Owenski

I dont want this to seem like users against the neive, but without having experianced something for your self you simply cant hope to fully understand it.
Ive experianced it, as have a former group of friends (the drugs were nothing to do with this collapsed friendship btw) but of the group there are few ingested narcotics which were not as some point swallowed/snorted/smoked. Of that group of friends 1 has circled the drain a few times but this is purely because of his personality, we were all introduced to the drugs in teh same way, we all tried the same things at the same time yet he became hooked on Ketamine, I witnessed most of his interaction with the drug and it was only after the freindship went its seperate ways that I last heard he was in hosiptal due to kidney failure (a classic side effect of ket) not exactly the best PRO DRUG argument you'll obviously agree. But then again... this guy never once touched weed so it does prove that weed isnt the "key" to harder drugs. Anyway back to this bloke, he wouldnt smoke a single thing because cigarettes were his fathers killer, what does that tell you? IMO it tells you that the addictive gene does exist, that part of a person is pre determind and it doesnt matter what your drug is, if you've an addictive/weak personality then you'll find something to hook on to.
For those who wonder about the remainder of the 8, well Im one of them and my life is pretty standard with exception to the odd spliff, 7 of them live equally normal lives, one choosing to have no drug contact at all 4 still take the odd weekend binge but mon-fri you'd never think anything less of them especially considering their jobs. 2 I never hear of anymore but the last time we spoke they too said it wasnt something they took part in anymore and the 8th is the one who could be dead now in fairness but he's only himself to blame. We all did the same stuff but it never beat us, its all about the person and nothing to do with the substance. THat is my FACTUAL based opinion based on personal experiance and based on a fairly varied group of friends, you can use that info for what you wish but I think it qualifies me pretty highly to be able to make such a statement.