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Old 08-20-2007, 05:10 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Q: Does marijuana lead to harder drugs?
"It does not appear to be a gateway drug to the extent that it is the cause or even that it is the most significant predictor of serious drug abuse; that is, care must be taken not to attribute cause to association." [p. 101]
"There is no evidence that marijuana serves as a stepping stone on the basis of its particular physiological effect." [p. 99]

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The full report by the National Academy of Sciences can be viewed online at www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/marimed/

In my humble opinion, to try to even associate marijuana with harder drugs is simply crazy. Appearantly the same people who are claiming marijuana is a gateway drug, will next claim that having sex leads to becoming a rapist.
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Old 08-20-2007, 05:12 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Alcohol is more of a gateway drug IMO, you get drunk you're apt to do anything. Nice post Videoman
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Old 08-20-2007, 08:51 PM   #3 (permalink)
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this is how i think..most of us start smokin ciggeretts at a young age to be cool..well at first you get a head buzz...an your like wow this feels cool...then someone may hand you some beer or alachol an your like well i like the way i felt after hittin that cig so i wonder what this feels like..then so on an so forth with weed crack or any other drug..to me cigg's are the gateway..or popularity..whatever you choose...
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Old 08-20-2007, 09:32 PM   #4 (permalink)
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HeHe, sorry to graffiti this thread, but what happens when women post enough to become known as the "medicine man"? I sure wouldn't mind having that status under my belt, but all those liberal women would be goin' crazy, LoL.

But as it's been said, I too think that cigg's and alcohol are greater "gateway" drugs... I think that if cocaine cost half as much as marijuana, we'd have the next "gateway drug" on our hands... It's all about the $...

If crack, lsd, or E was growable, costed pennies to the dollar, and was easily obtainable, it would be a completely different story. Follow the greenbacks and you've got yourself a culprit. Government blames the biggest threat in the black market to being a GW drug...
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Old 08-20-2007, 09:44 PM   #5 (permalink)
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but what happens when women post enough to become known as the "medicine man"?
what wemon...like kp an mogie
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what wemon...like kp an mogie
i think there might be one or two more, lol

and mogie is ms. moderator too.. so she's taken care of=]
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Maybe you havent looked az, but theres more ladies here than that.
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i think the whole gate way drug thing with mj is all wacko... i mean.. i don't really want any substances other than mj (well, some beer on the weekend is nice too)... i'm more content with a gram of kinds than a handful of pills...

but of course, i MUST be an exception to the rule, right...? =p
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nope I'm like you. I've tried the usual suspects..I did go to college...but MJ had nothing to do with my experimenting but I'm like Ian I crave MJ and that is it.

Hevean forbid but if I ever become a father I would much rather my child smoke pot than drink...drinking can kill you, smoking MJ would not be OK either depending on their age. It's not that scary to think my kid might be getting high...but getting behind the wheel after drinking would scare me to death....I think I may be turning into my mother:Embarrassment:
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I've tried the usual suspects..I did go to college...
didn't go to collage but i have had my experences with many of the harder drugs..i dont include lsd shrooms basically any hallucingin a hard drug..other than x never did it an dont want to..****in crazy enough without having days of no happiness at all..an all i can say after all the shit i have done..i found my way back to quality herbs an i never wanna go back...staying awake for days at a time gets really old..
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Maybe you havent looked az, but theres more ladies here than that.
i have seen..there just not to much...i just mentioned the ones i felt deserving of the title medicin man/lady...
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