The myth that just won't die. Pay special attention to the 3rd paragraph.
https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/marijuana-gateway-drug
The myth that just won't die. Pay special attention to the 3rd paragraph.
https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/marijuana-gateway-drug
This is a good watch for those wanting to learn.
No, it's not.
LOL... reading is fundamental as they say. Did you miss the rest?
"However, the majority of people who use marijuana do not go on to use other, "harder" substances. Also, cross-sensitization is not unique to marijuana. Alcohol and nicotine also prime the brain for a heightened response to other drugs52 and are, like marijuana, also typically used before a person progresses to other, more harmful substances."
The next sentence literally blows that whole theory apart. Kind of hard to be a gateway drug if you never move on to anything else.
https://www.drugpolicy.org/sites/default/files/DebunkingGatewayMyth_NY_0.pdf
A better explanation since you're just cherry picking what you want to see.
One thing to highlight is that people that believe this is a gateway drug must realize the widespread use of weed for years. IF this were true, then you'd see a LOT less weed out there, and even more meth and opiate use.
And opiate addiction almost always starts with your Dr.
That's changing as we speak though and I've seen it. I've spent a fare amount of time in the hospital last year and getting a good pain pill following surgery was impossible. No opiates at all. 1 Tylenol every four hours was all I got with my last ordeal.
Glad you brought that up. Since drug abusers can’t doctor shop now the cartel has refocused their illegal importation of high value drugs now vs pot. Its all economics for them.
Why rely on huge cubic feet of smuggling to get a lower profit pot into the US when a small compartment that is easily hidden will bring in much more money?
Bubba in the US is taking up the slack and undercutting the tax based pot for the states where its legal. I’ve posted links before to back that’s the case. Look it up.
Tons upon tons of pot is being captured by the border patrol at this time but they are only getting a small percentage of what actually comes across the border illegally.
Of course there is no accurate way to know the numbers that are coming across illegally, but those on the front lines in the border have a pretty good idea of what is going on vs CNN and the liberal media.
Have you seen the stats of illegals crossing in just the lower Rio Grande valley in February?
It’s frightening.
If your relying on any news media for your facts other than Fox, and they have been wrong in the past occasionally, your just seeing political bullshat.
The crisis at the border is real. There are hoards of “asylum seekers” standing at the border entry points waiting to apply for legal status when in reality they don’t qualify.
Trump has stopped the apply and disappear that Obama set up by requiring those applicants to stay in Mexico unless approved and Mexico hates it, but they let them in on their southern border.
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