text: Man, I hope you are right, Ed. The last three presidents have admitted to smoking pot and look where that got them. also, because facts, cannabis is not a gateway drug nor it is shown to affect adult IQ in any measurable way. Doesn't it suck when science and history both demonstrably invalidate your claims. Children shouldn't use any drugs, but they do, they always have, and we need to be honest with ourselves and with them about the actual risks and not the made up ones.