This message exemplifies the other delusional end of the drug war opinionation spectrum. Quite a few statements here are blatantly false and serve as additional fodder to be used by those in favour of the drug war. Smoke less pot and think clearly, bud if you genuinely want to help. First off, I'd like to know what supposed generation you refer to that doesn't blindly follow the program. You're all sheep, no matter how much you and your friends toke up and envision that you're somehow "sticking it to the man". All my supposed "friends" who are unadmitted drug addicts get this delusion when they go on the reefer. Ironically, cannabis use supports the government's position on the drug war because it makes a user passive, delusional and focus on irrelevant details rather than look at the big picture and actually try to make a positive change. It's essentially a major tranquilizer, just like antipsychotics and neuroleptics, complete with the depressed cognitive reasoning abilities and short and long term memory deficits.

And as for the "cure"... that's simple. Achieve a state of harmony and balance with your internal and external environments through healthy meditation, exercise, and nutrition. Also, some intense and exciting hobbies don't hurt and get some friends who are interested in doing something other than getting high.

I've successfully "cured" quite a few people in just this way, but far too often their peers will influence them to return to the madness. That's perhaps the most important aspect of becoming healthy is discarding toxic influences, even if they are close family members or long time friends. It takes a lot of devotion to be able to give up everybody you ever knew and start from scratch, but it can be done. Most addicts just need a parent to tell them who they can and cannot be friends with, and never had this of course. If you're too busy having fun with non-addict folks, you won't even remember to toke up.

And as for there being a minority of people who are suceptible to addiction, I can't think of anything further from the truth. I have only ever met 1 or 2 people in my entire LIFE who were not suceptible to this, and I used to think I was one of them, but now I'm not so sure. Under the right circumstances, any rat can be turned to this pastime. It is very difficult and rare to find somebody who's not addicted to substances. I'm quite frankly appalled when chronic drug abusers say they are not addicts just because of a narrow and irrelevant classification which... da da da... is handed down by big brother. Nicotine, caffeine, alcohol, cannabis, and prescription pharmaceuticals actually ARE substances whether your cultural conditioning allows you to believe this or not. They do tend to be abused. And yes, cannabis abuse is supported by the government, particularly in Canada, particularly in BC. The GDP of many small BC towns is primarily resulting from the cannabis harvest. The authorities are on the payroll and the entire economy would fall through were the production and export of cannabis ACTUALLY prohibited.

So here we sit, in this bass-ackwards culture which says one thing "drugs are bad" and reinforces something completely different "drugs are fun and economically useful". How about people stop taking the drugs for a second and think clearly and recognize that there is a time and a place for nearly everything, and just be HONEST about it for once. I've NEVER seen an otherwise perfectly reasonable person turn to a pathological liar as quickly as when smoking a J.