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| heckling7 | Nov 27 2012, 02:41 PM Post #1 |
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I often hear marijuana is the primary gateway drug to all the others, but that may be surpassed by prescription drugs as theres alot of abuse with painkillers from the doctors. Often if you ask any junkie what he started with before he became a hardcore drug user his journey began with pot. I was wondering if many of you felt it was ok for states to legalize it? As it doesnt seem to be the same harmless stuff as it was back in the day as the variety folks use today seems a whole differnt animal. Today much of the mary jane I hear is far more powerful and addictive. Often hybridized and modified like much of our food crops for a greater experience. Personally, I tried it and it didnt agree with me Yes I inhaled . I often wonder why its just not made in pill form for those that claim they need it to deal with their illnesses The level of carcinogens in the smoke is often mentioned well beyong those of cigarettes so its a no brainer that smoke in the lungs is never a good thing. Is legalizing marijuana a slippery slope for the rest? ! always thought legalizing this was a benefit for the government in controlling us easier and not a true freedom. If marijuana was in its original natural state I'd be all for it, just like the folks in South America chewing on coca leaves for an afternoon boost up the mountain, but we know what coca leaves have become, crack/cocaine What do you think or doesnt it really matter?
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| nwgeo | Nov 27 2012, 02:46 PM Post #2 |
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I heard an interview with the police chief and the head of a youth/young adult for at risk kids--- man the stories they told of kids who started on grass and turned to heroin etc. Man-- it was bad. So I don't know but their stories were sad. |
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| Coche Blanco | Nov 27 2012, 02:52 PM Post #3 |
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I'd rather have people baked out of their minds around me, than people drunk off their ass. What's the data for saying cigarette smoke is better than you for pot smoke? A vaporizer makes good sense, either way. The war on drugs is RIDICULOUS. What do you mean in its "true" state? That's what pot is. Comparing coca, to cocaine is like comparing Sudafed to meth... |
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| Weswhat | Nov 27 2012, 02:53 PM Post #4 |
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if anything cigs are the gateway drug, but no one even mentions that because they are 'legal'. Overall, people who try drugs are going to try drugs. The whole gateway theory is just BS by people who still want marijuana illegal. |
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| Coche Blanco | Nov 27 2012, 02:54 PM Post #5 |
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How much do you want to bet that "at risk kid" had a drink of alcohol, a puff on a cigarette, or some of mommy's pain pills well before he/she started that terrible ganja? |
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| 75monzatc | Nov 27 2012, 03:01 PM Post #6 |
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I think it all depends on the person, the "frienemies" they hang with and the enviroment around them. I made it through high school living in a christian household, so didn't do anything until around 20. I had the typical "nobody can tell me what to do" attitude so started smoking cigs, then started drinking. Within 2 years was smoking pot because all my friends were. Tried a few things like shrooms, acid and smoking rock...just not interested in them, didn't like the affects. Stuck with being a full blown drunk and pot head for 10 years till I woke up one day after nearly killing a guy in a not remembered black out fight and decided my life sucked and it was time to do something about it. Quit everything and havn't looked back since. Many of my friends when I started in pot moved into meth...bad choice for sure. Only a few left that survived that killer!
