2007-04-17 08:09:48 · 21 answers · asked by J 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Because everyone who became a heroin or crack addict, started using marijuana first.
Come to think of it, they all drank milk first also...
Hmmm. Milk is a gateway drug also!!!
2007-04-17 08:13:41 · answer #1 · answered by Darth Vader 6 · 4⤊ 4⤋
Dude, I'm not sure why this is a political question, but to turn it into one: it's because they make way more money of Crack, Cocaine and Heroine. Also, check out the study on marijuana done during the Nixon administration that said it is not addictive and actually has some benefits. Then try and find out why further studies have been prohibited, because I'm sure lots of arthritis sufferers would be happy for some of the benefits.
And by the way, I don't smoke the stuff, I just find it interesting.
2007-04-17 08:17:37 · answer #2 · answered by genmalia 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Good point. Many of them even stop using expensive (and dangerous!) legal medications. Legalizing it would be the gateway to bankruptcy for pharmaceutical companies and prohibition industries.
In some ways keeping it illegal makes it a gateway drug. People who would rather use cannibis will turn to other illegal drugs that leave your system quicker. Also the false propaganda about it causes people to not believe the truth about dangerous drugs.
2007-04-17 08:25:05 · answer #3 · answered by DJ 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's called that by the Tobacco and Liquor lobbies.
It's called a gateway drug because there's no vaild reason for it's illegality.
It was initially made illegal because hemp threatened cotton.
The good news is, just like prohibition, the ban on marijuana is failing.
And for you haters out there, go drink a beer and punch your wife.
2007-04-17 08:22:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Cite your source. What were the stats and where did you get them? If you're saying that most people who have used marijuana have never used anything else, back that up with some facts.
Personally, I know some people who did use pot and then moved onto other, harder, drugs. Part of it was the mentality that said "well, they said pot was bad for me and nothing bad happened when I smoked it...so what about cocaine, heroin, etc.?" and part of it was the allure of looking for another, better high. If smoking pot was good, then smoking something else might be even better.
2007-04-17 08:24:53 · answer #5 · answered by RMarcin 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The MYTH of pot being a gateway drug was debunked many years ago. Although i am clean, and have been for many years, no beer, booze, pot, coke, no drugs at all, I can tell you that the REAL GATEWAY drug is beer!!!!!
Use of a BB gun leads to the use of 357's and 9mmGlocks !!!
Google:
LaGuardia Report.
2007-04-17 08:19:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Propaganda, dude. In the 1940s and 50s even the medical professions thought marijuana use invariably led to harder drugs. We know better now, and in fact, so do most law enforcement authorities - but certain politicians find it advantageous to keep on prattling the old and erroneous crap to the voters. So they deliberately and knowingly perpetuate the lie. All you and I can do is keep telling the truth every chance we get.
2007-04-17 08:16:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
To give the politicians a cover reason to keep pot illegal. The real reason they want to keep it illegal is so that the our PRIVATE prison system will continue to get as many slave laborers as they can.
By the way, the CIA is the biggest drug dealer in the history of the world and the "war on drugs", just like the "war on terror", is total Bullsh!t
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5758127109364967697&q=cia+drug&hl=en
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2007-04-17 08:21:42 · answer #8 · answered by ladykofnyc 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because it is illegal and therefore must be obtain by contacting those that deal in illegal drugs. Once the contacts are made and a habit is formed that illegal isn't really a big thing, then it is easier on the psyche to move on to other illegal drugs or activities.
Or, at least that is the reasoning...
2007-04-17 08:16:12 · answer #9 · answered by ML 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
They are just repeating the battle cry of the 'war on drugs.' Funny, though, because I used mushrooms before I ever smoked any weed.
2007-04-17 08:24:24 · answer #10 · answered by mikehunt29 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ya got me. I would call nicotine the real gateway drug.
2007-04-17 08:16:41 · answer #11 · answered by BOOM 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