I wouldn't say it's Satan's smoke or God's gift. It is a natural product of evolution.

1. Male
2. 20-29 (more specifically, 20)
3. Yes
4. No.
5. None.
6. N/A
7. Recreational, but I occasionally use it to reduce nausea and increase appetite when I'm sick.
8. No. I find I can do anything high just as well as I can do it sober.
9. N/A
10. N/A
11. I am forced to acquire it illegally, since medical marijuana is not legal in my state.
12. No. I've never come across it, again because medical marijuana is illegal in my state.
13. No. If any drugs are going to be called a "gateway drug", it should be alcohol and tobacco, the first drugs used by almost everybody in almost every instance. If marijuana does introduce people to illegal drugs, it's only because marijuana users are forced to go to illegal sources, who are the same people who dispense hard drugs.

"People have a right to control their bodies. To control what goes into their bodies. To control their minds ultimately, 'cause that's what you're talking about if you're talking about psychoactive drugs. You're talking about controlling the contents of your mind, what goes on inside your brain. That's a pretty basic right, you would think." —Jacob Sullum