Feel marijuana is a gateway drug

[Spectre927]

I have a statistics survey due on monday, so anyways, "hypothetically" speaking, do you feel that IF you were to smoke weed you'd end up doing harder drugs because of it, OR do you think you'd stick to that, but if you did do harder drugs it wouldn't be cause of herb?

Basically, is it a gateway drug or not?

Thanks if you do decide to contribute and even if you don't.

[93rollaracer]

i smoke weed once in a while and i have no intentions of doing anything else. everything else is too expensive and the effects of weed are good enough.

[TexasF355F1]

I'm still trying to figure out how the whole hypothesis of marijuana being a gateway drug came to be. What about alcohol or cigarettes, codeine or valium? How many people have O.D.'d from marijuana.....none. How many people have died from smoking marijuana........none. Reason its not legal........because the government can't regulate it enough to effectively receieve any revenues from it.

[Spectre927]

I also dont feel it is, because I know too many people who have managed to not "upgrade" or do more powerful drugs. But for those of you who haven't voted, feel free to say if you feel it is a gateway drug, its just your opinion and if it gets too many people saying they feel it isnt, people may tend to just agree even if they dont, so vote how you feel. Thanks

[klone420]

Alcohol is the gateway drug! People have died from marijuana but it is rare. Its mostly heart related problems/lung cancer.

[Gotti]

Originally Posted by TexasF355F1

I'm still trying to figure out how the whole hypothesis of marijuana being a gateway drug came to be. What about alcohol or cigarettes, codeine or valium? How many people have O.D.'d from marijuana.....none. How many people have died from smoking marijuana........none. Reason its not legal........because the government can't regulate it enough to effectively receieve any revenues from it.

agreed 110%

the whole marijuana is a gateway drug thing is stupid.... you said everything i wanted to say

[Limited5.9Cherokee]

noone has died from marijuana, not as a direct result. it definately doesnt cause lung cancer. And it is not illegal because it cant be regulated, it is illegal due to slavery, the main guy leading the campaign to outlaw marijuana was the president of the largest logging company in the world. Hep is 100s times more effecient then trees can ever be. and logging companies lost millions when hemp became big. In WWII the government PAID farmers to grow hemp to be used for rope, sails clothing, tents stationary, etc. it was the primary substance over trees. it is more efficient, cheaper, better on the environment, it would not suprise me one bit for it to be legalized in the next 20 years. it has too many medicinal and environmental benefits for the world to turn away.

[clawhammer]

I think that this is probably not the best place to do a poll like this, since this survey has mostly young people, probaby ages 16-24 the results are going to be not very accurate. If you want an unbiased poll, the you need to ask all kinds of people, not just young people.

[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 agree with clawhammer that this is not the most accurate place for a poll. The good news (as I see it) is that all of us who are 16-24 now, will be running the country before long. Limited5.9Cherokee said he wouldn't be supprised if it were legalized in the next 20 years. I sure hope it is.

[BP2K2Max]

i just think that since marijuana is so commonly found and easy to get, people who lean towards illicit drug use, just happen to use it first and it picked up the connotation of a gateway drug. it's easier to get a bag of weed than to find coke or heroin. i think the term gateway drugs should be applied to alcohol and tobacco more than marijuana.

and i defiitely don't think gender has anything to do with it.

[Gotti]

its not that people that smoke weed do other drugs.... its the other way around. Cause everybody that does harder drugs ALSO smokes weed, so they make it look like its a gateway to those harder drugs

government propaganda

[Ricochet]

The whole term "gateway drug" is just another group of mother's stupid made up pile of shit to help aid in their hypocritical drug lecturing towards their children because they smoked as kids. Having a good time with bud sounds dangerous now that the mommies are older, just like riding a skateboard w/out 15 pads and a helmet.

On and off I'll smoke a shitload of weed, and when I'm high do I feel like robbing a store or killing some old lady? Fuck no, I feel like playing a videogame or watching a movie. The only way I can see mj being a gateway drug is if you smoke so much of it, you become a blithering idiot who needs to snort, shoot up, or inject all that other nazi shit to get a buzz anymore.

Have I tried more than weed? Just for the experience, sure, but now I'm fine spending time with mary and her alone, in moderation.

[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

[Rbraczyk]

If you smoke weed all the time, yes it is, believe me, I know many examples, but if you were a weekend smoker like I was, then its not so bad...

[jeffseby]

Originally Posted by klone420

Alcohol is the gateway drug! People have died from marijuana but it is rare. Its mostly heart related problems/lung cancer.

Yup. I don't know anyone you died from Mary Jane. But my Step-Dad died from Alcohol.

I have done many hits in my days. I never bought it my self. I always bumbed it off one of my friends at there house I havnt touch that or anything else in 5 Months. It was not a gateway for Me.