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Originally posted by pussycatj:
OHG sorry to hear about your dad. I think the problem with the 'not harmful' marijuana is that it IS addictive and can lead to taking harder drugs. I live in a very rural part of Cambridgeshire in a small village and have seen the teenagers (well some not even in their teens) become addicted, which in turn has lead them to not be able to function in society, the misery it has caused their families is heartbreaking. Of course they can just as easily become addicted to alchohol, but it is far harder to come across at their young age. As i'm sitting here, I can actually see them skinning up on the Green outside my house, we have phoned the police on several occasions but all they get is a slap on the wrist.
I dont agree about the "addictiveness" of weeed, it CAN be addictive in the sense of, where one WILL get a "craving" for it but no physical effects like one does with lets say, alcohol or heroin, where you get all sorts of side effects due to withdrawal from those drugs,
where I used to live there was a bargain booze outlet directly across the road from my flat, and the kids had NO problem getting alcohol whatsoever, it wasnt in the least unusual to see kids as young as 10 drinking from bottles or cans and even being sick, they ALSO were offten smoking weed as well, so they dont have a problem getting ANY drug really,
as for leading on to harder drugs, again, THIS IS debatable, almost every heroin addict smokes weed as well, but very few weed or "pot" smokers "do" herion,
if you are the type of person who will become addicted chances are you WILL become addicted to something, fags, booze, coffee,other drugs at sometime,
MY opinion is either legalise ALL drugs for consenting ADULTS or ban ALL drugs,
but that would never happen not while we have a multi billion pounds drinks
cartel industry,
if they did legalise ALL drugs, it would create jobs, earn revenue, free up massive amounts of police time, wipe out the majority of gang crime at a stroke, monies made from the now legal drugs industry could go towards education about the pros and cons of drug use, and also towards helping people who are addicted and wish to come off their drug.
I think it makes a hell of a lot more sense than the stupid situation we are stuck with at the moment