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well the big problem with that argument is that the gateway drug theory, is that it is only a theory. one that was started by a newspaper editor in the 30's who helped put together the reefer madness video. to date, there is no study that shows using pot will ever make you move to other drugs. MrNiceGuy was simply playing out a joke we have all heard but in his own way. its just to point out that the idea of a gateway drug is ludicrous without evidence to back it up.
my personal experience with drugs does not make me feel like the gateway drug theory is correct. i myself smoked pot before every drinking but i still do very little of each of them. i have never done any other drugs, even though i have had plenty of opportunities and offers of them for free. it helped that i have seen what these real drugs can do to people. i grew up in a neighborhood where crack was a huge part of the local economy (not openly anyway) and i could see what happened to people when they used that drug. most of the people who used coke and heroine would resemble many of the same problems. yet through all of that experience i have met only 1 person who has allowed pot to ruin his life, with exception to those who went to jail because of it. nearly everyone i know has been a pot smoker, even some that say they have never tried it (we all know one of those). some of the most successful people i know have never stopped smoking pot and that includes some wealthy (materially), some are content with what they have who are happy everyday.
some people like this and some people dont but Thomas Jefferson who in his journal that his fondest memories where when he sat on his front porch smoking hemp. it is also apparent that he was far from the only of our founding fathers who smoked pot. some loose notes and articles from the time implied that they would smoke together after working on the founding documents. nothing that one could call proof though. it still begs the question of how bad it could be if you can conceive such a great nation while "impaired" by pot.
my personal experience with drugs does not make me feel like the gateway drug theory is correct. i myself smoked pot before every drinking but i still do very little of each of them. i have never done any other drugs, even though i have had plenty of opportunities and offers of them for free. it helped that i have seen what these real drugs can do to people. i grew up in a neighborhood where crack was a huge part of the local economy (not openly anyway) and i could see what happened to people when they used that drug. most of the people who used coke and heroine would resemble many of the same problems. yet through all of that experience i have met only 1 person who has allowed pot to ruin his life, with exception to those who went to jail because of it. nearly everyone i know has been a pot smoker, even some that say they have never tried it (we all know one of those). some of the most successful people i know have never stopped smoking pot and that includes some wealthy (materially), some are content with what they have who are happy everyday.
some people like this and some people dont but Thomas Jefferson who in his journal that his fondest memories where when he sat on his front porch smoking hemp. it is also apparent that he was far from the only of our founding fathers who smoked pot. some loose notes and articles from the time implied that they would smoke together after working on the founding documents. nothing that one could call proof though. it still begs the question of how bad it could be if you can conceive such a great nation while "impaired" by pot.