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<blockquote data-quote="JayKay" data-source="post: 233635" data-attributes="member: 324">I'll be tarred and feathered, and rode out of town on a rail.No benefits to alcohol either.&nbsp; I spent (wasted) lots of time, dollars, (also nearly cost me a marriage and family) due to my alcohol use.&nbsp; I don't drink a drop now, and I for one, am far better off without it.&nbsp; But that's me.&nbsp; I obviously have an addictive trait in me.Some would then say &quot;why stop here, why not ban all drugs?&quot;.&nbsp; They'd say that caffeine and nicotine and sugar are all drugs too, (and of course they are) but show me someone who drank too much coffee and now is not able to safely drive.&nbsp; Or sugar, or cigarettes for that matter.Regarding the &quot;one individual in rehab for pot&quot;, I obviously can't name names, but when I checked myself into outpatient treatment years ago, there were plenty of people in there due to pot.&nbsp; Then again, addicts are not notoriously honest, so..The bottom line is, alcohol and caffeine and nicotine and other drugs are not what we are talking about here.&nbsp; Marijuana is what we are discussing.&nbsp; Also, kudos to us all, for having a real conversation about it, without devolving into a Three Stooges episode.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JayKay, post: 233635, member: 324"] I'll be tarred and feathered, and rode out of town on a rail. No benefits to alcohol either. I spent (wasted) lots of time, dollars, (also nearly cost me a marriage and family) due to my alcohol use. I don't drink a drop now, and I for one, am far better off without it. But that's me. I obviously have an addictive trait in me. Some would then say "why stop here, why not ban all drugs?". They'd say that caffeine and nicotine and sugar are all drugs too, (and of course they are) but show me someone who drank too much coffee and now is not able to safely drive. Or sugar, or cigarettes for that matter. Regarding the "one individual in rehab for pot", I obviously can't name names, but when I checked myself into outpatient treatment years ago, there were plenty of people in there due to pot. Then again, addicts are not notoriously honest, so.. The bottom line is, alcohol and caffeine and nicotine and other drugs are not what we are talking about here. Marijuana is what we are discussing. Also, kudos to us all, for having a real conversation about it, without devolving into a Three Stooges episode. [/QUOTE]

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