Feel marijuana is a gateway drug

[Steel]

to think that it even used to be legal too!

yogs: good point, but it's more fun to make fun of people who are wrecked out of their minds and can't even walk straight. Or have drunk girls flash me their....... beauty

[slammedscion]

I voted no, because i use to smoke weed when i was younger and it never made me want to do the other drugs i tried. Just like stated before it is the people you do them with that will try to pressure you into other types. I have a few friends who smoke weed and only a few have ever tried other drugs because weed wasnt enough for them.

[thrasher]

The correlation is that people who try illegal things are more likely to try other illegal things. That's where the idea comes from. So yeah, it is true in a sense, but it's blown way out of proportion by the media, like everything else in this world.

[CaTasHtRoPhE 67]

I voted no i dont think its a gateway drug its just a drug

[BP2K2Max]

i had to do a term paper on illicit drug use for psychology class

quoted from department of health and human services
web page, http://store.health.org/catalog/facts.aspx?topic=54

"Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug. It is used by 76 percent of current illicit drug users. Approximately 59 percent of current illicit drug users consumed only marijuana, 17 percent used marijuana and another illicit drug, and the remaining 24 percent used an illicit drug but not marijuana. Therefore, about 41 percent of current illicit drug users in 2000 (an estimated 5.7 million Americans) use illicit drugs other than marijuana and hashish, with or without using marijuana as well."

[kublah]

Originally Posted by thrasher

The correlation is that people who try illegal things are more likely to try other illegal things. That's where the idea comes from.

That's how I see it too. Sort of... Weed has always been portrayed as a terrible, harmful thing that is going to ruin your life just as quick as anything else you might try. That equal association with the harder stuff is a problem because then it all falls under the same taboo umbrella labeled "drugs". Where once you step under it, you might as well smoke a little crack while you're there. I think we're just starting to move away from this line of thinking, and none too soon.

If weed hadn't been blown all out of proportion, treated and regarded in the same way as the really bad drugs, less people would move on to the harder ones once they decided weed was okay. But there is nothing about the substance itself that makes people want to move on to more.

[-GS-]

Definately not a gateway drug. About 4 months ago in the summer all i did everyday was blaze with a couple of buddies. Then got caught by the police once, and that scared me shitless, ever since then never touched it. Hasnt led me onto anything else, and wont.

So basically "NO, i dont think its a gateway drug" but thats my personal opinion based on my personal experience.

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Originally Posted by J-Ri

I voted no, but I think that people who use marijuana ARE more likely to try real drugs. I never have, never will. I think the reason for this is who they get it from. That person is invariably a drug dealer, who sells other drugs. "Hey, man, wanna try some ______?". If it were legal and you could buy it at the gas station or grocery store, there would be no pressure to try anything else.

So to summarize, weed doesn't tempt you to try other drugs. Ther person you get it from may.

I'm going to say that ganja is NOT a gateway drug. If it were then alcohol and cigarettes should be listed as gateway drugs to.

Chris Rock said it best, "People wanna get high. Hell, theres people in here right now thinking about getting high. They're looking at their watches thinkin, "damn whens the show gonna be over?"

"Drug dealers don't really sell drugs. Drug dealers offer drugs. I'm 30 years old, aint nobody ever sold me drugs. Would you ever in your life not wanna get high and somebody sold you some drugs? Hell no! Drug dealers offer them, "hey man, you want some smoke, some smoke?" You say no, that its! Drug dealers don't sell drugs. Drugs sell themselves. Look at crack. You don't really gotta try to sell crack. I never heard a crack dealer go, "man how am I gonna sell all this crack?"

[Oz]

Reality is for those who can't handle drugs.
Rehab is for quitters.

[Jimster]

Marajuana CAN be a gateway drug. Not always, but EVERY addict I know of started on marajuana, so to say it's never a gateway drug is ignorant, that said, it's more the user than the substance- same with alcohol, same with tobacco.

[Gotti]

Originally Posted by Jimster

Marajuana CAN be a gateway drug. Not always, but EVERY addict I know of started on marajuana, so to say it's never a gateway drug is ignorant, that said, it's more the user than the substance- same with alcohol, same with tobacco.

Yeah every addict started on marijuana but that doesnt mean marijuana is a gateway drug. Marijuana is just the most accesible thing thats why they start on it. When you're 14, its easy to try weed, somebody steals it off their older brother, peoples brothers sell it. Its not like a 14 year old is just gunna pick up a crack pipe and start there.

like i said people that do harder drugs ALSO smoke weed, so it makes it look like weed led them to the harder drugs. But look at the percentage of people that do harder drugs and the percentage that ONLY smoke weed. The percentage of people that ONLY smoke weed is waaaaaaaay higher, so how is it a gateway if those people arent doing any other drugs.

Maybe if 80% of people that smoked weed did other drugs, then it could be considered a gateway drug... not when only like 15-20% of people that smoke weed do harder drugs

[dirtydx]

I got into "harder" drugs because weed was too expensive, and too hard to find.

any drug is fine in moderation. I'm more worried about the fat lady chomping down the mars bars one after another.

[TexasF355F1]

Originally Posted by YogsVR4

Marijuana may not be a gateway drug, but it does make people act and sound like asses. I get a kick out of making fun of them

You just havent ran into any intelligent ones.

[Dog_soldier13]

I am not votin cuz i think it really depends on the person, i know plenty of people that have done pot for years and will not dare go near eny other drug and the will not even try it

[Suislide]

as a weekend-smoker, i can tell you that for me it will never lead up to anything else.

i've tried hash, which is basically only more potent marijuana. and i've tried shrooms, which i don't consider to be a hard drug. marijuana was not a gateway for me to try mushrooms. it just happened. and i don't think i'll do it again. but i don't consider mushrooms to be a hard drug because they don't really do any damage to you, just like weed. i will never try cocaine, crack, PCP, LSD, crystal meth, E...nothing like that. they're all too risky and the highs have way more downs then they have ups. plus they're expensive and can do some real damage to you.

beer, a bong and a bag full o' weed are all i need.