The classification of cannabis changed to incarnate more black people. It's a historical fact and it's sad that many people don't know that.
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Either you mean incarcerate, or else it is one hell of a gateway
Yeah, sorry. I'm tired and English isn't my mother tongue.
I didn't mean anything by it, and assumed it was autocorrect. I was just amused by the visual of it in my head.
I smoked pot and now I have a new isekai life with superpowers and a band of roaming catgirl assassins who enforce my will upon an otherwise cruel, dark, and corrupt world in an alternate dimension.
This could happen to you.
......yes please!
Gateway drugs should open more things
I believe originally, it was used to incarcerate Latin Americans, hence the naming of "Marihuana" and later, "Marijuana" to make it sound more Spanish.
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It goes along with how they categorize cannabis as "drug" while alcohol for some reason gets it's own special category.
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I don't think those are "gateways" though. I think the real gateway is when you try something that you're taught is vilified and told it will make you stupid and ruin your life, but then all it really does is chill you out. The gateway is realizing you've been lied to and you wonder what else was a lie so you try other things. Alcohol if anything has the opposite problem.
100%. There's also the fact that when weed is illegal, the only way to get it is through someone who likely sells other illegal substances so it's not hard to start messing around with other things after smoking for a bit.
Weed is only a gateway drug when its illegal
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Calling alcohol and nicotine the first substances that most people abuse when caffeine exists is the biggest win in propaganda history.
No one has ever said “man I love coffee, I should try ecstasy next!” Lol
You don't know my life
I'm sure more than a few people have said "coffee ain't doin' it for me anymore; I should try cocaine or meth," though.
Unable to cite sources on this, I swear I'm not pulling it out of my ass and I did hear it on broadcast news like in the early 00's...but adderal is (or at least, was) the most abused prescription drug by "soccer moms", so, I wouldn't be surprised.
nobody has said it because the same person never sold both
if you had to go to the ecstasy guy to buy your coffee too, then you'd be much more likely to try ecstasy as well
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I believe that sugar and caffeine are the real gateway drugs, they are the 1st chemical compounds many people are addicted to.
Gateway to what? Harder cookies? A double shot of espresso? They're definitely drugs, but I think to call them a gateway isn't so accurate.
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Been smoking weed for over 50 years and I never found that gate!
That's because you were too stoned to look for it. You set us up man.
I didn’t know I was supposed to be looking for the sumbitch! I usually just climbed over the fence.
The gateway is having to deal with shitty people that used to be in those crowds.
Its becoming less of an issue as more people use it responsibly like social drinkers and you dont have to deal with a complete waste of space to society to get it or be around others who partake.
Reefer madness is bullshit, but its also not 100% harmless either. Chronic use of THC still almost certainly causes GABA disregulation for instance.
You have a stupid majority who act like weed is just as bad as heroine and meth and THE gateway drug, but the potheads who are just horrible people spouting about how its completely harmless aren't helping the cause either.
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The war on drugs has always been bullshit. I wonder how many bosses have said "drug free workplace" or principals saying "drug free campus" while holding a cup of coffee.
I'm not for prohibition whatsoever, but have you seen the difference between someone who chose coffee as their drug of choice and spend decades drinking it versus smoking meth?
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Alcohol and nicotine are the first step in the path of despair. But cannabis is the gateway to a good time. Change my mind.
Eh alcohol can be enjoyed in moderation. Personally I massively prefer it to weed
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Person 1: You know what? You're right. They should all be deregulated.
Person 2: You know what? You're right. They should all be illegal.
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Caffine. The kids drug of choice
"Someone had to say it"
-some guy, not even within the first 10 people to say it
As someone that's smoked weed for 20 years, I think it's too potent now and consider the plant to be something that got abused by humans the same way humans abuse everything they touch.
Don't be a stoner.
Use it as medicine.
Stoners are junkies.
After 20 years I'm finally realizing this and using it more as only medicine.
I remember a quote I read a looong time ago... "If your eyes get red you are abusing it." From that point on when your eyes are deeply red, it's not medicine, it's an escape.
Also... The side effects of capitalism are a gateway drug because capitalism gives people the want to escape.
Has anyone called marijuana “a gateway drug” since 1997 or so?
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