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intaglio

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41. I did not say you would

Reply to kestrel91316 (Reply #30)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 06:31 PM

Jan 2013

But you may be educated and careful about recreational substances but many others are neither.

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Is pot really a gate way drug? Or do people move on to other drugs when they can't get pot? [View all] hedgehog Jan 2013 OP

I would say neither.... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #1

Pot is impossible for me to find in my area. Scuba Jan 2013 #8

You mean they can't grow it... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #10

Must not know the right people. hobbit709 Jan 2013 #12

Ain't that the truth! Scuba Jan 2013 #42

As Freewheelin' Franklin (Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers) says hobbit709 Jan 2013 #47

Do you look like a narc? Do you use terms like "pot heads"? TeamPooka Jan 2013 #62

LOL Yep, that's probably the problem. Scuba Jan 2013 #66

would see it as a gateway because you can not buy it at Costco dembotoz Jan 2013 #2

You make a good point....or two. MissMarple Jan 2013 #6

It's a "gateway" in the sense that the same guy who can get you pot can get you coke Recursion Jan 2013 #3

All I can tell you is that it sure wasn't a gateway drug for me. SheilaT Jan 2013 #4

agree Go Vols Jan 2013 #19

Nicotine is one of the most addictive drugs known FarCenter Jan 2013 #24

nicotine by itself is a poison. wildbilln864 Jan 2013 #71

Most drugs, legal or illegal, are poisons, and nicotine at 30 to 60 mg will kill you. FarCenter Jan 2013 #73

Pot is forced to keep bad company. HubertHeaver Jan 2013 #5

It's a gateway to Doritos. it's only a "gateway" drug because it's prohibited..... TeamPooka Jan 2013 #7

Alcohol is the drug of first choice of American teen-agers. Arkansas Granny Jan 2013 #9

No. Nothing is a "gateway" drug. MrSlayer Jan 2013 #11

For me it was a gateway drug to cigarettes. enough Jan 2013 #13

I've briefly switched to other more dangerous drugs when weed wasn't available. NT EOTE Jan 2013 #14

Illegal pot means people are in contact with DRUG DEALERS cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #15

I've never known a pot dealer who offered anything other than pot. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #33

I guess what I'm really asking is this: if pot were readily accessible, hedgehog Jan 2013 #16

I think you could look at Holland and Portugal for answers to that question Bandit Jan 2013 #21

That's interesting! A real life natural experiment. hedgehog Jan 2013 #23

Maybe some but drugs aren't like a continuum of the same thing getting more extreme TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #59

Personal opinion only intaglio Jan 2013 #17

I have no interest in whether or not any other illegal drugs are pleasurable OR harmless. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #30

I did not say you would intaglio Jan 2013 #41

I can't stop other people from being stupid. I just don't want the existence of stupid people kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #67

My opinion's the same nachosgrande Jan 2013 #51

The notion that there is any such thing as a Gateway drug is preposterous 1-Old-Man Jan 2013 #18

Definitely not. RebelOne Jan 2013 #20

If it's not too personal, what made you move on to cocaine from pot? hedgehog Jan 2013 #22

Smoked some killer Maui Wowee bacj in the 70's Whovian Jan 2013 #25

I read one paper that found smoking tobacco was the real gate-way drug to more powerful drugs. nt jody Jan 2013 #26

NO it is not. When I couldn't get it I just went back to the occasional beer or wine. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #27

Coffee is a gateway drug. MyshkinCommaPrince Jan 2013 #28

You're high right now, aren't you? HubertHeaver Jan 2013 #49

No, no... MyshkinCommaPrince Jan 2013 #55

Coffee is good. HubertHeaver Jan 2013 #56

The ban on pot teaches people to operate within a contraband market. JVS Jan 2013 #29

^^^^^ In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #35

I started on Aspirin and Pepsi mitchtv Jan 2013 #31

No, if pot is really their drug of choice. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #32

I did LSD before I smoked pot. At the time acid was still legal. hobbit709 Jan 2013 #34

Ah-ha, so acid is the gateway drug, as well as the gateway to other dimensions! Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #38

Whole other universes hobbit709 Jan 2013 #40

Milk is the REAL gateway drug. Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #36

No libodem Jan 2013 #37

pot is a gateway drug to eating a whole goddamn bag of cheetos anarch Jan 2013 #39

People who want to experiment will find a way to do so. Motown_Johnny Jan 2013 #43

Lots of hidden assumptions in your questions... markpkessinger Jan 2013 #44

Thank you for that comment - I really have no contact with anyone who uses hedgehog Jan 2013 #45

Exactly... markpkessinger Jan 2013 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author CrispyQ Jan 2013 #46

I would say people predisposed to substance abuse will find a substance to abuse- cecilfirefox Jan 2013 #50

Except that cigs and drink are so addictive. Pot? Not so much! Walk away Jan 2013 #52

To be fair, I do think it can be a little addicting- trust me, if you were a dealer cecilfirefox Jan 2013 #54

Ive never gone past the gate,,, tripped over a few,,,, benld74 Jan 2013 #53

Honestly, I don't consider it a "gateway drug" though I will admit I don't know anyone whose tried hughee99 Jan 2013 #57

I only ever met a coke dealer because I had a pot dealer, at least personally (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #63

it is not a gateway drug samsingh Jan 2013 #58

In my experience, Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #60

This theory will be tested.. Heimer Jan 2013 #61

My guess is that drug usage in your state Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #65

I recommend the book listed below mrmpa Jan 2013 #64

Or does its illegal status create the gate? RainDog Jan 2013 #68

No, I don't think so. MadrasT Jan 2013 #69

If you have a addictive personality marlakay Jan 2013 #70

Cigarettes, alcohol, and according to one addict I know- coffee loyalsister Jan 2013 #72