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Are Cigaretts and Pot the Same?

Posted by: Chandler DeWitt on June 28, 2007 at 9:23AM EST

A lot of the time I hear from teens that pot is like smoking a cigarette. The only difference, is that pot is not addictive, and it gives you a high. I have heard some people say that cigarettes are nasty and they would rather smoke pot. When I hear teens say that they think cigarettes are nasty and only smoke pot, I wonder how someone can think an illegal drug is better for you than a legal substance. Teens now treat pot like a cigarette. There is not a differnece between the two. Now the big dangerous drugs are cocaine, heroin, and crystal meth. Pot is not even considered illegal amoung teens. I have never smoked a cigarette, nor done pot. I don't understand why people would want to kill their brain cells for a couple hours of being high. Smoking can be addictive, and pot you can stop doing any time you want. Although most times, once a teen starts doing pot, the more likely they will continue. Teens do pot to get a high, and if they like the feeling, they willl most likely do it again. I don't agree with teens saying that pot and cigarettes are the same. Pot is an illegal drug, and cigarettes may be addictive, but they are still legal.

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Posted by: juff on July 6, 2007 10:59AM EST

I also read the Connect with Kids news story this week about the strength of today's pot. This is very frightening! I was discussing this with my neice (17) and she was shocked. Though she doesn't partake in smoking pot she knows plenty of people that do or have. Everyone that reads this article should tell five friends about it and tell them to spread the word. Education can be a very powerful thing and just maybe knowing the risks of today's pot, people would think before smoking!!

Posted by: Ginger on June 28, 2007 9:43AM EST

You make a lot of good points, and yes, cigarette smoking is gross! (Unlike you, I did it in college, yuch!) But a couple of things is that today's pot actually is addictive -- see this week's story on www.connectwithkids.com. It has MUCH higher levels of a powerfully addictive substance called THC, and that's what people get hooked on. Also, the papers of cigarettes and pot are cancer-causing -- very toxic to the lungs and throat. That's another reason not to smoke either one. (Yeah, yeah, I know people can use pot pipes/bongs but that still leaves the THC). I personally know several people who started smoking pot young and were actually addicted to the high it gave them. It led them to other drugs and now they are in the 12-step program; they are recovering addicts for life. Some ruined their marriages, others their jobs, some both. I think it's hard for young people -- maybe any people -- to think through the consequences of smoking. But there is enough information out there now to know there's nothing "casual" about doing drugs.