[QUOTE=MelodyL;654584]
And when I said I see potheads on tv, I meant those intervention shows. These drug addicts (and I know they do more than smoke pot), but they all weight 90 lbs, have no teeth and look like they are near death's door.

*** While those addicts you describe are almost certainly crack heads or meth addicts, it is certainly true that they probably also smoke pot. Meth does have those kinds of bad physical effects on people. I've known a few serious drug addicts and they look just plain sick. And they are!

*** Back in the 60s, the claim was pot was a "gateway" drug. Gateway in the sense that if you have to find a drug dealer to buy pot, you will probably get opportunities to try other drugs.

*** I think legalizing pot (yes, for recreational users as well) would be a very smart move for America -- all of those narco-gangs growing pot in our national forests would just vanish. Law enforcement would have more resources for serious crime and if it was taxed and sold through state outlets like alcohol is done in many states, well...

***But I am off topic. Sorry.

Cowboy