I think you might as well say a Hyundai is a gateway car to a Ferarri. Drug use doesn't begin with the drug, it begins with what's in your head already, and I hope every day that we will improve in our handling - not of the substances which fascinate us, but - of ourselves. Otherwise who cares what you smoke, we'll be largely damned anyway.
Is weed really a gateway drug?
- Thread starter Vault101
- Start date
Recommended Videos
One thing is certain. There is not a single heroin addict in the world - or even in the history of the world - who did not eat food before moving to shooting heroin.
Think about it. Sure, lots of kids try eating food without shooting up, but look at the ones who have shot up and the causal relationship is clear. If those kids were never introduced to food at a young and impressionable age, NONE of them would have gone on to heroin.
Food is the real gateway drug. Food is the real killer.
Save our children. Eradicate food today.
Think about it. Sure, lots of kids try eating food without shooting up, but look at the ones who have shot up and the causal relationship is clear. If those kids were never introduced to food at a young and impressionable age, NONE of them would have gone on to heroin.
Food is the real gateway drug. Food is the real killer.
Save our children. Eradicate food today.
Marijuana does not magically make you want to snort meth.
To get weed you have to rub shoulders with drug dealers. In my younger years, I was but a quick phonecall away from all sorts of stuff to try. Its that availability and opprotunity. Eventually, your hookup is gonna be fresh out of the good tokin', and since the weekend is blown anyway, a sales pitch is all it takes to get someone to give something else a try.
To get weed you have to rub shoulders with drug dealers. In my younger years, I was but a quick phonecall away from all sorts of stuff to try. Its that availability and opprotunity. Eventually, your hookup is gonna be fresh out of the good tokin', and since the weekend is blown anyway, a sales pitch is all it takes to get someone to give something else a try.
But how can you say that with absolute certainty? Also, in saying that they do it simply because its illegal you're implying that people who steal and murder ect are doing so simply because it's illegal. It being illegal can't be the only reason why they do it.bobisnowhere said:
Yes, it can be gateway drug because it is an illegal drug. As another poster said, if you can find a weed supplier and break the law, they can probably find a whole crowd whom are into the stronger stuff.
Plus, this happend to one of my friends. Started smoking weed, and then did other drugs. Said he preferred it to alcohol because he could get into a euphoric state without losing sensory awareness.
Plus, this happend to one of my friends. Started smoking weed, and then did other drugs. Said he preferred it to alcohol because he could get into a euphoric state without losing sensory awareness.
Marijuana : a dangerous gateway drug that can lead to more serious addictions like Guitar Hero & Doritos, & working retail until you're 50.
Anything else? Nah. If you're going to go for the higher stuff, you're gonna go as soon as you get the taste anyway. And frankly it's sensible to use it as a gateway drug then so you can understand your intoxication levels.
Anything else? Nah. If you're going to go for the higher stuff, you're gonna go as soon as you get the taste anyway. And frankly it's sensible to use it as a gateway drug then so you can understand your intoxication levels.
I understand what you're getting at but you are saying that everyone who has ever done harder drugs has done so because it's illegal (saying in the most basic way possible of course). But that can't be true. There are dozens of reasons why people get into harder drugs so to say that this is the only reason just isn't true. Yes, the draw of it being illegal and the path that it leads down is one of the main ones but not the only one.bobisnowhere said:
Meh, the sort of people who would try hard drugs would certainly try weed early on in their life, seeing as it's one of the more cheaper and easily found drugs. This is is called a confounding factor. I know plenty of deadbeat dropouts who do weed, I also know a large number of medical students and even a few doctors who recreationally use.
It's a gateway drug simply because it's illegal while being less bad for you than booze. I'd guess it's a combination of a) having to find a drug dealer to get access and b) finding out that drugs being illegal doesn't mean they're that harmful/evil. One puts you in a bad place and the other gets you questioning laws.
Fucking stupid, frankly.
