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CRIMSONxSOLDIER

It's not the weed thats the gateway drug. It's the dealers! Most of the hardcore dealers dont just sell pot. They sell coke or X or something. And when you buy weed they say shit like "Hey man you like this? well try this!" That's the gateway right there.

 

blondie0420

What you said would actually make weed a gateway drug. Basically, you said that when you go to buy weed, you're exposed to an opportunity where you can purchase some other kind of drug which makes you more likely to do so. But, if that were true, weed would still be the first step...the gateway. According to your scenario, if a person wasn't using marijuana in the first place, he wouldn't be in a situation where other drugs would become available to him, which is exactly what some people would actually want you to believe.

How exactly would that whole gateway theory even work if this type of situation wasn't exactly what people are talking about when they tell you it is a gateway drug? What else would you expect, that the weed itself grew two legs and walked over to a dealer and bought some heroin for you that it then peer-pressured you into using? Good God.

The other thing I want to say is, what the hell? Did you hear this on some sort of "above the influence" commerical or something? Because I have never been in a situation where I was trying to buy pot and a dealer encouraged me to purchase some other kind of drug in addition to or in lieu of the pot. I mean, it's not like I was buying my weed from Suzie Highschool or the kids from Full House, either. Of course I've dealt with dealers who also sell other drugs, but if I was ever there to buy weed, I never had anyone say, "Hey you like this? Well try this?" Seriously. That whole theory is so lame.

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frzcold65

I think just about anything can be considered a "gateway drug". D.A.R.E., above the influence etc just could'nt say that marijuana is a less harmless drug without thinking the would be encouraging it. So they decided to say that it'll lead to more series drugs.

Pompo

Curiosity is the real gateway drug maybe it should be outlawed along with weed

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IBlazedHeavily

WOW! im shocked by the amount of no's..i think its safe to assume that those numbers are comprised mostly of new weed smokers, people who cant get hard drugs, and people who truly only have used weed for 2 or more years.

 

blondie0420

I said "no" and yet I don't fit the profile you described.

IBlazedHeavily

really?? how so.. cuz i thought that post covered everyone...

blondie0420

Ok, let's see...

I started smoking pot in May of 2004. That's longer than two years.

I know people who can get me everything from weed to pills to hard off-topic drugs. The only thing I can think of that I don't know where to get would be meth. But I don't ever want to get it or try it, so that's moot anyway.

And I haven't "truly only used weed for two or more years." I don't know how much detail I can get into about that without going off-topic, especially cause I haven't been around for a while and I don't know how the rules may have changed. But I've used "hard" drugs and a couple of different kinds of pills. The only thing I haven't done is tripped, because I don't really think I'm ready for that kind of experience yet, and I may very well never be. The point is, despite my use of other drugs, I don't blame marijuana in any way for being a gateway drug, because that really had nothing to do with it. What happened was, I grew up, stopped believing all of the shit I was taught in DARE, and decided that I wanted to experiment moderately with a few different kinds of drugs. Drugs are fun and they can change the way you see the world, and I don't think that using them is inherently bad in and of itself if you go about it with the right mindset.

I don't want to get into my whole philosophy on drug use, so I'll just sum it up with this: to answer your question, I've smoked pot for more than two years, I can get hard drugs, I have used hard drugs, and I still don't believe that marijuana is a gateway drug.

the_silent_scream

I don't fit the category either - i had my first spliff in 2000 and started smoing heavily in 2004 - thats 4 years of solid smooking and i am about to get everything either - from pills to the hard hard off-topics. Weed didn't lead me into other drugs - all i've ever done aside from weed is pills and gas. Been offered access to everything else just never wanted to. Weed isn't a gateway drug. People that abuse heroin or ice may have smoked weed - and copious ammounts at that, but not everyone who smokes weed goes on to injecting. If there was no weed, we would have different so-called "gateway drugs". By naming it such, it just gives the authorities a reason to crack down on it's users - through scare tactics and manipulated information.

TonyGeiser

I don't think that marijuana is much of a gateway drug. The hardest drug I've ever used has been alcohol, and that was years before my marijuana use became a factor.

I can see why people may think that it is a gateway, and for some it may be, but the numbers just don't seem to back the theory up enough; especially if it is being used to justify it being illegal.