| LemonSlice said:
It's harmless (for adults at least), the "geteway drug" thing is BS propaganda, and doing anything about it only creates crime where there isn't. |
It is or isn't a gateway drug largely depending on how you interpret "gateway drug" ...
People who are using marijuana are demonstrating a willingness to use drugs to seriously alter their mind set in a recreational way; and this is the kind of behaviour that leads people to choose harder drugs. This is true to a lesser extent of alcohol users though.
Marijuana isn't a harmless drug. If Marijuana was a prescription drug that was regulated by the FDA the carcinogens in the smoke would ensure that it would be pulled off of the market, but the studies that demonstrate its influence on the development of paranoid schizophrenia would also result in it being pulled from the market and the companies producing it would face mutliple billions of dollars worth in lawsuits.
