“Contrary to popular belief, smoking marijuana need not be a steppingstone between using alcohol and tobacco and experimenting with illegal drugs such as cocaine and heroin.”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in a report on a University of Pittsburgh study.
“This is actually quite novel, this idea,” Dr. Tarter said. “It runs counter to about six decades of current drug policy in the country, where we believe that if we can’t stop kids from using marijuana, then they’re going to go on and become addicts to hard drugs.”
A freakin’ Eureka moment.
Harm reduction should be the model for drug policy rather than total elimination of drug use. If we can’t keep drugs out of maximum security prisons, how can anyone imagine keeping them out of a free society? And anyone who has seen wasps, birds, and most mammals around fermenting fruit in the fall, should know that there is an innate natural drive to get a chemical buzz.