The way my daughter's middle school health class classifies drugs is insane.

https://lemmy.world/post/15142373

The way my daughter's middle school health class classifies drugs is insane. - Lemmy.World

Marijuana is its own special category, but club drugs (which for some reason include date rape drugs), inhalants and steroids are all in a “miscellaneous” category together? Also, note all the ridiculous drug propaganda lies.

Marijuana is not a gateway drug.

Having to deal with a drug dealer that wants to also sell you actually addictive drugs is the gateway.

Legalize pot, sell it at the grocery store, and you will watch the number of addicts in general fall precipitously. I guarantee it.

Having to deal with a drug dealer that wants to also sell you actually addictive drugs

Clearly marijuana has some serious kind of habituation, and it’s equally clear that many people that use marijuana are problem users. Addictive? No, not by any strict definition of addiction, since you won’t suffer serious adverse effects if you stop. OTOH, I’ve known at least as many problem marijuana users as problem drinkers

I bet it’s a useful plant and that’s why people use it daily.

Oh, guess what, it’s time to take my meds, I’ll be back after a few bong hits before I go back to work.