Could It Be A Good Thing That Drug Laws Are So Ineffective At Maintaining Pot Out Of Youngsters' Fingers?

[piaras91]

Many teenagers report that marijuana is easier for them to get than alcohol, simply because industry and liquor shops ask for Identity and drug traders do not.(http://www.impacteen.org/adoles.htm is one reference to this reality, but an easy Google search arises a lot of a lot more.)In a sense, thatis terrible, since it indicates the drug suggestions don't function. But alcohol is more addictive than marijuana, a lot more hazardous to the user's well being, and drunks are much more damaging to these around them than potheads(as a outcome of alcohol's effect on ruling and its potential to draw out the worst in crazy folks).If you'd to choose which one your children might secretly try, it is challenging to picture any reasons why you'd pick alcohol. So is this truly great info?

[wal49]

The principal 1 clincher although is the truth that marijuana is still illegal.  Also, I am aware marijuana is not extremely addictive. Nonetheless, I have in no way identified anybody who tried tougher drugs that did not first smoke a joint.  Usually their marijuana use proceeded for several years before they tried cocaine or one thing else.  So, in that regard, marijuana is just a gateway drug.  Therefore, I'd select alcohol. 

[Linddun]

TaradinoC stated: 1 txteacher, regarding your answer, exactly where you wrote "Also, I know marijuana is not very addictive. nonetheless, I have by no means recognized any individual who attempted harder drugs that did not very first smoke a joint":This logic doesn't truly hold up. Most of those individuals almost certainly attempted alcohol initial also. In fact, I'd bet that all of them drank milk, breathed oxygen, and listened to the radio just before they ever tried hard drugs - a 100% correlation! But of course that does not mean milk, oxygen, or music are "gateways" to drug use, right? So surely you can see how the very same reasoning doesn't prove anything about marijuana. 71 months ago

[Jansen]

The only problem with that reasoning is that a lot of dealers are not satisfied with selling a "dime bag" here or there. That implies they will always be hunting to "upsell." The bartender is just as satisfied to sell beer as he is crown royal.

[Derebourne]

txteacher, regarding your answer, where you wrote "Also, I know marijuana is not very addictive. however, I have never known anyone who tried harder drugs that did not first smoke a joint":This logic doesn't really hold up. Most of those people probably tried alcohol first too. In fact, I'd bet that all of them drank milk, breathed oxygen, and listened to the radio before they ever tried hard drugs - a 100% correlation! But of course that doesn't mean milk, oxygen, or music are "gateways" to drug use, right? So surely you can see how the same reasoning doesn't prove anything about marijuana.

[ammi]

No , ineffective laws need to be made effective. Ram-Bo 71 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

[courtland]

Tough question and I see your point about alcohol. The one clincher though is that marijuana is still illegal.  Also, I know marijuana is not very addictive. however, I have never known anyone who tried harder drugs that did not first smoke a joint.  Usually their marijuana use went on for several years before they tried cocaine or something else.  So, in that respect, marijuana is a gateway drug.  Therefore, I would choose alcohol.  txteacher 71 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

[Padrig]

agreed, with one exception The only problem with that reasoning is that many dealers are not satisfied with selling a "dime bag" here or there. That means they will always be looking to "upsell." The bartender is just as happy to sell beer as he is crown royal. Sources: opinion Houston_proud 71 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

[Gilmer]

I don?t know how easy it is for kids to get anything nowadays, but I know they?re all getting it somehow.  Back in "my day"(oh brother!), either(pot or booze) was easy to get, BUT we looked at it like this:  pot was cheaper, easier to conceal, easier to control(the degree of buzz, that is), less addictive, and caused less of an "aftermath" than booze.  Meaning, I?ve never known anyone to go smoke a joint, then get all ticked off and pick a fight with the guy next to him, or take off driving in a rage, or other violent behavior.  PLUS, another biggie, no hangover.   Yes, I "secretly" hope that if my teenager is going to dabble in something that it is pot over booze(if I had to CHOOSE one vice over the other).  No, I don?t want her to end up a "stoner" AND I don?t want her to smoke cigarettes.  IF put on a polygraph I would admit to her that it wouldn?t freak me out so bad if she smoked pot once in awhile compared to finding out she was drinking regularly.  I think it is ridiculous that at 21 alcohol consumption is suddenly "legal", when we all know the teens have been getting their hands on it all along.  Alcohol IS legal and therefore socially acceptable.  At 21 I guess all the "bad" things that can happen to you disappear.  We laugh and blow off "alcoholic" behavior(making embarassing scenes, violent behavior, traffic fatalities, deteriorating health), but if we find out someone has/is smokes pot, "OMG, they?re a POTHEAD!!!!!"   Ridiculous.  I think that labeling marijuana as a "gateway drug" is unfair.  If you look at "Hard substance" users, yes they probably smoked, and yes they probably drank.  BUT, I doubt it was BECAUSE they smoked pot before is what lead them down the path, anymore than any other one thing may have played a part in it.   I don?t know if the question you posed means that it is good news or not.  I guess so, IF pot is easier to get than booze.  I hope the "other stuff" isn't as easy.   Personally, I wish they would just legalize it and tax it, but I?m sure that?s another discussion.  Finally, I do not advocate any abuse of any substance whatsoever.