I believe that weed is a gateway drug. I also do smoke weed (that’s why I belong to this forum) but still believe that it is. I have seen many friends move on from weed to hard drugs. Now I think that if they have never tried weed then they would not be doing coke or what not. I think that the reason they moved on to harder drugs was because it stopped being satisfying enough for them. It also moves them closer to the drug world than if they would be without weed. Lets face it "most" drug dealers deal more than just weed. They now have a source for harder drugs than weed. Then the temptation starts to kick in. That’s why marijuana is a gateway drug to an extent. It a start in the wrong direction. I also believe that a lot of drug dealers start out dealing weed. Like in high school and shit. Then they start out moving up in the harder drugs like crack and heroin. Another way that marijuana is a gateway drug. I know what you’re saying that this is not helping the cause. BUT....... If we legalize weed there would not be a source for harder drugs. Most people don't want to do harder drugs but once that temptation kicks in that’s when people cave in. All they want to do is get high. If we let people get high and not have any temptation for any harder drugs then it doesn't become an issue anymore. So if the government legalizes it will cut out the temptation for harder drugs. This will cause a decrease in harder drugs. Another great reason why marijuana should be legal. Another reason why we should legalize it is that it would cut down on drug dealers. Now that marijuana is legal now most people will stop dealing drugs because of the jump to harder drugs. If people don’t have to deal weed then that would stop them from start dealing. Most people wont start out dealing with crack or heroin. They use weed as a starting point for there drug dealing. If it were legal they wouldn't deal a legal substance that you could buy at the local corner store. It would stop many people from dealing harder drugs because they would have to start dealing with coke and other hard drugs. This will also help in cutting down in harder drugs. Another little tid bit is that alcohol way more of a gateway drug than marijuana. Once you start drinking you have a "don't give a shit" attitude and if someone offers you some drug that you would never try sober you will do drunk. Marijuana just makes you want to sit around, eat food and watch movies. I have never seen anybody try a harder drug when there stoned out of his or her mind. I have seen people do harder drug while one weed but the temptation was already in them and they would have done it even if they were sober. Alcohol is 100x more of a gateway drug than weed. If the government allows alcohol to be legal then weed should not be a problem at all. LEGALIZATION - Way to stop drugs "ironically"
in chronilogical order of the stuff i have used. weed, adderal, alcohol, ecstacy, shrooms, coke, acid
all im really saying is that even tho it is a gateway drug now it wont be if it is legal. It would also cut down of harder drugs. it just another great reason on y it should be legal.
Just because you smoked marijuana first, doesn't make it a gateway drug. I've never smoked a bowl, and then thought, "hrm that bowl really made me want to try heroin, or coke, or acid" I've said it before, and I'm pretty sure I'm ripping it off some comedian, but I was too stoned to remember who it was, "The only thing Marijuana leads to is the Golden Arches." Just because you smoked weed first, doesn't mean it's a gateway, otherwise, Caffeine is the largest gateway drug
like you said, dealers have links to harder drugs when they deal weed if its legalized, they will be out of business, an peoples main focus drug will be weed, therefore running harder drug dealers out of business. LEGALIZE IT.
no there is no such thing as a gateway drug. the fact that you stoners actually believe this horseshit tell us that the government has won. its the psychology of people who choose to do any drug, theyre gonna make that choice themselves, it isnt the drugs thats "controlling" them. the "gateway drug" theory was invented and spread by the government through the media. it does not exist.
if anything Alcohol, tobacco, and caffine are gateway drugs, not weed. They are legal yes, but they are still DRUGS. And I know alot of people who first smoked a cig, or drank before smokin bud.
i did all three before touching weed. the gate way theory only exists in the minds that think it does.
Its really only in certain cases that it could even be considered one (there are so few that it doesn't matter). That my opinion, but i have seen people move on to hard drugs that would have probley not have if they didnt start with weed. That what i think.