Fucking stupid, frankly.
well i smoke a lot of weed most of the time and i can say that even though i have tried a couple of other drugs once i have been able to say no many many times when offered again. the great thing about weed is the more you smoke it the more rational you become. its kind of weird to explain it without someone taking it but basically at first i think someone is more likely to jump to other drugs through it because it inebriates you in a similar way to alcohol but unlike alcohol over time you get used to the drug and then you pretty much act how you would normally except more focused on what your doing (which is great when working on a project or driving for example)
so in conclusion i think it depends how long you have been on the drug
so in conclusion i think it depends how long you have been on the drug
As many people have said above, it's a gateway drug only because it is illegal.
Marijuana is the least harmful drug out there, I do more damage to my body on a night out drinking than I do on a night in stoned, they shouldn't lump them all in.
Thankfully I have a really cool dealer, he deals other stuff but he never tries to push it on you, he's happy to just sell weed.
Marijuana is the least harmful drug out there, I do more damage to my body on a night out drinking than I do on a night in stoned, they shouldn't lump them all in.
Thankfully I have a really cool dealer, he deals other stuff but he never tries to push it on you, he's happy to just sell weed.
Yeah it leads on to other things, mostly junk food.
Thats a quote (maybe not an exact quote) from Half Baked, a really good stoner film. I don't believe weed is a gateway drug, at least not to most. I would say a lot of people who do heavier drugs did start on weed but I would say there is as many people, if not more, who only ever smoked weed and never went any further, so to speak.
However, I do believe that the argument for it being a gateway drug has some merit, (this coming from someone who smokes a hella lotta weed) but only because it is illegal. Anyone who has smoked weed has already broken a major law (more so than underage drinking) and probably would be a lot more likely to break another only slightly more serious law to get their hands on a harder drug, and they already may have connections to dealers who can get these harder drugs (I know I do). If weed was legal, people may not be as likely to want to break a serious law to get some acid or heroin or whatever and they wouldn't have the contacts.
But of course there would be some people who want those other drugs so much that they probably don't care about the law at all and I doubt it was weed that made them have that state of mind.
Thats a quote (maybe not an exact quote) from Half Baked, a really good stoner film. I don't believe weed is a gateway drug, at least not to most. I would say a lot of people who do heavier drugs did start on weed but I would say there is as many people, if not more, who only ever smoked weed and never went any further, so to speak.
However, I do believe that the argument for it being a gateway drug has some merit, (this coming from someone who smokes a hella lotta weed) but only because it is illegal. Anyone who has smoked weed has already broken a major law (more so than underage drinking) and probably would be a lot more likely to break another only slightly more serious law to get their hands on a harder drug, and they already may have connections to dealers who can get these harder drugs (I know I do). If weed was legal, people may not be as likely to want to break a serious law to get some acid or heroin or whatever and they wouldn't have the contacts.
But of course there would be some people who want those other drugs so much that they probably don't care about the law at all and I doubt it was weed that made them have that state of mind.
It's a gateway to bad breath, lazy demeanor and bad short-term memory..
That's it, really..
People can say what they think, but the ones that move from cannabis to heavier drugs could just as well have gone on to the heavier drugs via medical use (that is, prescribed drugs, not cannabis) or whatever.
It's their addictive nature and not the pot that is to blame.
That's it, really..
People can say what they think, but the ones that move from cannabis to heavier drugs could just as well have gone on to the heavier drugs via medical use (that is, prescribed drugs, not cannabis) or whatever.
It's their addictive nature and not the pot that is to blame.
I don't think it is a gateway drug. It doesn't react with the parts of brains that would cause it. Weed also doesn't cause chemical addiction, tho it causes social and psychological addiction.
I still would like to keep weed illegal, doesn't matter is it gateway drug or not. - I like sober people.
I still would like to keep weed illegal, doesn't matter is it gateway drug or not. - I like sober people.
I'd just like to point out that your TLbobisnowhere said:
R was longer than everything else you typed.OT: No, I think that most of those that started with weed and went on to harder drugs would've tried harder drugs anyway.