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19. The Subject Was Pot

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 12:47 PM

Mar 2013

I believe the processing and effects of drugs like heroin and cocaine are in a category totally different than pot. Most drugs have deleterious side effects, and it would be best to stay away from all of them. But arguments like pot being a gateway drug to things like cocaine is ridiculous since most people get drunk long before they try an illegal drug. The term "drugs and alcohol" is misleading since it seems to say one is a drug and one is not. Why not draw the line before alcohol and go back to prohibition? Maybe government should change its emphasis to rounding up criminals who are using the sale of drugs to finance organized crime and stop making criminals out of the users.

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