On Sun, 29 Apr 2018 18:40:18 -0600, graham > wrote:

>On 2018-04-29 5:05 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 4/29/2018 11:55 AM, Steve 'Cannabis Oil' Wertz wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Except in very extreme cases, there is no need for medical pot.* As
>>> for "recreational" use, in the workforce development field we call pot
>>> "the unemployment drug"...and YES, it is most definitely a "gateway"
>>> drug.
>>
>> I do know of one person that smokes and was able to stop a couple of
>> prescription drugs, but, I'm sure many abuse the ability to get it.
>>
>> I don't think it is a gateway drug, but I do think some people have
>> gateway personalities and addictive tendencies.* If not marijuana, it
>> would be something else. Sad to see how much drug use exists and the
>> problems of overdose.
>>
>Do you know anyone who smokes MJ who didn't start with tobacco?

No. I also don't know anyone who started with MJ and moved on to the
hard stuff.