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So if pot is a gateway drug to worse drugs, but it also one of the worst drugs out there since its schedule 1 along w heroin.

With that logic shooting someone in a game is as bad as doing it in real life since video games can be a "gateway" to real life violence
cigarettes and alcohol are the gateway but ur government wont admit that
Gangstress · 41-45, F
@DxNxA This lol
ur on the same wave length lol
Salix75 · 46-50, F
I played "Operation" as a child... as a result, I'm a now a surgeon

*shakes fist at air* Damn you Hasbro!!
Gangstress · 41-45, F
Nope. Alcohol and tobacco.

You lose all inhibitions whilst drunk. Whilst on pot you just wanna chill. And not do ought else.

Alcohol is the poison
[Gangstress] for president🌲
Gangstress · 41-45, F
@DxNxA haha nice one 🤗😋
Graylight · 51-55, F
"Gateway drugs" aren't recognized by the addiction and mental health profession, by and large. Everyone starts with something, and it's likely to be a drug that produces a lesser effect. Marijuana doesn't "cause" anyone to go on to other drugs, and most people who use it don't. If anything [i]were[/i] a gateway drug, it's alcohol, but God forbid we come down on our favorite national beverage.
If MJ is a gateway drug then alcohol should be banned from existence!
Sweetguy024 · 36-40, M
@Notmesam no shit lol
WeighedDown · 36-40, M
It's not schedule 1 everywhere here it's schedule 6
Sweetguy024 · 36-40, M
@WeighedDown that's good. Here's its schedule 1. I jus think its dumb to say its a gateway to worse drugs while at the same time saying its one of the worst drugs out there. Jus shows how the DEA is trying to lie to keep it illegal
RemovedUsername8862 · 26-30, M
Indicating that both ideas are stupid. Marijuana isn't dangerous, neither are video games. Both have helped me, actually - I don't get drunk very much anymore because I'd rather be stoned and chilled out, and video games help me ditch my anger and irritation.
MethDozer · M
Let me start off saying I'm a chronic pot smoker and against all drug prohibition. I also believe cannabis has legit medical uses.

However lets' look at how the scheduling works. Drugs in the US are not scheduled by how dangerous they are. Schedule 1 is not saying one drug is more dangerous than Schedule 2/3/4/5. That's not how the system works. What Schedule 1 means is that the FDA and DEA have found no acceptable medical use for a substance. They aren't saying marijuana is more dangerous than Fentanyl, cocaine, and amphetamines. It is saying they accept they have a medical use while marijuana does not in the opinion of the FDA and DEA.

THC is schedule 2, while herbal and concentrated marijuana is Schedule 1.
MethDozer · M
@Sweetguy024 It does if one believes there is a morally acceptable reason for drug prohibition and that the government has the right even though it is not granted such a power in the Constitution.
The medical benefits of marijuana have only recently been found, so if one says drug prohibition is moral and warranted the system of scheduling them according to abuse potential and medical usefulness does make sense.

I however kind drug prohibition to be more destructive to society as a whole, UnConstitutional, and immoral.
Sweetguy024 · 36-40, M
I agree with , its more of a way for our government to arrest n make money off it's citizens
MethDozer · M
@Sweetguy024 That's part of it but it goes so much deeper too. Basically in a nutshell it's scapegoat gold for politicians.

 
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