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I always felt that many of those who use cannibis...
-Don't care about what happens to their body
-Think that drugs aren't as bad as everyone says they are
-Are rebellious in nature
-Have emotional, social, mental problems
-Have a family history of drug use
All of these demographics are people who would use harder drugs anyway. The one and only demographic that would chose marijuana and marijuana only are those who...
-Do a signifigant amout of research and find that marijuana is a safe drug
Which is quite rare in the overall drug community (but more common on these boards).
Then people say that marijuana is a gateway drug because all the people in the above demographics start with it and move on to other drugs. Well, they were gonna do other drugs anyway, but they started with pot because it is the weakest and the most logical starting point, the easiest to find, and the most widely accepted.
Legalization would help combat (but not solve) this problem, as taking that first step doesn't mean buying drugs from a drug dealer. Drugs would be a much more underground thing because as it is now, there are many pot dealers that can operate just because so much of the public is accepting of it, but if pot was illegal, drug dealers would have a much harder time gaining clients because they would have to be much more cautious of how they approach people.
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