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“The teacher in the school I went to would smoke three or four joints a day. He got lots of students to start smoking joints, me included. His dealer then pushed me to start using heroin, which I did without resisting. By that time, it was as if my conscience was already dead.”
— Veronique, 19

Noone can push you to do herione. This website is fucking retarded. I don't even deal with dealers my sister does, I get it from her. If a person thats dumb enough to inject herione into their bloodstream because someone told them to.... well the age old saying, if someone told you to jump off a bridge would you?

“I was given my rst joint in the playground of my school. I’m a heroin addict now, and I’ve just nished my eighth treatment for drug addiction.”
— Christian, 23 years old

I ate at McDonalds 2 years ago, now I'm a herione addict. It's clearly McDonald's fault.

The reason kids start to smoke pot in highschool, is because they are smart enough to know that the scare tactics D.A.R.E and other propaganda anti-drug websites hand out are bullshit.

Sixty percent of teenagers in drug treatment programs are there because of marijuana. According to a National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, kids who frequently use marijuana are almost four times more likely to act violently or damage property. They are five times more likely to steal than those who do not use the drug.

These stastics are bullshit because

-It's based on a correlation of statistics. Anyone whos stolen has probably smoked weed. Steeling is gross, a dirty crime. Marijuana is harmless in occasional use.

-Have you ever been stoned? IT makes you LESS violent, and who the hell wants to get violent and abuse property, just increases chances of getting busted.

-I consider my self one of the best people I know. I'm a good person. So I smoke pot on occasion, whoop dee doo.

Marijuana itself does not lead the person to the other drugs: people take drugs to get rid of unwanted situations or feelings. The drug (marijuana) masks the problem for a time (while the user is high). When the "high" fades, the problem, unwanted condition or situation returns more intensely than before. The user may then turn to stronger drugs since marijuana no longer “works.”

-If someones smoking marijuana to escape a problem. It isn't marijuana thats the problem. It is the PERSON. Of course the person is going to go on to harder drugs if their life is fucked up enough to use a drug to escape it.

Long-term use can cause psychotic symptoms.

The way thats worded it makes it sound like you go crazy from smoking pot.

Marijuana is often more potent today than it used to be. Growing techniques and selective use of seeds have produced a more powerful drug. Correspondingly, there has been a sharp increase in the number of marijuana-related emergency room visits by young pot smokers.

So what? People in the sixties had hash, which is way more potent than 99% of marijuana. Quote a source for the sharp increase in emergency room visits. I'd like to see it.