Do you guys buy the argument that pot is a gateway drug and inevitably leads to using heavy hallucinogens, narcotics or other hard drugs?
I don't. I think the gateway to drug use in the USA is actually the D.A.R.E. program. I wouldn't know what the heck all those hard drugs were if it weren't for cops bringing a suitcase full of them to school when I was 10.
My Dad's a D.A.R.E. officer/teacher so I'm very educated in the generalities of that organization. I think it's good in that it educates people in the effects of drugs but for the most part kids will do what they want. Rarely does it really help the majority of everyone. It can help some though. I don't like the authoritarian and anti-legalization stances most D.A.R.E. people propose though. Good in theory, flawed in reality.