{"id":544,"date":"2016-02-16T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T07:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/?p=544"},"modified":"2018-03-12T09:48:36","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T16:48:36","slug":"marijuana-isnt-really-a-gateway-drug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/marijuana-isnt-really-a-gateway-drug\/","title":{"rendered":"Marijuana Isn’t Really a Gateway Drug"},"content":{"rendered":"

CBD is getting a lot of attention<\/a> in our dispensaries.com News and Culture section. \u00a0We never intended to spend so much time talking about this compound<\/a> building block of marijuana. \u00a0We just can’t\u00a0help it. \u00a0There’s so much misunderstanding out there about what marijuana does to the body and how it works that many consider it a gateway drug.<\/p>\n

So, in honor of CBD and to spare you from us blabbering on and on about its incredible uses and applications, this week we’re exploring some of our favorite\u00a0facts about marijuana and its impact on health and society.<\/p>\n

Marijuana Isn’t Really A Gateway Drug<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Did that really come as a surprise to you?<\/p>\n

See, the thing is that heavy drug users have, it seems, more often than not tried pot because, well, it’s more accessible. So, chances are, if you’ve tried less accessible drugs like heroine or cocaine, you’ve probably also tried marijuana. \u00a0In fact, according<\/a> to the Drug Policy Alliance, “most marijuana users never use any other illegal drug and the vast majority of those who do try another drug never become addicted or go on to have associated problems.”<\/p>\n

In April 2015, Newsweek published an article<\/a> called\u00a0MARIJUANA IS NOT, REPEAT NOT, A GATEWAY DRUG. \u00a0The article points to a number of other factors like poverty and association to heavy drug users as truer indicators, or gateways, to serious drug use. \u00a0The article brings up the correlation between marijuana and illicit drug use, citing that “most of the research linking marijuana to harder drug use comes from the correlation between the two. However, as any junior scientist can tell you, correlation does not mean causation.”<\/p>\n

Time published this article<\/a> in 2010, that also brings up correlation as the crux of the marijuana gateway argument. \u00a0“Hell\u2019s Angels motorcycle gang members,” its author points out, “are probably more 104 times more likely to have ridden a bicycle as a kid than those who don\u2019t become Hell\u2019s Angels, but that doesn\u2019t mean that riding a two-wheeler is a ‘gateway’ to joining a motorcycle gang.”<\/p>\n

The two – marijuana and “the hard stuff” – do correlate. \u00a0Those seeking mind alteration or strictly the high may seek it in many ways. \u00a0But to continue on with the Nixon era charade that marijuana actually is a cause<\/em> for escalated drug use?<\/p>\n

What do you think? \u00a0How serious an issue is this myth in your cannabis circles? \u00a0How are you working to help make the fact known? \u00a0Because it’s just not a gateway drug, is it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s a misconception that marijuana is a gateway drug and by using it you’ll move onto harder drugs to keep chasing a high. We’ll take a look at some publications and quotes to see if pot really does lead to increased drug use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[78,89,70,58,49],"yoast_head":"\nMarijuana Isn't Really a Gateway Drug | Time & Newsweek's Take On It<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There's a misconception that marijuana is a gateway drug and by using it you'll move onto harder drugs to keep chasing a high. 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