What evidence is there that marijuana is a gateway drug?

Answer 1

Cannabis is referred to as a gateway very lightly. Although in some circumstances it might be, most of the time it is not at all. In numerous studies it has been proven that the BIGGEST gateway drug is alcohol. Cannabis is considered a gateway drug only because that is what we are told. In reality, it is like a high school rumor and has no evidence to back it up. Cannabis is in no way, shape, or form a gateway drug.

Answer 2

The concept of gateway drugs is that a person lowers their inhibitions and slowly changes what their norm is. It isn't so much about dealer profits or addictions. It is about slow changes in personal beliefs. Some people have very set stopping points, and they never progress on to harder things. Some people do not. Each step is a gateway to the next for these people.

Most people do not just go from never trying drugs in their entire life to just accepting meth the first time someone offers it at a party. A person who has never experimented at all, will likely look at a person like they are crazed if someone just says, "Hey, want to smoke a crystal?" It is usually more a trail of experimentation, and one thing leads to the next. Each step becomes a little more advanced.

Gateway drugs are drugs that are usually considered a little safer and more of a social norm. Cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana are commonly considered gateways. They are things people are a little more likely to try out if they have never done drugs before. They may feel a little safer with them, as they are not addictive after one use, and a small amount won't really cause immediate physical or psychological damage.

For people that aren't really thrill seekers or have addictive personalities, they may never touch any of those things ever again. They may go on to use just those things socially, never moving on to harder things.

For other people, they may use them for a while, get comfortable with them, and decide to move on to something harder. "I did okay with pot. I liked it. I wonder what oxy would do." There is a good chance that these people would have never thought about trying oxy (or whatever else they moved on to) if they had never tried and got comfortable with pot. However, once they experienced the initial high, they wanted to try more things. That is why marijuana is called a gateway drug. Like cigarettes and alcohol, it is one of the entry level drugs for this type of personality.

Answer 3

Because people who are willing to break to law figure "hey might as well do it for other things, this wasn't so bad"

Answer 4

None, Thats like saying that grapejuice is a gateway beverage to being a wine-o

Answer 5

For the reason so as to it is a treatment one smolders external to the opening.

Answer 6

Cannabis isn't a drug its a plant just like tobacco