i smoke pot and can pass a piss test no problem.
i'm gonna leave the whole 'gateway' drug thing alone...but i'd just like to say most kids drink/smoke cigarettes way before they try pot (i have no statistical evidence, this is how every last person i know started).
i also know dead beats who smoke pot, but that does not mean pot made them dead beats. you cannot isolate one thing in a person's life and say that thing caused him/her to end up where they are...its not crack i don't see people killing and/or robbing people so they can get money to score some pot
and i have to give a huge

to whoever said that pot makes them realize lots of things about themselves. it may sound wierd but i've figured out more concepts and things about myself while staring at a wall high off my face than in any other situation.