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| Coche Blanco | Nov 27 2012, 03:08 PM Post #7 |
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Important part is in read. (Glad to hear you got clean) |
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| johnbmx4christ | Nov 27 2012, 03:55 PM Post #8 |
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i smoked pot before cigs at age 12. got into meth right away and cigs. did every drug that didnt require a needle everyday until just about age 30 then stopped everything. i can agree with the gateway drug statement based on my personal experience but like someone above said. you're gonna do them if you're gonna do them. |
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| 98chevymetro | Nov 27 2012, 04:54 PM Post #9 |
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Its not something you can generalize for everyone. I know plenty of people who smoked weed and never did anything else. Myself included. Never smoked cigs. That's disgusting and pointless and expensive. Weed is not a gateway drug. Meth probably is. Weed is mostly harmless but it tends to make people lazy which I hate. I quit years ago and won't ever go back. Waste of money and time. |
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| RumpledSuit | Nov 27 2012, 05:02 PM Post #10 |
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Prohibition of Marijuana causes violence. Marijuana mellows people out but we have forced it into a violent black-market. Your legal choices of medication to calm yourself down are alcohol or prescription Xanax—both are physically addictive, marijuana is not. The 1920’s proved prohibition causes violence. Marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol so it should be taxed and regulated like alcohol. Keeping marijuana illegal creates a distribution network for meth/crack/heroin. The User and Dealer are able to establish that they are not cops by making the first transaction about the illegal but socially acceptable marijuana. If marijuana was sold in a gas station then Users would not be introduced to meth/crack/heroin by their Marijuana dealers. |
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| JoeBob | Nov 27 2012, 05:25 PM Post #11 |
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Is a Bloomin' Onion at Outback Steakhouse a gateway drug? Ordering that usually leads to ordering a steak dinner, and maybe some apple pie. Is automobile insurance a gateway drug? Once you have car insurance, the agent is going to keep after you to get homeowners (or renters) insurance, life insurance, personal excess liability insurance, and the list goes on. Are computers gateway drugs? As a customer of mine once said back in the early days of IBM compatible computers, PC stood for "Purchase Constantly". Is Beer a gateway drug? I started out drinking beer, discovered wine, then discovered Jack Daniels. 'nuff said. If the guy that is selling you pot is also selling meth, heroin, etc., then yes, marijuana might be a gateway drug. I'm sure there is more profit to the dealer in harder drugs. If you want to lower the likelyhood of marijuana being considered a "gateway" drug, then make all drugs legal, reducing the profit margins, and the glamor of using or selling drugs, tremendously. Next, put distribution into the hands of the retail sector, where it can be taxed. Take the tax money, treat current addicts, and fund educational programs similar to what has been used with Tobacco, to help young people not start using drugs in the first place. |
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| feetchermancj | Nov 27 2012, 05:32 PM Post #12 |
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I would say that a lot of it has to do with the personality of the user. I have friends that have their medical cards and are always baked and have no interests in any other drugs. I also HAD friends who were complete stoners that moved on to crazy drugs. Some people just always want more. For some people weed high is plenty from them when others want to be up for a week straight scratching at all the ants that are all over them. |
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| Horn | Nov 27 2012, 06:08 PM Post #13 |
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Usually mary jane is just easier to get ahold of than meth, crack, heroine. I think thats why people try weed before harder drugs. Honestly I wouldn't care if 80% of the people around me were stoned. The worst they will do is ask you for a few cheetos. They are too lazy to rob, beat, or rape you. lol I hate cigs. Just burning money. At least with weed you get some effect. I don't think weed is the gateway drug. I think hanging out with druggies and bad influences is more of a gateway drug. |
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| 2000Firefly1.3L | Nov 27 2012, 06:26 PM Post #14 |
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i guess then alcohol and tobacco are gateway drugs to revenue streams for government |
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| HelterSkelter | Nov 27 2012, 06:35 PM Post #15 |
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whatever your first drug is is gonna be your gateway drug. when a person is curious enough to try a drug, they often are then curious as to what other drugs are like. my first was painkillers, then alcohol, then marijuana, then a lot of other things, then high school ended and i grew up and stopped doing drugs, except for alcohol of course
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Yes I inhaled
. I often wonder why its just not made in pill form for those that claim they need it to deal with their illnesses
The level of carcinogens in the smoke is often mentioned well beyong those of cigarettes so its a no brainer that smoke in the lungs is never a good thing. Is legalizing marijuana a slippery slope for the rest? ! always thought legalizing this was a benefit for the government in controlling us easier and not a true freedom. If marijuana was in its original natural state I'd be all for it, just like the folks in South America chewing on coca leaves for an afternoon boost up the mountain, but we know what coca leaves have become, crack/cocaine
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