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Contrary to what many marijuana advocates will tell you, smoking marijuana sends a lot of people to drug rehab. In fact, about 300,000 people check into drug rehab for marijuana addiction every year.

On top of being addictive in itself, there’s no doubt that marijuana is a gateway drug: About 62% of adults 26 or older who use marijuana before they the age of 16 end up hooked on cocaine, and over 53% of get hooked on prescription drugs, according to White House Drug Policy report..
 
With statistics like that, it’s hard to believe that people still think marijuana is just light recreation. I just read an article about a teacher in the U.K. who gave her kids marijuana so they wouldn’t get into harder drugs. Bad move. The best thing to do with people who smoke marijuana is get them into a drug rehab program, before the problem escalates.