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Debate:Are alcohol, marijuana, and nicotine gateway drugs? (view source)
Revision as of 18:15, November 15, 2008
, 18:15, November 15, 2008→That's difficult
I would say that Marijuana is, but only because it is illegal, and therefore must be purchased from a guy who'd also like to hook you on anything he can, and isn't real scrupulous about how that gets done. Tobacco is, maybe. I think people are unlikely to try smoked drugs without first smoking cigarettes, but that may be because those two things are attractive to the same people, and cigarettes are a bit easier to come by. Alcohol is not.
I would say that Marijuana is, but only because it is illegal, and therefore must be purchased from a guy who'd also like to hook you on anything he can, and isn't real scrupulous about how that gets done. Tobacco is, maybe. I think people are unlikely to try smoked drugs without first smoking cigarettes, but that may be because those two things are attractive to the same people, and cigarettes are a bit easier to come by. Alcohol is not.
At one time some dealers of pot would lace the drug with small quantities of something harder. Then they would stop doing that and hope the cistomer would move up. [[User:Markr|Markr]] 13:15, 15 November 2008 (EST)
== Absolutely not ==
== Absolutely not ==
Marijuana is not a gateway drug in any sense of the word. If you smoke/have been smoking marijuana for a while, you will not eventually start heroine, cocaine, meth, etc. The whole myth of it being a gateway drug is just that: A myth, mostly created by the government during the "Just say no" period of the Drug War. In addition, marijuana is not lethal (Unless you smoke a couple THOUSAND.), and it does not kill braincells. These are, once again, just myths/lies/fibs/etc created by the government. Simple, really. --[[User:GunnerRecall|GunnerRecall]] 16:43, 17 August 2008 (EDT)
Marijuana is not a gateway drug in any sense of the word. If you smoke/have been smoking marijuana for a while, you will not eventually start heroine, cocaine, meth, etc. The whole myth of it being a gateway drug is just that: A myth, mostly created by the government during the "Just say no" period of the Drug War. In addition, marijuana is not lethal (Unless you smoke a couple THOUSAND.), and it does not kill braincells. These are, once again, just myths/lies/fibs/etc created by the government. Simple, really. --[[User:GunnerRecall|GunnerRecall]] 16:43, 17 August 2008 (EDT)
:Oh thank you. Now I'll start to use Marijuana because you completely convinced me with your facts, proofs and logic. Not. --[[User:AdamE|AdamE]] 11:22, 29 August 2008 (EDT)
:Oh thank you. Now I'll start to use Marijuana because you completely convinced me with your facts, proofs and logic. Not. --[[User:AdamE|AdamE]] 11:22, 29 August 2008 (EDT)