I have never used illegal drugs of any kind. When I was in my teens I just wasn't interested, but I didn't really care what other people did. Since then, my views have hardened a lot.
For a couple of years early in the 70's I worked for some guys who treated marijuana much like TGP's treat free porn: they gave lots of it to college students so that they could introduce their classmates to the drug scene. I doubt that kind of "marketing" is necessary any more, but however harmless some people claim marijuana is, it remains the starting point for the majority of people who later move on to something stronger. People like to kid themselves that marijuana is some kind of cool cottage industry, when the reality is that it's big business, just like the rest of the drug trade.
I'm not going to try to argue with all the favorable reports, but like others here I know people who are totally f*cked up, just on weed. And I have lost too many friends over the years, one more just recently, who started out sharing a "harmless" joint.
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