Why is marijuana a "Gateway Drug"?

BoogNBuds

BoogNBuds

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My opinion of why marijuana is gateway drug,
I am 20 years old and I live in Australia and as a child I was raised to believe the common misconception that marijuana is a gateway drug.

Some people may already be aware of these opinions or facts or have there own theories please post, this is a very basic description as It just covers the basics of my underlying theories


[FONT=arial, sans-serif]It has all been carefully staged propaganda since it was made Illegal in the 30's, the 70's declared it a schedule one drug, which made it the safest schedule one drug for the population to try, thus brainwashing people to think it is a gateway drug, simply by categorizing it in the same category as Heroin, Methamphetamine.. etc but just enough stigma around marijuana to make the only people to try it would be people who are having problems at home or in life, so they turn to drugs which everyone knows is a great way to escape reality, The DEA and american government accidentally or purposely (you can never know what they are actually up to) made it a gateway drug because after they try marijuana ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS DRUGS APPARENTLY then sure whats the harm in trying cocaine or heroin? Just like I am sure if alcohol was still illegal it would be the biggest "Gateway Drug" of all time, I don't even consider taking cocaine or MDMA.(which is usually not MDMA and can even be known to have rat poison in the pills which it comes in), or the cocaine has been broken down with a synthetic drug or some other substance just as harmful) I don't even looking at these until I have had a drink of alcohol, one of the most mind altering addictive drugs of all time- that was a brief opinionated description of how marijuana got the stigma of being a gateway drug in the 70's.[/FONT]

[FONT=arial, sans-serif]I plan on making a video showing the positive effects of marijuana the positive effects of alcohol and the negatives for both[/FONT]

[FONT=arial, sans-serif]will be all real no fake shit and no biased opinions, will be fact (I plan on doing [/FONT][FONT=arial, sans-serif]activities at all different levels of intoxication, then going to a club with a camera and filming as much as I can,
[/FONT][FONT=arial, sans-serif]then the next week the exact same thing this time with all different levels of how high I am, I predict the camera work while high will be at least 167 times better, thank you. [/FONT]

I always like to leave my activist arguments with a statement along these lines,

Think about how many people have jobs because of marijuana being illegal
BIllions and Billions of dollars.
 
BoogNBuds

BoogNBuds

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I wrote this in 6 minutes off the top of my head including spell checks, which I did not check hard enough, and now I can't edit it haha
 
BoogNBuds

BoogNBuds

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SnapsProvolone said:
It opens a gateway to free thinking imo.
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100 percent agree, some people even go as far to say that is what started our free thinking in the beginning, before that we were just happy with the basics (build shelter, kill animal, write on rock, mate with opposite sex)

which I do believe could be possible and not as far fetched as some other people may believe.
 
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Spanky84

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Many of the guys I was smoking pot with when I was a 16 year old kid turned junkie. But the reason is not that marijuana changes you somehow and makes you take heroin. Most of it is purely caused by the prohibition. When you are very young and smoke pot, you lose trust and suport of the system. Your teachers, parrents, police, doctors, even "well behaved" peers become your enemy. You are forced to hang out in secluded places where hard drug users meet. You form social relations with junkies and drug dealers that will try to push heavy addictive shit on you. All in all, it's not marijuana's fault, it's often the fault of society that has pushed kids in the arms of drug dealers criminals and junkies.

Additionally, there are some people that are born with broken impulse controll/reward systems and will once they try psychoactive substances go binge. But those people will go binge on whatever they try. Often alcohol is the first step, sometimes marijuana as it is most available, but again, its not marijuana that changes them in a way that they go take heroin...
 
KushLyle

KushLyle

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Sad to say some of the people I know were examples of what others say when it comes to the gateway thing. We can only speak for ourselves and not for others.
 
donmagicjuan

donmagicjuan

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anything could be a gateway caffeine nic or alc could make u interested in changing ur mood as could anything chocolate ect
 
BoogNBuds

BoogNBuds

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Exactly, just that one release from reality, just enough to entice you to try something stronger and stronger.
 
dangerlow

dangerlow

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Spanky84 said:
Many of the guys I was smoking pot with when I was a 16 year old kid turned junkie. But the reason is not that marijuana changes you somehow and makes you take heroin. Most of it is purely caused by the prohibition. When you are very young and smoke pot, you lose trust and suport of the system. Your teachers, parrents, police, doctors, even "well behaved" peers become your enemy. You are forced to hang out in secluded places where hard drug users meet. You form social relations with junkies and drug dealers that will try to push heavy addictive shit on you. All in all, it's not marijuana's fault, it's often the fault of society that has pushed kids in the arms of drug dealers criminals and junkies.

Additionally, there are some people that are born with broken impulse controll/reward systems and will once they try psychoactive substances go binge. But those people will go binge on whatever they try. Often alcohol is the first step, sometimes marijuana as it is most available, but again, its not marijuana that changes them in a way that they go take heroin...
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You nailed it on the head IMO.
 
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twelvevolt

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It is an illegal drug that is not a hard drug. If it was harder, it would not be used so much let alone tested at a young age. It is one of, if not the most widespread available and used without any hint of serious consequence for the vast majority of people. It is most often the first illegal drug that someone that is new to drug use will try. It is pretty safe, doesn't give hangovers, can grow in dirt, is not that expensive.. If it never existed and there was a different plant that fit the bill, it would be seen as the gateway drug. If anything, it could be blamed for being so likeable as a first choice and there are always going to be people that like taking something to change their reality or thought. Going the other way, a small percentage of people will decide they want to try harder drugs so if you ask someone who has tried harder drugs they will most often have tried cannabis as one of the first or booze, but booze won't get that label because it is legal and so does not have such a "gateway" connotation to the cannabis free drinkers of the world.
 
BoogNBuds

BoogNBuds

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Real talk twelvevolt, I read through all your comment although I am to high right now and cannot type anymore wor...
 
Rob Roy

Rob Roy

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Marijuana is a gateway drug, because when you smoke it, you forget to close the gateway and then the damn critters get out. Also because the government says it's a gateway and they would never lie about these things.
 
TheMystified420

TheMystified420

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I started with alcohol, so weed wasn't exactly the gateway drug for me. But the reason I ended up trying lsd and shrooms when I was younger was because weed isn't that strong, and I wanted to get really 'fucked up'. So for me, the gateway theory is that when people start with marijuana, they go to harder drugs looking for a stronger high. But that's just my 2 cents.
 
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LIBERTYCHICKEN

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MJ is a gateway drug becouse it is illegal and introduces well meaning people to the illegal black market

Otherwise it's no more of a gateway drug than sugar
 
Nutes and Nugs

Nutes and Nugs

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It kind of like sex to me.
When you are young, checking out the tities and crothches.
You grow older and want a squeeze of those titties or finger around that bush.

Then one thing leads to another and you are having sex.

Some get bored with it and want more thrills.

I'm fine with just getting high anymore.
 
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