Weed is funny. Since the government has declared war on a plant, if I want weed I have to go through the black market. The black market sells weed as well as any other licit or ilicit drugs. So, the government forces me to buy through the black market, thus making other drugs available to me. Look at it this way... Lots of people are going to want to do drugs. Remember the whole opium addiction thing with the chinese opium trade? ITs just the kinda thing that a lot of people would enjoy (but a lot of them dont get to enjoy becuase they are brainwashed... And I think rightfully so. There are way too many people out there who do drugs for all teh wrong reasons. In my opinion its not something to just get fucked up on. Its a whole lot more then that with weed. Anyways I'm rambling.
I agree with many of the above posters. First, the availability problem could be solved by legalization. Second, drugs are out there anyway, most people tobacco, or alcohol, is their "gateway" even caffeine. It's all about choice, not marijuana.
the gateway drug accusation bases itself on the notion that weed leads you into other drugs. but it's YOU that leads you into other drugs. i don't know a single person who i could buy coke, crack, heroin, pcp, meth, or anything like that. the order i took drugs in caffeine-cigs-alcohol-weed-coke-shrooms-pills right in the middle actually. but when it boils down to it, it's the user who ultimately decides to take that first hit of meth or blow their first line. not their drug history.
The human mind is a gateway drug. Its our own curiosity that makes us want to try other drugs. Its true, most people try weed before trying "harder drugs". does that make weed a gateway drug. No. that means that they tried it first. If you try other drugs, chances are you were thinking about trying other drugs before you tried weed. Weed was just a step in your path towards other drug use. People start with weed because its less powerful and then decide to try the more powerful drugs. Thats common sense to me. If you see the biggest roller coaster in the amusement park, and you've never been on a roller coaster before, do you go straight to that one. No, you go on one of the smaller ones first because maybe your scared of the big one or you wanna see how they are. then after that, some people might say, you know what i like this roller coaster, i'm just gonna stay on it; some people might say roller coasters suck i'm never going on them again; and some might say, wow, i cant wait to go on all the other roller coasters. thats just the way people are.
True. So I took aspirin before anything, is that a gate way drug??? You forget about all the other "acceptable" drugs we in society. I think if someone blames weed for them doing other stuff, then they have no idea of WHO they really are. It's so easy to blame something rather than blaming the one who is really responsible, Yourself. You are in total control of your own actions. Don't blame MJ cause she's always been there for me and never makes me feel like shyt.
As far as illegal drugs go, weed is typically what people start with. I think most people get their first effects from drugs with caffiene, alcohol, or tobacco. If weed didn't exist (omg) people would start with some other drug. Calling marijuana a gateway drug is just propaganda from the War on Drugs. Its your journey and whatever you do and however far you go down the drug path is totally your choice and not weeds. I know people who have smoked weed for 8-10 years and have only had very limited encounters with harder drugs. If anything, the illegal drug culture might try to push you into trying harder drugs, therefore I'll agree you have a point here. Make weed legal, it doesn't belong in the same category as other drugs it is grouped with.
if your self-control is feeble enough to WANT to try other drugs, then thats the persons perogative. Weed doesn't lead to other drugs, its all about how secure your mindstate is. Hell, I won't even touch a cigarette *shudders*.
look ppl say weed is a gateway drug cause thats the shit ppl try first cause it's the easiest to get a hold of i can get it easier than cigarettes or booze. it's ppl personal choice to move on to other shit. ppl just blame weed cause it's the first shit they get. legalize weed and all the money they waste fighting it they can put towards the harder drugs
You tried marijuana...I'm assuming you wanted to do that. Anyways blatently gateway drug theory is crap. The people that think that are the ones that say we need to censor video games and television...silly bastards
Easiest Explanation: Its not a gateway drug, its just that the people who are willing to do things like crack and heroin would have obviously been exposed to weed first and would have tried it first. Just becuase they tried weed before heroin doesnt mean the weed lead them to that.