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Is pot really the gateway drug? (pg. 3)
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| geroin |
no
but alchohol and smoking is |
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| cenik |
| quote: | Originally posted by alyalayla
a lot of people don't consider alcohol an actual 'drug' and may vow never to touch any illegal substances but still get faced every weekend and never think twice... they find it ok to do this but touching anything, including weed would constitute crossing over to the dark side
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This is largely a product of the incorrect belief (which seems to be held by the masses) that if drug X has been criminalized by the state then drug X must be 'dangerous enough' to warrant such prohibition. Our country's first drug laws were created in an explicit attempt to decrease Asian immigration into Canada NOT respond to the addictive quality of opium (and in the 1930s when politicians began debating about the criminalization of marijuana some individuals were not even aware of the drug's outlawed status (which was instituted in the mid-1920s: marijuana was basically placed onto a list of other substances to be criminalized without any reason given at the time)). |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Weed is a gateway into psychedelics, like shrooms or mescaline or acid. I don't think I know anyone who's tried the latter ones before being very comfortable with weed. I'd never try that personally, but almost everybody I've spoken to reports that the most mild stage of all those psychedelics is like being stoned; it's like the "home base" or something.
For stimulants like MDMA or meth or cocaine... no, not really. A lot of people who use those can't go anywhere near the herb.
Alcohol's the gateway drug for G-tards. |
+1
herbs are bad for you |
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| RobotHouse |
| quote: | Originally posted by cenik
This is largely a product of the incorrect belief (which seems to be held by the masses) that if drug X has been criminalized by the state then drug X must be 'dangerous enough' to warrant such prohibition. Our country's first drug laws were created in an explicit attempt to decrease Asian immigration into Canada NOT respond to the addictive quality of opium (and in the 1930s when politicians began debating about the criminalization of marijuana some individuals were not even aware of the drug's outlawed status (which was instituted in the mid-1920s: marijuana was basically placed onto a list of other substances to be criminalized without any reason given at the time)). |
or because alcohol is a lot easier to get a hold of than any other substance. |
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| _EuG_ |
| quote: | Originally posted by RobotHouse
or because alcohol is a lot easier to get a hold of than any other substance. |
Not for highschool kids |
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| rabbitjoker |
| quote: | Originally posted by electro funk
because i think alcohol is. i was drunk the first time i smoked pot. |
You're a gateway drug! |
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| RobotHouse |
| quote: | Originally posted by _EuG_
Not for highschool kids |
anyone with an older sibling can get it id say that makes it pretty damn available |
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| Jungle Fever |
| I don't think drugs are gateways, people and their addictive personalities are. People need to take responsibility for their actions. |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jungle Fever
[friends] and [people's] addictive personalities are. |
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| cenik |
| quote: | Originally posted by RobotHouse
or because alcohol is a lot easier to get a hold of than any other substance. |
because it is legalized. |
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| RobotHouse |
| quote: | Originally posted by cenik
because it is legalized. |
i think most people had their first drink under the legal age. |
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| Cosmic Fur |
| quote: | Originally posted by RobotHouse
i think most people had their first drink under the legal age. |
because it's legalized |
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