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Study: The ‘Gateway Drug’ Is Alcohol, Not Marijuana
How many times have you heard that marijuana is a ‘gateway drug’ that leads to more harmful drugs? It’s constantly used to fuel the negative stigmatism that’s associated with marijuana. Previously, there was no science behind this claim. In fact, all the science associated with marijuana continues to detail its tremendous therapeutic potential for a wide range of human ailments. It’s important to note that therapeutic potentials are reached when it’s taken transdermally, not by smoking it. By smoking it, you change the chemical composition of the plant.
A study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of School Health has found that the theory of a “gateway drug” is not associated with marijuana, but rather rather one of the most damaging and socially accepted drug in the world, alcohol. (1)
The purpose of the study was to investigate and determine which drug (alcohol, tobacco, or marijuana) was the actual “gateway” drug that leads to additional substance abuse, and it used a nationally representative sample of high school seniors.
Again, results indicated that alcohol represented the “gateway” drug, which in turn lead to the use of tobacco, marijuana, and other substances. Furthermore, students who used alcohol “exhibited a significantly greater likelihood of using both licit and illicit drugs.”
The study concluded:
The findings from this investigation support that alcohol should receive primary attention in school-based substance abuse prevention programming, as the use of other substances could be impacted by delaying or preventing alcohol use. Therefore, it seems prudent for school and public health officials to focus prevention efforts, policies, and monies, on addressing adolescent alcohol use.
This study is great to help lift the stigmatism that’s often associated with marijuana. It makes absolutely no sense that alcohol and smoking cigarettes is legal, with extremely devastating health effects, while marijuana remains illegal with no demonstrated lethal health effects. In fact, scientists have discovered that cannabis may reduce brain damage caused by alcohol. You can read more about that here.
It’s time for us to view marijuana for exactly what it is, a therapeutic healing herb that should be used for therapeutic medicinal purposes. Within the past few years, there has been a tremendous surge of awareness with regards to the healing power of cannabis, especially in relation to cancer. You can read more about that here.
Source: http://truthisscary.com/2014/04/study-the-gateway-drug-is-alcohol-not-marijuana-2/
” I believe marijuana is a gateway drug to substance abuse. ”
Really? Would that be because there appears to be high correlation between the use of marijuana, and later ‘hard’ drug use? If so then by that logic, wouldn’t you be forced to agree that a substance with a much higher correlation than cannabis, a substance that more people use more of, for longer, well before problem drug use must indicate it is even more likely to be the actual ‘gateway’ ?
One which logically must have a 100% correlation, as every single last one of those who later exhibit drug-abuse issues first inhaled a steady diet of this substance. A substance whose overdose can result in central nervous system toxicity manifesting as symptoms such as
visual changes (especially tunnel vision),
ringing in the ears (tinnitus),
nausea,
twitching (especially of the face),
irritability (personality changes, anxiety, confusion, etc.), and
dizziness.
This may be followed by a tonic–clonic seizure consisting of two phases: intense muscle contraction occurs for several seconds (tonic); followed by rapid spasms of alternate muscle relaxation and contraction producing convulsive jerking (clonic). The seizure ends with a period of unconsciousness (the postictal state).
Sudden withdrawal from this substance invariably results in death for 100% of users, a much higher rate than for chronic alcoholics suffering the ‘DTs’, as an example.
Oxygen.
Stick THAT in your pipe, and smoke it!