Pam,
I agree!
Watching my brother deal with his drug addiction was enough for me to not even try the stuff. He went through hell *withdrawls, legal problems etc etc* I learned more about the subject from him than I EVER did in those stupid anti-drug programs in school. Just talking isn't enough...sometimes being shown works better. And WHY do they focus on pot in those anti drug comercials anyhow? Why not focus on the REALLY dangerous things like crack and methanpetamens(sp?). Substances that can KILL you very easily. You never see a comercial where a parent says "Hey there Sally, I found crack in your backpack. We need to talk..." Ugh. Its been proven (in places where pot is legal) that pot isn't a derned gateway drug. EVERY person I've talked to who does pot *trust me, I know quite a lot both online and IRL* has told me that they either A: never tried anything else and never will cause that stuff will kill you or B: has tried everything beforehand and said that they were tired of the stuff killing them and tried pot last just to get away from the highly addictive junk. I'm hijacking my own thread...oops....but I just had to get that out. Anyone have any other input?