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„Gateway drug“ is not very thoughtful IMO. You do drugs in an uncontrolled way because you have mental problems and these people should be supported instead of getting punished.

I think we can agree that everyone is responsible for what they do and that you don’t need to be friends or spend time with people that like to smoke :)

Don’t be too worried. Let the people have some fun in this mad world.
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banjo 1y ago

Perhaps...yet I know of multiple people who've gone on to much stronger and destructive pharmaceuticals after starting with marijuana. Yes, could be a case of "post hoc ergo prompter hoc", and perhaps those souls were destined to be self-destructive...yet I can't help but wonder how their lives might have been different if weed hadn't been so accessible.

Sad and difficult to experience...

Again YMMV (and I respect that) but it seems to me that it's become the Soma of our modern society.

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franny 1y ago

I understand you. But I think you don’t have to be too worried. With the legalization, we have the ability to end it as a taboo topic and finally educate especially the younger folks about it instead of pushing the topic away everytime it comes up because it’s unnormal. Not only it’s a step towards freedom, it’s a step to more safety.

That’s why I said, there is hope.