The gateway drug is Nicotine. The first thing a kid tries is a cigarette...and gets hooked pretty much automatically. Then he ventures into alcohol next...but doesn't really like the taste of beer...but needs to impress his friends...so he acts like he loves it and drinks too much. Next comes the pot. It makes you paranoid, so you are not real bent to drive a car and when you do...you drive more carefully than 90 percent of the drivers on the road...you are probably a safer driver if you are moderately stoned than straight. Now, if you are totally blitzed...you will not drive unless you are a complete moron or your Xbox is broken.

I would rather ride in a car or hang out with a pot smoker than a drinker. It is much safer and you will never get in a fight with everyone at the bar.

As far as alcohol and cigarette smokers go...they should not be allowed health coverage. They are the reason our medical system is so messed up in the first place. Look, if you want to poison yourself with cigarette smoke and destroy your liver with alcohol...don't expect me to pay for your medical coverage.

You grow out of smoking pot and quit shortly after college...but nicotine is like getting off of heroin. Most people cannot man up and quit smoking until their doctors scares them half to death with the results of their medical exam. Pot smokers for the most part...quit. They put away their toys and grow up. Smokers cling to their cancer sticks like it is life or death.

Why does the FDA allow nicotine if they are supposed to protect us?

The world would be a much better place if cigarettes and alcohol were illegal and we might actually be able to afford going to the doctor if smokers and drinkers had the door slammed in their faces until they got intelligent and cleaned up their acts. Reality can oft times be harsh.