Marijuana: What's the REAL gateway drug?

by Think Free Posted 2012/01/08 04:21:32

Related Topics: Marijuana, Drugs, Sugar, Pot, College, soda, Tobacco, Alcohol, Market, Caffeine, Heroin, Drug

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	Tried Alcohol or Tobbacco FIRST, before marijuana?	19 votes	70%
	Tried Marijuana FIRST, before Alcohol or Tobacco?	1 vote	4%
	None of the above	7 votes	26%

IF YOU HAVE TRIED MARIJUANA, IN THE PAST OR CURRENTLY, WHICH DID YOU TRY FIRST?

One of the main arguments against marijuana legalization is the notion that marijuana is a 'gateway' drug to harder and more addictive drugs. It has been my experience that tobacco/alcohol use began first, then marijuana. The reason marijuana is associated with harder drugs is because they're on the same market; the seedy guy you have to get pot from is the same guy who can or knows a guy that can get you coke, meth, heroin, pills etc. College is over and I have years ago stopped, but with all the hubub surrounding this, I am curious to see what others say. I left caffeine and sugar out because almost everybody has had a soda as a kid, and I'm talking things you can do as an adult.

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say what? 2012/01/08 05:55:05

None of the above

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It's just called a gateway drug to justify outlawing it. Alcohol. tobbacco and donuts are much more dangerous than pot. Fact is pot is a good medicine.
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BlondeAphrodite 2012/05/06 05:41:52

None of the above

mine was adderal... my doctor as a schild misdiagnosed me saying i have ADD which i dont and i was put on adderal it made me anxious nervous and eventually depressed although i was on it for years so i didnt know it was the pill doing it I thought it was just me

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Wanderer 2012/02/08 11:53:49

Tried Alcohol or Tobbacco FIRST, before marijuana?

It was society that drove me to the need for a gateway. There is a long and convoluted story that goes with that statement which I do not wish to go into here.Maybe I was messed up but I joined ranks with many who were of the same ilk.

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John Galt jr or Ron/jon 2012/02/07 01:32:50

Tried Alcohol or Tobbacco FIRST, before marijuana?

Of those three things I tried alcohol first (around 5 years old) but I lived in housing with two smokers from birth...
However of the things I found to be addictive, the items become milk, red meat and sugar...

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beefdrapes 2012/01/08 17:30:55

None of the above

Being sober was always my gateway drug... If you understand that logic I know of a 12 step group that could use your help :)

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Think Free to beefdrapes 2012/01/08 20:25:52 (edited)

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Did you read the part that said I quit years ago, mate? Also, one could be sober yet addicted to food, sex, gambling, video games, etc. I'm talking about the justification of government trying to regulate our lives under the false pretense of 'public safety', while allowing such destructive substances alcohol and tobacco to remain legal, even endorsed by said gov't. http://farm.ewg.org/progdetai...

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Bob Pooba 2012/01/08 14:05:41

None of the above

Lortabs , I know more people hooked on prescription pain killers than I do pot heads or speed addicts.

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tlee 2012/01/08 05:59:21

Tried Alcohol or Tobbacco FIRST, before marijuana?

but going along that same reasoning,how many people drank milk first?. It is all a farce to keep big government in every facet of our lives. It is all about control and revenue!.

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say what? 2012/01/08 05:55:05

None of the above

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It's just called a gateway drug to justify outlawing it. Alcohol. tobbacco and donuts are much more dangerous than pot. Fact is pot is a good medicine.

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Stoner to say what? 2012/04/07 02:56:55

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David Hussey 2012/01/08 05:08:09

Tried Alcohol or Tobbacco FIRST, before marijuana?

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If there is such a thing as a gateway drug it is alcohol, even more so than tobacco. Children grow up seeing people, even if not their parents using the drug and seemingly receiving a benefit from its use. To anyone who drinks alcohol, it matters not what you tell your kids about drugs, they have seen you be a drug user and they will be impacted more greatly by your actions than your words

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FAWKES' NOOSE ~ ΔTX 2012/01/08 04:51:41

Tried Alcohol or Tobbacco FIRST, before marijuana?

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If there is a "gateway" drug its alcohol.

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Savior 2012/01/08 04:27:29

Tried Alcohol or Tobbacco FIRST, before marijuana?

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I have smoked marijuana a couple times, but most of my friends (that smoke pot) were heavy drinkers before they did marijuana and they quit drinking. And their health is better, and only one of my friends have graduated to other drugs, and I have 9 good friends that smoke marijuana.

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themadhare ~IJM 2012/01/08 04:27:05

Tried Alcohol or Tobbacco FIRST, before marijuana?

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the gateway model is bogus

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Adam Julian 2012/01/08 04:23:10

None of the above

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Our messed up society causes people to want to do drugs so wouldn't that kind of count?

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David H... to Adam Ju... 2012/01/08 05:09:53 (edited)

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Yes, I think you have a point. The particular drug is not the real issue, it is the drive to escape reality through the use of a drug which leads to abuse... in that sense the society people are looking to escape is the real gateway

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Think Free to David H... 2012/02/07 01:41:28

+1

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