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When I was in college 6 or 7 thousand years ago (or so it seems), I had a few occasions to sample the burning of opium. Likewise, I had more than a few occasions to smoke marijuana.

If the effect of MJ was anything like that of opium, I’d be agreeing with your post.

As it stands, not at all. Any comparison of those on pot and those on opium will make the pot smokers appear to be Type A high achievers in contrast.

First of all, weed today has a MUCH MUCH MUCH higher THC content than the weed you were smoking in college "6 or 7 thousand years ago". There is so much difference in potency and effect that you can not compare today's marijuana with yesterday's but you can start to compare today's marijuana with opiates. And the fact is, both drugs lead to drug addiction. While opiates are a far more concerning problem and I truly wish our government would stop promoting that problem as well (and it is), it doesn't change the fact that both drugs lead to addiction and addiction related societal problems. And, furthermore, it's pretty rare to find a heroin user who didn't start with marijuana.