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I did a while, it only gives me trouble like headaches for coffee and mood swings with alcohol.

It's weird how marijuana gets grouped with all the hard drugs when it's far less toxic than alcohol, nicotine, or caffeine. You can die with less than 250ml of 200 proof alcohol (about 1 cup), 60mg of nicotine (around 60 cigarettes), or 3 grams of caffeine (around 15 bottles of the 5 hour energy drinks). However, you'd need to consume around 1000lbs of marijuana to kill yourself. 1000lbs would probably bankrupt most people -- it's around $4M.

I doubt anyone in the modern age can claim they have never used drugs before. Most of the OTC drugs at the pharmacy can be more damaging to your health than alcohol. The only people who can probably claim to be drug free are those who claim to heal with prayer.

Marijuana is a Schedule I controlled substance in the US (the most restricted set), while cocaine is a Schedule II controlled substance. The US government considers marijuana to be a harder drug than cocaine. There is no logic to this stuff other than:

- Drugs Are Bad Mmkay(tm)

- I don't need no 'scientists' to do 'studies,' because everyone knows that Drugs Are Bad Mmkay(tm).

- Since Drugs Are Bad Mmkay(tm), I can't allow a drug to go down in the rankings, only up!

- If a drug were to go down in the rankings, it would be political suicide. Political/religious/etc opportunists would come out of the wood-work to ply their silver tongues and attempt to get the general public to tar-and-feather those responsible (while benefiting the opportunists immensely, of course). - Even if I wanted to allow a drug to go down in the rankings, it would be political suicide

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