Hello ROss,

On Sun 2038-Mar-07 18:23, Ross Cassell (1:123/456) wrote to Ed Hulett:

 MG>> Point of order: Pot is not addictive.

 EH> Yes it is. If it wasn't, there wouldn't be so many people using it
 EH> illegally.

RC> It doesnt have the addictive qualities of other drugs, such as most
RC> opiates or nicotine.

RC> Having smoked POT way back in my youth, I did not feel any need to
RC> have to have it in my system and paid no consequences when I didnt
RC> get it, as I only did so socially at parties and such, unlike
RC> cigarettes, where a physicalpenalty is felt when the body gets
RC> deproved of nicotine.

AGreed, as with Ross, I know from personal experience.



RC> But afaic, POT is a gateway drug for stronger more dangerous stuff.

Only inasmuch as the places where one can acquire it are
also places where the likelihood increases that one will
find the other drugs available.  Pot does not *lead* anybody to any other
drug.  IT's like saying that all people who
drank milk as babies will acquire a certain disease.

I know people who used marijuana for years, and had no
desire to ever encounter anything stronger.  Many of them do not even drink
alcohol.  They don't like the effects of it.

YOu'd be surprised, or maybe you wouldn't at the jobs these
people hold, in some cases positions with lots of
responsibility.  THe chances of them coming to work impaired are far less
than the odds of a heavy drinker coming to work with a hangover serious
enough to impair his/her function
while at work.

Regards,
           Richard
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+