You've all gone WAY south of sanity i'm afraid.
Just because a drug's use is present in conjunction with social difficulties doesn't necessarily make the drug a cause, but perhaps a symptom? People use many different things in drug-like manners. Are we to outlaw coca-cola because its a good chaser? And what about alcohol? Is it all too necessary to diminish marijuana to a heroin-like substance (which it is NOT - cigarettes are more addicting, and deadly). Fact is marijuana has a lot of decent uses, one of which is recreational and like all users, extremes exist. There are moderates and there are extremes of every drug, or church. Should we close down the catholic church because priests molest children? Or fundimentalists bomb clinics? Surely the church prompted these beliefs!
No. I'm sorry, marijuana is not the cause OR the catalyst. But, i admit, i do know people who abuse the substance and in time, they will learn, or they wont - its really their CHOICE, no? I also know plenty of well off, good citizens who relax with a joint and some Merlot on their fridays, or mondays:). The philosophy behind the usage of drugs really needs clairification, but thats a whole other beast. What we SHOULD be monitoring is childrens useage of this drug and trying to teach them more creative means of entertainment. I can tell you that resisting drug use in my culture is very difficult because of the simple fact that my culture has very limited extra-curricular activities for minors. Homework, authority, college, debt. Hell bush is throwin' back shots in terror of getting up in the morning! And you know what, he learned about it from his circumstance. Its a dam shame. So, dont blacklist this drug and try to pull it out from peoples lives, they'll just replace it with something that's taxable and corporate. Which is exactly what the government, the alcohol and cigarette companies would prefer.
