Former Bush Administration Drug Czar Warns New Hampshire Against Adopting Cannabis Legalization

in #cannabis5 years ago

John Walters was a drug czar under the Bush administration for 7 years and he is warning NH against making legalization changes for cannabis now that they are close to doing so, reiterating the old and now disproven myth that cannabis is a gateway drug.

Walters says that he has personally looked into the eyes of thousands of people who became victims of substance abuse and he argues that it often always begins with cannabis.

What Walters must not know yet is that the majority of cannabis users do not go on to users other illicit substances.

Maybe if Walters had looked into the eyes of thousands of individuals who use cannabis for medicinal purposes, he might have a different opinion on the matter.

If any substance has been shown to be a "gateway drug," researchers have reveled that alcohol might be the most likely culprit, or even nicotine.

Cannabis is the most widely used illicit substance in the world and if it were true that it fueled addiction to other illegal substances, then you would see many more addicts, but most cannabis users won't go on to use these other substances.

New Hampshire has maintained its restrictions on cannabis despite many other surrounding states making changes to implement cannabis freedom for either medicinal or recreational purposes. For a state that has formerly prided itself on the preservation of liberty, with a live free or die motto,

Lawmakers have insisted that there isn't any good that is going to come out of legalization of cannabis in NH, despite the arguable success that many other states have already had in making those changes. They're comfortable with maintaining the war on cannabis, even if it does violate the most basic rights of the people living there to choose for themselves what they are going to consume, grow, or trade.

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Everyone should know by now that milk is the original gateway drug. It all starts with milk. Then they move into the harder stuff like juice. Next thing you know they're drinking Pepsi at 2 in the morning in their boxers trying to get another fix. Eventually they upgrade to coffee and that's when their life takes a turn for the worse. They need the coffee to function in society and use it just to get through the day as well as drink alcohol on the weekends to forget about the past week of misery. Since the coffee and alcohol makes them anxious they use nicotine in cigarettes to calm their nerves and before you know it they're in debt up to their eyeballs but still spending money on smokes. This creates a lot of stress and anxiety so they start with come cannabis because the nicotine isn't cutting it anymore (although they keep smoking cigarettes because that's harder to quite than heroin). After doing some serious thinking after smoking a joint, they realize how bad things like milk, sugar, debt, alcohol, and cigarettes really are. So, after a few years of hard work and determination, they manage to quit doing all those things that are actually bad for them and they now are much happier.

Gateway drug is just a fancy political word to justify corrupt political actions. People don't become addicted to heroin because they started smoking pot. They become addicted to heroin because they started using heroin. They become addicted to pills because they started using pills. They become alcoholics because they drank too much. I can pretty much guarantee, no matter what drug anyone is addicted to, they all started using milk first. We need to make milk illegal and we can save everyone.

He's a hired criminal who sold his soul to the dark side, that's all it is. He knows very well he's lying through his teeth. Bloody bastards. They will die out eventually. Resteemed! Thanks for your good work @doitvoluntarily

In other news: the sky is blue. Seriously; special interest one day, special interest forever

@doitvoluntarily hello dear friend, it is amazing that there are these types of people who do not see the good side of things, it is true the use of alcohol is more dangerous and caused much more sexy.
thank you very much for spreading this news
I wish you a wonderful weekend

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