On 2018-04-29 10:52 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Apr 2018 19:25:40 -0700 (PDT), "
> > wrote:
>
>> On Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 8:45:28 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>>
>>> No. I also don't know anyone who started with MJ and moved on to the
>>> hard stuff.
>>>
>>>
>> You've led a sheltered life.
>
> But I've known lots of people who smoked MJ and kept it at that.

I know/knew some who went on to harder drugs. They had started on
softer things, like tobacco. Some went on to cocaine. Some switched to
alcohol, which is responsible for more health, social, family, money and
career problems than all illegal drugs combined.

One interesting case is an old friend, Steve. He was a cigarette
smoking, booze guzzling, pot smoker who was a speed freak for a while
and did heroin for a while. He quite speed and heroin. For years he
smoked pot and drank a lot of wine. He quit the wine, quit the pot and
eventually gave up cigarettes. He gave up all those things without
getting all religious.