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Originally Posted by knight_shadow
I miss my psychology days. Isn't dopamine one of the things they're looking at as a link to depression?
(random, but oh well lol)
I read it as "If I were to choose to do drugs, I choose ____." I was just pointing out that if someone is on drugs, s/he is probably already addicted to a certain one.
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I don't see it that way. There are a lot of people that do drugs recreationally and aren't continually "on drugs". We all knew (or
knew of, at least) the kids in high school that smoked a little pot. It doesn't mean they're addicted. IMO that's a whole different ballgame from drugs like heroin. So I read it as her saying it could be an alternative to weed if someone feels that they
have to smoke something (since it is legal)...which I don't personally think is a good idea. It seems to me that between those two, marijuana is definitely the lesser evil...it's just illegal and salvia isn't.
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Originally Posted by als463
As a Chemical Dependency Therapist, I realize this. What I'm saying is that some people don't care how "bad" their trip is or they wouldn't try some of the drugs they try. If people were more afraid of legal consequences, they might try something that is legal but, also gives them some sort of trip.
In fact, it makes me wonder why Sally D isn't illegal in all states the way that marijuana is. Either way, I don't do drugs and I don't advocate for others to try them. I've seen too many lives ruined by experimentation and it's pretty sad.
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Aside from the handful of people I know that have tried things like coke, acid, or ecstacy (which are the "hardest" drugs anyone I know has experimented with to my knowledge) the kids I know who experiment(ed) with drugs stick to weed and pills. It
did matter how they'd feel, which is why IMO I've heard so many bad things about salvia (and definitely influences me to never try it, even though it's legal).
As a layperson, I know many people that have had horrible struggles with alcohol and pills. But none that have had problems (health-wise, not legally) resulting from marijuana use. As I've said, I don't smoke it and won't because IMO it's stupid to risk getting arrested. And I certainly don't claim it has no bad side effects or doesn't make it easier for
some people to try other drugs. But I find alcohol and prescription drug abuse a million times more frightening than use of marijuana. I'm sure I'm hardly alone here in knowing people that have been killed by drunk drivers, lost their jobs and families to alcoholism, or ended up in the hospital after taking someone else's adderrall or loratab.