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Lucky

Lifer
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Originally posted by: LikeLinus01
Originally posted by: deftron
The whole "gateway drug" thing is so fake..




While most crack users have smoked pot...

Most pot users have not and will not smoke crack..

Eh i don't agree with that. How many Acid users or Coke users have you known that have never done Pot? I bet not a single one. Pot IS a gateway drug to other drugs, like said before, once you like getting high - you'll try other things to see what sort of highs there are. People who are anti pot and don't smoke weed, you dont see them running around shoot up.

Saying how many people you know smoke crack...thats a wrong comparison. Now many people smoke crack and continue keeping friends :D

That said...I don't think it's any worse than liquor. There are as many alchy's as there are potheads.



correlation and causation are two completely different things.
 

XZeroII

Lifer
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*sigh* Put it this way, if you are stupid enough to smoke pot, you are probably stupid enough to do other drugs. People who defend the use of drugs are idiots.
 

JC

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Originally posted by: XZeroII
*sigh* Put it this way, if you are stupid enough to smoke pot, you are probably stupid enough to do other drugs. People who defend the use of drugs are idiots.

So, if pot was legal, would those same users still be stupid? Are alcohol users stupid? Are tobacco users stupid? Or is it just people who use illegal substances that are stupid?

JC
 

NewSc2

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Originally posted by: XZeroII
*sigh* Put it this way, if you are stupid enough to smoke pot, you are probably stupid enough to do other drugs. People who defend the use of drugs are idiots.

people like you are idiots
 

oniq

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Originally posted by: XZeroII
*sigh* Put it this way, if you are stupid enough to smoke pot, you are probably stupid enough to do other drugs. People who defend the use of drugs are idiots.

I guess I was stupid enough to do other drugs, then I decided to smoke pot. Not only am I an idiot, but I did it backwards!!!
 

XMan

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Originally posted by: deftron
The whole "gateway drug" thing is so fake..




While most crack users have smoked pot...

Most pot users have not and will not smoke crack..

My own personal experience tells me otherwise. Keep your blinders on if you want, though.
 

XMan

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Originally posted by: tweakmm
Originally posted by: X-Man
My own personal experience tells me otherwise. Keep your blinders on if you want, though.
and you know how many crack smokers?:Q

You calling me a liar?

 

tweakmm

Lifer
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Originally posted by: X-Man
Originally posted by: tweakmm
Originally posted by: X-Man
My own personal experience tells me otherwise. Keep your blinders on if you want, though.
and you know how many crack smokers?:Q

You calling me a liar?
I like putting words in other people's mouth's too

I'm just currious as to how many crack smokers you know

 

XMan

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Originally posted by: tweakmm
Originally posted by: X-Man
Originally posted by: tweakmm
Originally posted by: X-Man
My own personal experience tells me otherwise. Keep your blinders on if you want, though.
and you know how many crack smokers?:Q

You calling me a liar?
I like putting words in other people's mouth's too

I'm just currious as to how many crack smokers you know

I know enough to be confident in agreeing that marijuana is a gateway drug.
 

ElFenix

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Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n1
It's simple logic: people that are willing to try pot are usually willing to try other things like acid or E
Your local pussified nerd that is deathly afraid of marijuana sure isn't going to try coke
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huh? theres two statements there that really have very little to do with each other
 

Lucky

Lifer
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Originally posted by: X-Man
Originally posted by: tweakmm
Originally posted by: X-Man
My own personal experience tells me otherwise. Keep your blinders on if you want, though.
and you know how many crack smokers?:Q

You calling me a liar?

You are either lying or you dont have enough personal experience in this area, because even the most zealous drug czar would not proclaim that most marijuana users will go onto smoke crack. That is simply not supported by any evidence.
 

jjones

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Marijuana is a gateway drug, just as tobacco, alcohol, and even caffeine are. That being said, the so-called "gateway drug" premise has so many holes in it that it's virtually moot in any serious discussion of drug use and abuse.
 

0roo0roo

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Sep 21, 2002
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funny how the people who are all about freedom, freedom to own guns etc are so anal about drugs:p

americans should only use american made drugs;)
 

TNTrulez

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Originally posted by: jjones
Marijuana is a gateway drug, just as tobacco, alcohol, and even caffeine are. That being said, the so-called "gateway drug" premise has so many holes in it that it's virtually moot in any serious discussion of drug use and abuse.

So true. Look at it this way.
People who does crack often used marijuana before they go on to do crack. Therefore, crack is a gateway drug.
People who does crack often ate candy before they go on to do crack. Therefore, candy is a gateway drug.

The premises behind the "gateway" drug theory is completely false.
 

Colt45

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everyone that does drugs is alive, therefore life must be a gateway drug.

well sh1t, we better kill everyone, then no one will get high!
 

Tab

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I would want to make something else absolutly clear

If someone has smoked pot once in their life it doesn' t mean they are addicted. It does not mean they are in a vitural reality for the rest of their lives. It does not mean pot smokers dont have any feelings.

1)In most of Europe pot is complete legal, are those contries United Kingdom, France, Germany and The Netherlands full of unproductive stoners? I think you can answer that.

2)Are pot smokers lifeless losers who contribute nothing to socitiy? Look at Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.

3)Has pot ever killed anyone?

4)Is pot a Gateway drug? This phrase makes absolutely no sense what so ever. You could call Everquest a gateway drug, it leads people to rot their lives on other online games.

5)If someone smokes pot once in their life do you think they instantly turn into a crack addict?

6)The American Goverment tells you its legal to drink acholol and smoke Ciggerates but makes smoking of Marijuna legal. Does this make any sense what so ever?

 

Frosty3799

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Originally posted by: Colt45
everyone that does drugs is alive, therefore life must be a gateway drug.

well sh1t, we better kill everyone, then no one will get high!

GENIUS!