh*t! Almost everyday at work my Boss would ask me if I had buds to smoke. So if it was before a job (morning) we smoked some alert buds and after a job we smoked relaxing buds. this was the same with almost all of my jobs. (mostly machnics or autobody jobs) I could understand that it might not be a good idea if you where dealing with rocket science or some sh*t. LoL
For more info. on types of marijuana and there effects I suggest "The Big Book of Buds"

[klone420]

To clear up some more things-marijuana's primary psychoative component (the sh*t that gets you high) is THC-tetrahydrocannabinol, which interacts with CBC-cannabichromene & CBD-cannabidiol can be vaporized at a temp of 120-140F(I think) using a vaporizer. So you can get there effects without breathing in the toxins-which would pervent getting cancer. The worse thing that you breath in when smokin weed is the butane from your lighter! I suggest kinetic energy(use a magnifying glass to spark that bowl)
Also, the reason that "they" say that marijuana is a "gateway" drug- marijuana is the easiest drug to find/get/grow. For most its easier to get treez than cigz/alcohol/illegal drug. I say that alcohol is the gateway drug because it is socially accepted and is the easiest mind altering substance to get.

P.S marijuana is one of the only drugs that is NOT physically addictive! I say it should be legal as long as alcohol still is....Smoke weed everyday!