Posted by Okpolosi on April 26, 2003, at 10:39:18
In reply to Read this before you decide. » Tepiaca, posted by Questionmark on April 25, 2003, at 21:19:26
> i'm not saying cannabis is harmless-- it's not. But when you lump cannabis in the same group with things like cocaine and heroin, you do one of two things: you make young users either think that you don't know anything about pot and that you dont know what youre talking about (and so they'll be even less inclined to listen to you when it comes to drugs)... or, after seeing how fairly benign marijuana is, they think that many other drugs must be fairly benign as well-- since they've been told so many times that marijuana is essentially a drug just like cocaine and what not-- and THAT in my opinion is the biggest factor in pot being a so-called "gateway drug."
> Also, be careful how you deal with this. If you rat on your brother (or cousin?) and if he gets in a great deal of trouble, this may just anger him and push him away from the family even further.. and he may resort to even more drug use.
> Finally, i don't even like pot that much anymore, i really don't, but i'm convinced that SSRIs, benzodiazepines, etc. etc. and even alcohol can be considerably worse for a person than cannabis, though it depends. Good luck in your decision and with the situation.I couldn't have said it better!!!! YOU ARE RIGHT ON THE MONEY ON THIS ONE.
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