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Originally Posted by TexaninVA
Your comment about being more in favor of banning religion than pot is ... well amazing, to put it simply. It provides insight into how you likely lead your life ... ok with me because, as is the contemporary culture mandates ... who is to judge? But, one can still make inferences and my guess is you would probably like a "religion" of some type that celebrates secular humanism or something?
Let me ask about the gateway question differently ... do you know anyone who got into heavy cocaine or heroin usage who did not start out with pot?
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Why is it "amazing" that someone might think religion worse than a plant? Do you have any idea how many deaths are attributed to religion over the span of human history? How many deaths are DIRECTLY related to this plant we're discussing?
I lead my life how "I" think it should be lived. Not how someone else tells me I should live it. How do you live yours? As directed by others? Always doing as others tell you to do? Is that freedom? Not in my book.
Who IS to judge? One could judge we're both good people. Another could judge you are superior, another, that I am. Under Islam, we're both heathens not deserving anything. No favor from God. My problem with religion is, it judges. Many of our archaic laws are religious based.
Why would you think we all
need some kind of religion? That's what I find amazing, that some people think we all
need a religion.
To answer your question, differently. ALL people addicted to heroin did NOT "start" with pot. I'm sure not one did. IMO. they ALL started with caffeine, nicotine, or alcohol. Marijuana is "first" (not a gateway) of the illegal drugs because of its popularity and ease of access. Marijuana is no more responsible for a heroin addicts addiction than an ice cream cone or a doughnut causes a person to become addicted to sugar and morbidly obese. Use/eat responsibly! You don't fix idiots behavior by passing laws denying reasonable people of something they desire.
Marijuana prohibition is the same as alcohol prohibition. A fruitless enterprise that is unwinnable, ruins lives, and supports a huge underground network/economy run by ruthless profiteers. Just as with alcohol, people get what they want.