Is Marijuana A Getaway Drug - The Myth And Truth

1. Is marijuana a getaway drug? The Myth That Will Not Die Is marijuana a getaway drug? The theory that cannabis is a gateway to heavier drugs is founded upon this view that there is alcohol, and then there're drugs. And alcohol is one thing, but drugs is a completely different thing. They're DANGEROUS and the same shit, all of them. The only thing that sets them apart is the strength. That is the perception that these people have. They view drugs from a staircase-perspective where cannabis is at the bottom and heroin at the top. And when you get sick of cannabis and want something stronger, you end up doing heroin. Actually, you could say that these people basically view all drugs as heroin. Just that they come in weaker dosages and heavier dosages. That's how they view everything other than alcohol. The most absurd thing about the gateway theory is that it doesn't even take consideration to what it's about. Namely, drugs and their effects. How could cannabis possibly be a gateway to other drugs when the high you get from cannabis isn't the least bit similar to the high you get from LSD, or cocaine, or heroin? How did they imagine that a pot smoker reasons anyway? That's like saying that if you enjoy fucking human cunt then sooner or later you're going to start fucking goat cunt, horse cunt, and polar bear cunt. You just want heavier and heavier cunt. You don't care what kind of cunt you're fucking. You just want to take it to unnecessary extremes since you enjoy fucking some form of a cunt to begin with. Intercourse is a gateway to sexual deviations. It's not like you have personal preferences as to what you want to experience. You're just some kind of vagina-monster who fucks everything in your path, regardless of species. Because the cunt turned YOU into a monster when you fucked it. It's not like there was something off in your brain from the start that made you want to escape reality by fucking wild animals. NAH! Let's blame the substance. The vagina-substance. All vulgar satire aside, the point I want to make here is that these people don't understand that drugs actually have different highs and effects. And if you like what cannabis has to offer, then you stick to cannabis.

2. Heavier drugs don't mean that you get more of what you get with cannabis, it means that you get something entirely different. And if you want something entirely different from cannabis then you were preset to eventually try something entirely different to begin with. Cannabis would have never sufficed in the long run for that person, and they only tried it because it happened to be around. So no, it's not reasonably defensible to blame heavy drug abuse on cannabis. Cannabis isn't responsible for the users personality, genetics, and life story. And that's what plays the biggest part when it comes to abuse of heavy drugs. Not what kind of substance the person chose to escape their problems with first. The gateway theory is also founded on the notion that everyone who takes drugs does it because they feel bad, have issues and need to escape reality. And that's why they take heavier and heavier substances all the time. It's a view on drugs that's over-simplistic and without nuance. These people don't understand that you can take drugs because you want to explore. Or just for fun, like when you drink beer. There're so many people with a story to tell along the lines of: "Yeah my friend, he started smoking cannabis, but then it ended with him shooting heroin and smoking meth too" "Fucking hell, he dug himself deep into the drug swamp, cannabis only leads to shit. He ruined his entire life because of CANNABIS" It's just unbelievable that nowhere during that entire process these people think the thought that: "Hm... But then again... Maybe it's not because of cannabis." "Maybe it's because my friend is a complete fucking junkie! Maybe it has to do with his personality and his individual tendencies." "Maybe it also has to do with his environment! After all, he DID get raped in his ass by his father on a regular basis..." "But that's silly, I don't think ANYONE can start abusing drugs because they have personal issues." "Nah. That doesn't happen. Cannabis is just the devils work." "It's like the ring from The Lord of The Rings. It just destroys."

3. Correlation isn't caused. To claim that cannabis makes people start taking completely different heavier drugs is like claiming that porn makes people commit rape. Because "those who rape watch porn sometimes.... OOoooohhhh THERE IS A CONNECTION!!" Completely unscientific reasoning. A shallow observation isn't enough to prove a theory as fact. Of course, there's a correlation. If you have an addictive personality where you're more or less genetically inclined to wanna escape reality, a tad more than everyone else, of course, you're going to grab ahold of everything that works. That doesn't say anything about one of the several drugs that you use, it only says something about you as a human being. That's what's so fucking tiresome about the people who advocate this gateway drug theory. It's often people who either ARE junkies who don't wanna take a hard look at themselves and admit that their choices in life have more to do with their own biology than what it has to do with cannabis, or it's people who have grown up with family members or friends who are addicts. And that has traumatized them so much that they're now on a Batman-mission against all forms of drugs. They lack the ability to think in nuances because they've probably never associated with people who can handle smoking cannabis - and ONLY cannabis. And if they have, they're still going to maintain that: "Yeah but everyone isn't affected by it in the same way. So cannabis IS a gateway drug... For SOME. Not ALL... but SOME." Yeah but then the theory doesn't hold up. If the theory only applies to some people, but absolutely not other, then it is completely incorrect to say that cannabis is a gateway drug. As if it's some kind of inherent quality in the drug itself that will affect everyone who uses it. Such is not the case, and it's not a matter of the drug. It's a matter of the individual who uses the drug. Therefore, the drug shouldn't be illegal. There's an endless amount of people who can handle cannabis and they should be allowed to enjoy all it has to offer. And those who can't handle cannabis, because they're junkies who would've gotten hooked on just about anything in either which way,they should be given better support than they're given in today's shame-filled drug-care. So the least we can do for them is to decriminalize it. Most of what I see in Sweden's drug debate is emotional arguments without nuance. Either they're scared that their loved ones are going to turn into junkies in some magical way, or they're sad because their loved ones used to be junkies. The absolute worst thing about the gateway myth is that there's no scientific evidence that supports it. It's quite the opposite. It's been disproven repeatedly by serious

4. researchers and academics. In 2007, an investigation was made by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration which showed that more than 100 million Americans had tried cannabis. 14,4 million are considered to be regular users, and yet there're only 2 million users of cocaine and 153'000 users of heroin. A follow-up study made in 2013 showed similar results. The numbers make the truth obvious. If cannabis leads to heavier drugs, why aren't the numbers of cocaine and heroin users anywhere near the number of cannabis users? The fact of the matter is that most people who smoke cannabis don't use heavier drugs and don't have any interest in doing such either. And this gateway myth is directly harmful if you want to help people who are at risk for drug abuse. To focus on the drug itself, instead of more important factors that shape a human's behavior, is directly harmful and prevents the establishing of a responsible drug policy.