[Jonas]

ok just a few things so as not to belabor points already expressed:

1. Smoking pot does cause brain damage.
2. THC-B IS the active ingredient in pot, however THC-A is what is stored/detected and is not the same substance at all.
3. Alchohol kills people too. Many more in fact. Pot WAS legal in the USA until just AFTER the alchohol prohibition was revoked. It was through the use of culturally inflammatory and racist propaganda that it was then made illegal...as a consolation to the vocal religious segment of our society. Thats right it was just to make the zealots shut up. KEEP YOUR RELIGION OUT OF MY LIFE.
4. I smoke everyday that I have it. I did so in HS, and I certainly don't do crack. I certainly am not uneducated, my familyfreinds have never been harmed, nor anyone else by my choice. It has certainly done LESS damage to me than the excessive drinking i did in the USAF.


the point here is that lumping any group of people or activity into one mold never works. laws are made broad for a reason, and minds are made broad by the exploration of other paths. my father grew up in a home where his father drank heavily, he later died of liver cancer...but not until he had managed to run himself in debt first from the drink, and then from the medical expenses. abuse comes in many forms, and anything can be abused. anythign can be a "gateway" to something else, and someone with an addict-inclination is going to find an addiction no matter WHAT laws you have in place.

i respect your right to be whoever and whatever you wish; i support your choices. now. leave me to mine, and mind your own house.