Feel marijuana is a gateway drug

[-Davo]

Originally Posted by Spectre927

I have a statistics survey due on monday, so anyways, "hypothetically" speaking, do you feel that IF you were to smoke weed you'd end up doing harder drugs because of it, OR do you think you'd stick to that, but if you did do harder drugs it wouldn't be cause of herb?

Basically, is it a gateway drug or not?

Thanks if you do decide to contribute and even if you don't.

everyone I know who smokes pot on a regular basis, has done harder since.

mostly E.

[Oz]

Anyone care to define "harder" drugs?

[deedlit]

In my case, cigaret has been the gateway to weed. I don't like the taste of cigaret alone, so I only use the tobacco to roll. I wouldn't smoke weed if I didn't try a cigaret first.
I tried other drugs, not because I was smoking but because I had the occasion to try and WANTED to try. I tried coco (sniffed) , horse and pills, never hero. And only did 2 or 3 times.

Marijuana doesn't lead you to other drugs, YOU make the choice.

[Jimster]

Originally Posted by Oz

Anyone care to define "harder" drugs?

Any narcotic that isn't Marajuana. The ones that fuck with peoples consience (Such as P), the ones that hook people (Such as crack, heroin etc) and other ones.

[-Davo]

Originally Posted by Oz

Anyone care to define "harder" drugs?

does more damage.

Alcohol is a drug. Heroin is a hard drug. It fucks you up.

Common sence oz.

Pfft, I hate spelling. I know I made a mistake somewhere here.

[Thourun]

Originally Posted by -Davo

everyone I know who smokes pot on a regular basis, has done harder since.

mostly E.

Yea but that can be expected from people who are stupid enough to smoke every day. The people who only smoke every now and again generaly don't move on to anything harder and do fine in school from what I've seen.

[Fully_Sick]

weed is need

for sheez

[WickedNYCowboy]

Originally Posted by Rbraczyk

If you smoke weed all the time, yes it is, believe me, I know many examples, but if you were a weekend smoker like I was, then its not so bad...

I am an example of that. But I am clean now.

[bobby28384]

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.

WHAT are you talking about? Marijuana kinds all kinds of cancer, lung, throat, and sometimes gum. It's just like smoking but unregulated and unfiltered. Considering its usually packed in dung to be shipped, yeah I'd say your likeliness of getting ill from smoking MJ are pretty high. Also, MJ is no different than alcohol.

It alters your mind state, and although actual direct deaths from MJ are low, and just like DUI, normal tasks are NOT safe. People get killed from marijuana mostly from driving, but other routine tasks like trimming bushes, or swimming can be dangerous. Come on people, unless you know you won't be doing anything of value, please don't waste your life getting stoned.

[-Josh-]

Originally Posted by bobby28384

WHAT are you talking about? Marijuana kinds all kinds of cancer, lung, throat, and sometimes gum. It's just like smoking but unregulated and unfiltered. Considering its usually packed in dung to be shipped, yeah I'd say your likeliness of getting ill from smoking MJ are pretty high. Also, MJ is no different than alcohol.

Marijuana can cause those cancers, but people who smoke it are LESS likely to develop them, due to one reason. The fact that people dont smoke it as OFTEN as cigarettes or other tobacco products. Why? Because it's got a “negligibly therapeutic ratio”; that is, you do not have to use much to get the desired effect.

The average marijuana smoker smokes four joints a day compared to cigarette smokers who smoke 21 cigarettes per day (Hendid 34).

Hendid, Herbert M.D., Hans, Ann Pollinger PhD, Singer, and others. Living High: Daily Marijuana Use Among Adults. New York: Human Sciences Press, 1987.

[-GS-]

Originally Posted by bobby28384

It alters your mind state, and although actual direct deaths from MJ are low, and just like DUI, normal tasks are NOT safe. People get killed from marijuana mostly from driving, but other routine tasks like trimming bushes, or swimming can be dangerous. Come on people, unless you know you won't be doing anything of value, please don't waste your life getting stoned.

May i ask where you got this information from? Because from what i hear, noone has died as a direct cause of Marijuana, and i heard this from a police officer.

But im not saying hes right, im just looking to see where you got your information from...

[Oz]

Originally Posted by -Davo

does more damage.

Alcohol is a drug. Heroin is a hard drug. It fucks you up.

Common sence oz.

Pfft, I hate spelling. I know I made a mistake somewhere here.

It has little to do with common sense. It has everything to do with societel perception. Medical grade cocaine is still used. Ephedrine, the basis of most amphetamines, was sold OTC for decades.

[-Josh-]

And most people probably dont know that Morhpine has almost the exact same chemical makeup as Heroine

[Oz]

...or that Heroin is one of the cleaner "hard" drugs around.

[CrzyMR2T]

Originally Posted by Z28Josh

Marijuana can cause those cancers, but people who smoke it are LESS likely to develop them, due to one reason. The fact that people dont smoke it as OFTEN as cigarettes or other tobacco products. Why? Because it's got a “negligibly therapeutic ratio”; that is, you do not have to use much to get the desired effect.

The average marijuana smoker smokes four joints a day compared to cigarette smokers who smoke 21 cigarettes per day (Hendid 34).

Hendid, Herbert M.D., Hans, Ann Pollinger PhD, Singer, and others. Living High: Daily Marijuana Use Among Adults. New York: Human Sciences Press, 1987.

ive done marijuana, and yea people have died from it. plus, based on years of research, marijuana will damage your lungs more than cigarettes with the same amount, because you hold it in a lot longer.