Is Cannabis a Gateway Drug?

[missJambi]

i disagree.
i love weed but never EVER would do anything other. a former weed connect laid out a line of meth once for us both and i kindly told her no. and rolled a joint.
i dont even drink really and when i go to the dentist i ask for non narcotic pain killers because i dont like the feeling of stupor.
weed is as far as i would ever push it.

once i was offered a pcp cigarette. bought it for 20 bucks. i didnt feel comfy smoking it straight so i took out some of the laced tobacco and sprinkled it into a joint. i had the worst trip and sat in the bottom of my bathtub for an hour.
the next day i gave the cigarette and the remaining joint to my friend who loves the stuff, free of charge...i just wanted it out of my house, never to be touched again.

yea, weed is all i need:rasta:

[missJambi]

cannabis is definitely a gateway drug! i smoke a bong go on line and watch porn. Now I need glasses.

me too! i just sit there staring at it like, :stoned:

[jdez87]

if it were we would all be heroin addicts wouldn't we?

Thats like saying litle league is a gateway to the pro's. You gotta start somewhere but most dont go that far

[LIPTAKE2]

Theres nothing in cannabis that makes you want or crave other harder drugs. It doesnt have chemicals in it that make you want other drugs. Theres no link, it's not a gateway drug. University of pittsburgh did a 12 year study into it. Non biased.

The only gateway part of any drug is the people involved with that drug. Drugs dont talk to you and convince you to try them. The dealers do. They want money. They offer, you accept... bang, you've moved onto harder stuff because you went to buy cannabis... but weed didnt make you do it, the dealer did.

If it was legal and there were no dealers, people wouldnt be offered harder stuff etcetc.

Dealers are the problem, not the plant matter which we all love.

[budlover13]

Theres nothing in cannabis that makes you want or crave other harder drugs. It doesnt have chemicals in it that make you want other drugs. Theres no link, it's not a gateway drug. University of pittsburgh did a 12 year study into it. Non biased.

The only gateway part of any drug is the people involved with that drug. Drugs dont talk to you and convince you to try them. The dealers do. They want money. They offer, you accept... bang, you've moved onto harder stuff because you went to buy cannabis... but weed didnt make you do it, the dealer did.

If it was legal and there were no dealers, people wouldnt be offered harder stuff etcetc.

Dealers are the problem, not the plant matter which we all love.

This is what I was getting at! :jointsmile:

[babeebear]

It's a gateway to enjoying yourself.

[thcbongman]

Theres nothing in cannabis that makes you want or crave other harder drugs. It doesnt have chemicals in it that make you want other drugs. Theres no link, it's not a gateway drug. University of pittsburgh did a 12 year study into it. Non biased.

The only gateway part of any drug is the people involved with that drug. Drugs dont talk to you and convince you to try them. The dealers do. They want money. They offer, you accept... bang, you've moved onto harder stuff because you went to buy cannabis... but weed didnt make you do it, the dealer did.

If it was legal and there were no dealers, people wouldnt be offered harder stuff etcetc.

Dealers are the problem, not the plant matter which we all love.

For real. People just have to open their eyes somehow. I think times are even more interesting with spice being added to the equation. Because of keeping cannabis illegal, they allowed a research chemical to be packaged in a way that appeals to people that want to smoke, but worry that they can't for fear of the drug test. They acetone-bathe JWH into whatever herbs they muster, then sell it at gas stations and stuff.

The question is, why couldn't they have just done with cannabis in the first place. Granted, spice will be illegal within the next year or two, but the fact is that there are now drugs that are known that can produce a similar highs as cannabis but more unknown/potentially dangerous side effects. It makes no sense to keep cannabis illegal, especially when the general public desires it to the point that they are willing to risk their health on an unknown because they miss a cannabis high so much. No matter what anyone says, cannabis is the "devil" we know and there is far enough information to prove it's safe enough to sell to the general public with the same restrictions alcohol currently has.

And hey, it's the NIH themselves that produced the study that debunked the gateway theory. The only thing keeping cannabis illegal now is simply prejudice from a powerful pocket of society that want to make money off someone suffering from being entangled in the legal system.