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Originally posted by TKE209Sweethrt
Now, for once, I'm truly offended.
I lost my best friend a few years back to smoking marijuana which caused her to do something -very- stupid and ended up dying to to it. When you lose someone to something as 'harmless' as marijuana, you realize that it's not as harmless as it seems.
ps: I also worked for an Drug Education program, you learn a lot, and you see a lot. Next time you're out, check out a drug rehab and ask someone how they started. 90% it's the same thing...weed.
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First of all, I'm sorry about your friend.
Still, I don't think whether or not marijuana is dangerous is the issue. Of course it's dangerous -- but no more so than alcohol, which also leads people to do very stupid things and leads to deaths.
And yes, marijuana may be the first drug that many of those who eventually get addicted to harder drugs try, but there are also millions and millions of people who never try any drugs other than marijuana.
Here's some other information that counters what these ads are telling us:
Smoking marijuana does not support terrorism. Eleven out of the 12 groups on America's list of "terror organizations with links to drug trafficking" are based in the Middle East and Colombia, which are not pot-growing regions. The twelfth is a Basque terror group known for trafficking heroin, not pot. The overwhelming majority of marijuana used by Americans is grown here, or in Mexico, Jamaica or Canada.
In studies done by scientists, caffeine and marijuana ranked as the two least addictive drugs (out of a study that also included nicotine, alcohol, heroin, and cocaine). In one such study, marijuana ranked lower than caffeine on the addictive scale.
At least 33 percent of all Americans have used pot at least once. (The actual number is probably much higher, as the 33 percent figure comes from a government-conducted survey. Would you tell the government if you were smoking up? Doubt it.) The overwhelming majority of them go on to lead productive lives, and don't end up killing people, running them over or having unprotected sex and getting pregnant.