01-12-2009, 09:22 AM
Quote: "I will be sure to mention that Myth of the Gateway Drug, the next time I meet with one of the few living school mates that started on dope and ended on Cocaine, and maybe write some letters to the families of dead friends who died from drug OD's, I am sure they will feel much better that it was not the dope that did it." -Jon
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Jon, First I'd like to thank you and your partner for taking the time to introduce yourselves to me Sunday.
It's hard to explain "the myth". Maybe the "alcoholic gene" is the gateway. Your friends started their downward spiral on pot, but even if they had started on beer, qualudes, or cough syrup, I'm pretty sure their path and destiny was pretty well mapped out. The only thing that would have saved them would have been intervention. Not everyone is going to die though. Many addicts and alcoholics live long and relatively uneventful lives. There's just a lot of untapped potential, and unrealized happiness involved with these folks.
The problem with pakalolo, and how it relates to this thread, is that it wasn't prohibited for health or safety reasons. It was prohibited because of the economic threat that legalization presents to the phamiceutical, alcohol, and law enforcement industries.
(That's also why it will probably never BE legal, no matter how much public opinion supports it)
Because of the situation, criminals profit, users don't care (no law ever stopped me), and the only people being denied are the sick people that legitimetly need it as medication.
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Jon, First I'd like to thank you and your partner for taking the time to introduce yourselves to me Sunday.
It's hard to explain "the myth". Maybe the "alcoholic gene" is the gateway. Your friends started their downward spiral on pot, but even if they had started on beer, qualudes, or cough syrup, I'm pretty sure their path and destiny was pretty well mapped out. The only thing that would have saved them would have been intervention. Not everyone is going to die though. Many addicts and alcoholics live long and relatively uneventful lives. There's just a lot of untapped potential, and unrealized happiness involved with these folks.
The problem with pakalolo, and how it relates to this thread, is that it wasn't prohibited for health or safety reasons. It was prohibited because of the economic threat that legalization presents to the phamiceutical, alcohol, and law enforcement industries.
(That's also why it will probably never BE legal, no matter how much public opinion supports it)
Because of the situation, criminals profit, users don't care (no law ever stopped me), and the only people being denied are the sick people that legitimetly need it as medication.