Alcohol vs marijuana

[CobyRupert]

Ha! Convenient statistics always make me laugh.
98% of all cocaine addicts tried coffee first?

That doesn’t have anything to do with the fact that 99.9999% of the human race has tried coffee does it?

Ding, ding, ding! Winner, winner!
Yes, your fact exposes how ridiculous the "gateway drug" arguments is, doesn't it? Yet so many people believe in "gateway" theories when it suites their notions, prejudices and opinions.
"If you smoke pot, you will become a heroin addict because most heroin addicts have smoked pot!" You can see the ridiculousness if you start substituting other gateway "drugs" and the statement is still true. (It's called: Correlation without causation)
By these people's logic, mother's milk & baby formula must be the most dangerous substance on earth. (Fact: 100% of all heavy drug users started with mother's milk or baby formula!) Other's have noted the overwhelming evidence on the use of dihydrogen-monoxide by criminal types. Should ban it right?

Arguments like that are right up there with this one that you hear often: "It's bad!" Why? "Because it's illegal!" Why? "Because it's bad!" Why? .... Rinse & repeat

 

[RoyJackson]

Look, some folks can drink and smoke dope responsibly. Some can't. Some folks (like me) recognize their limitations before it kills them and make some changes. Some don't. We're all adults here (mostly). Behave responsibly and don't put other people in jeopardy by making poor decisions. If you're going to party, you budget for drinks or pot. So budget for a ride home, too.

Yep...I had to learn the hard way, so all my imbibing, with the exception of ONE drink (normally a shot) is done at home now...and it's a rare occasion I get more than a mild buzz from beer

 

[PJSprog]

I stopped smoking pot back in the mid '80s. Honestly, I just didn't like having to smoke it. Never was a smoker. It also started to get expensive.

I drank a lot for many years. More than I should. More than anyone should. Stopped that for the most part when I turned 30 (there's a story in that, of course). These days, I rarely drink at all. I can probably count on one hand the number of alcoholic drinks I have in any calendar year ... and can count on no hands the number of them I actually finish. Just not interested in that anymore. I enjoy life entirely too much to feel the need for an altered mental state.

 

[Dadnatron]

As a human... I know it is not my place to tell you what you can and cannot put into your body.

Nor is it your place to tell me what I can put in mine. Personally, I've never touched anything other than alcohol, but most of my family never touched even it. That is just by choice... not by law.

 

[nybirdman]

Any decent job that I had required drug testing;they don't test for alcohol.Tried pot in the 70's but wasn't my thing.I do have three beers a night at home;scared to death of driving under the influence.

 

[orezok]

You'll be fine, as long as you don't inhale it.

Yep, It痴 called drowning and you only get to try it once.

 

[k0ua]

You'll be fine, as long as you don't inhale it.

I tried inhaling some once. I about coughed my guts up...

 

[Thomas]

Drug is a drug, just comes down to what is illegal, what isn't, and who exactly is making the "approved" money on selling said drug.

It's neither alcohol or weed that I'm scared of (as long as it's done in moderation by those who use it for whatever their reason), it's the food we're being given that scares me.

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You said it well...BINGO.

 

[k0ua]

I enjoy life entirely too much to feel the need for an altered mental state.

Exactly. I have been drunk several times as a youngster, I don't drink any more, or hardly ever. I haven't had a drink this year, some years I might drink a beer or two in the summer. Have never smoked any pot, but been around people who had, and I had an employee that was a "stoner" in Moss's description. And that description was spot on in my estimation. The guy could not remember any procedure from the time you told him or showed him how to do something to the time he would have to execute it. His brain was just fried. Interestingly he could remember song lyrics perfectly. But that was about all.

 

[CobyRupert]

Yeah, I don't drink anymore either.

....then again, I don't drink any less! :laughing: