I am pretty much with you. To add, 1. As far as I know, it doesn't actually kill pain, people just report that they no longer are bothered by the pain, or able

I am pretty much with you. To add, 1. As far as I know, it doesn't actually kill pain, people just report that they no longer are bothered by the pain, or able to ignore it and still function. Which is probably better. 2. Fairly sure its not addictive at all in the pharmaceutical sense, and quite positive it can be in the way say World of Warcraft or other entertainment can be. 3. I actually buy the "gateway theory", but only because of this. Opposition seems to be the result of habit and years of ascribing negative virtue to recreational drug use (probably discounting alcohol cause cognitive dissonance).