Originally posted by powdered water+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (powdered water)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>I've seen too many people die that i care about to try and buy in to the legalisation argument.[/b]
People dying from pot? Unless you mean cancer from inhaling smoke thats just plain wrong.
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The gate-way myth is not a myth sorry. [/quote]
If you look at the drug usage rates in Holland compared to other countries you'll see that the reason its a 'gateway drug' is because its illegal. Theres nothing special about pot that causes it to lead people into that scene other than the fact it resides in the criminal scene due to the law.
Again I have to ask.. all my friends started drinking before they started smoking pot so why isnt alcohol seen as a gateway drug? The truth is that it is.
Once you ingest a substance, any substance, to change your perception you've entered through that gateway.
All drugs are the same in that respect.
I even know a group of lads who went from alcohol straight to cocaine and didnt bother with pot at all. On the other hand I dont do anything apart from pot. I dont even drink anymore!
So no.. this idea that theres something special about pot itself that makes people do harder drugs is just wrong. Its the social framework around it that creates this 'gateway illusion.'
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