09-27-2018, 07:22 PM
cbelt3 wrote:
Um... there are arguments that the 'gateway drug' theory is not particularly accurate. And appears to be less accurate as it's becoming more legal.
(Think of it this way.. people drinking beer don't eventually shift to drinking pure grain alcohol..)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/...teway-drug
From the first paragraph in the article: Well let me tell you that the experts are divided as well.
Again Im oversimplifying -- but also going on the expereince of my wife who works in public health. Shes worked with a whole swatch of drugs/diseases/adccicts/testing/prisoners/homeless/low SES -- you name it -- and shes seen the effects first hand.
Perhaps its changing with pot legalization.