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Originally Posted by PennBF
The writer is correct most don't go to rehab for marijuana they go BECAUSE of marijuana. It is not arguable that marijunana is a "gateway" drug. That 15-20% of users move on to herion, coke, meth, etc.etc. That is also not debatable. It is not debatable that marijuana has serious health effects on user between 14-21 beyond it being a gateway drug for them . Thus you have 15-20% going to other drugs and inaddition those that don't move on have serious health problems becuase of their usage. None of this can be argued or debated as they are statistical facts. As far as alcholol is concerned that is another story and should be discussed separately from marijuana. Maybe it would bring some knowledge to the doubting Thomas's by looking up the AA meetings currently going on in The Villages. I am getting off the soap box but it is terrible to down play the serious effects of drugs on society. Does the fact that alcholol has the same chemial interation as "embalming fluid" interesting?  |
You state that 15-20% of users move on to herion, coke, meth, et. How is that percentage calculated? Do these "statistics" that you mention count every marajuana user? 100% of them? Really? How can you include all of the people who smoke marajuana and never go on to anything else? I'm willing to bet that there are many on (even on TOTV) who have used marajuana yet were not counted in any survey. So I respectfully question your stated facts.