is marijuana a gateway drug?

[Tick]

when i first started smokin, i thought it was all i would ever do. then, as i got used to it, i became more receptive to trying other organic drugs. that sparked a curiosity into drugs, the mind/body, and the brain in general. i dont think weed makes you actively desire and search for other drugs, but it lowered my inhibitions for sure.

discuss

[Eyes420Alive]

its all dominoes man, you cant just blame one

[GoldenGopher]

which ever drug is used first is the gateway drug

holding a drug responsible for future abuse is retarded

[Tick]

i dig that, once youve used anything once it makes other stuff more approachable

[Eyes420Alive]

im not even talking just drugs, there are many determining factors at work, at all times, in all decisions made

[blaze it]

i do not believe for one second that ANY drug is the sole factor for this "gateway" idea. it is up to the user to determine that. if a person somehow cannot "resist" the "urge" to experiment with other substances, then that person has a low level of self-control. There isnt a thing on this Earth that brainwashes a person so severely that it is necessary to go and do Other drugs. I have been smoking reefer since the 7th grade. i am now a freshman in college and i have never once had the slightest desire Whatsoever to try something else. and it is all because i made a promise to myself to resist the pressuring "idea" that marijuana is a gateway drug. and it has well worked without a hitch this entire time. i see myself NEVER trying another form of substantial intoxication other than alchohol for the rest of my life. rock on

[4toke2up0]

No because it's more of a once you use a drug...you use a drug...usually starts with tobacco and alcohol though...

It can be...I guess if you're like "I'm only going to smoke pot," and then it 'doesn't get you high enough' (which there's your problem), and you start moving on to 'get higher' then yea, it can be a gateway drug...but that's the same with anything

just tryin' to precieve the world differently

[727-skateboarding]

It being illegal makes people more likely to move from it to other illegal drugs.


Any substance that is easy to get has a big chance of being the first substance you will try and you may end up try another if you want to.


Alot adicts of illegal drugs and pharms started out as alcoholics.

[deadhead]

MDA was my gateway drug


alcohol was my first though...but it's a gateway industrial poison

[Dr. Gonzo]

and lab solvent. after ethanol i moved up to harder stuff like hexane

[deadhead]

what a n00b, everyone knows cyclohexane is the good shit

[trippynet]

which ever drug is used first is the gateway drug

Yeah I agree with this, marijuana just cops most of the blame because it's the most common first drug.

[Dr. Gonzo]

people talk about marijuana being a gateway drug because someone had an opinion once upon a time and even the people who don't agree with it won't let the idea die

then again it's not like you can stop people from bitching about each other. hate is just too damn good of a thing

[bongmaster]

I tried caffeine and alcohol long before I first smoked pot, but I still don't think they led me to smoke. The idea of a gateway drug just seems silly to me. That's like saying because you listened to classic rock you felt the need to move up to metal, and then you had to go to metal concerts , and destroy your hearing, so now let's blaim classic rock that your parents introduced you to as a child for your hearing loss. It makes no sense , does it?

[Dr. Gonzo]

rex luscus thinks it does