Posted by christophrejmc on February 23, 2002, at 13:00:34
In reply to Re: Dangers of Marijuana , posted by michael on February 22, 2002, at 9:48:09
> re: the "gateway" issue - if you want to condemn something as a gateway drug, it is clear that alcohol and nicotine are the true gateway "drugs" in our society. But they don't get that label because they're "legal".
There are many alcohol and nicotine (ab)users who don't go on to use anything else. The same, of course, is true of marijuana. The whole "Gateway Drug™" claim is completely bogus.
Although, before taking Prozac, I had never tried any antidepressant! All of a sudden, I was taking SSRIs, SNRIs, TCAs, MAOIs, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines, antiepileptics. Thankfully, the Lord Nancy Reagan came to me in a vision and told me to "Just Say No!" Now I'm drug-free! I may be completely miserable, but at least I'm clean.
Uh, don't ask me where that came from; I didn't get much sleep last night.
-chris
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