What do you think. If you could buy it at the store would it still be a gateway drug?
2006-06-29 08:08:43 · 9 answers · asked by coolforbeer 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Pot is just as much as a gateway drug as Caffine, or nicotine... The only reason some people try smoking pot and they go on to harder drugs, is because after they try pot, they realize that the harmful effects of it have been way exaggerated, so they may suspect that the harmful effects of drugs that are more dangerous may not be that bad..
2006-06-29 08:34:44 · answer #1 · answered by Prince Ali 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ive been smokin pot for13 years now. im not a stoner, im very clean, work two jobs, am successful,own a home, and a new car, never have i ever tried or wanted to try any other drug and never will. but the reason it is a gateway drug is because you smoke pot and like the high then they find other ways to get high. hence gateway. no it shouldnt be legalized, to many crooked politicians, and the mafia has stake in the tobacco ind. so they would lose alot of money. etc.
2006-06-29 15:14:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason it's called a gateway drug is because most people who try pot like it. It then opens the gate to try other drugs. Get it?
2006-06-29 15:12:23 · answer #3 · answered by wishiwereatthebeach 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know many people over 40 that have smoked pot for over 20 years and have never tried or desired any other drugs. So I would say that the answer to your question would be a definate "NO".
2006-06-29 15:13:20 · answer #4 · answered by JRandy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your question is based on a faulty understanding of the term, "gateway drug".
That term means that using one drug leads invariably to others. The availability of pot has nothing to do with its intrinsic dangers, namely, leading people to try even stronger, more dangerous drugs.
2006-06-29 15:16:50 · answer #5 · answered by pachl@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All pot smokers, drinkers, etc. drank milk before they smoked pot, so milk is the gateway drug...
but really I agree with prince ali
2006-06-29 15:34:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
pot is a gateway drug because if you start useing pot it's more likely that you wil start to use other drug so it's like opening up the gateway to the use of other durgs
2006-06-29 15:15:01 · answer #7 · answered by everwing 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cigarettes & beer are the gateway drugs
If you could by it at a store then - you would see the national debt start to decline.
2006-06-29 15:11:11 · answer #8 · answered by therandman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read somewhere that more kids are going straight to the harder drugs and completely bypassing weed.
Myself, I'm guilty in the past of smoking weed, but the only other "drug" I've had is alcohol and caffeine. Unless you count chocolate...
2006-06-29 15:16:48 · answer #9 · answered by Pitchow! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