YES PEOPLE, contrary to popular belief, alcohol is the “gateway drug” to drug abuse and addiction and not marijuana. Most of you are stupid enough to believe such obsolete propaganda of equally stupid public officials.
Am I offending your sensibilities? If so, then you are a hypocrite.
Everyday millions of people get drunk or smoke cigarettes legally, how come you’re not offended or angry? It is a fact that alcohol and cigarettes can kill you. Millions of people have already died from drinking alcohol and smoking tobacco while it is also a fact that nobody died from smoking marijuana.
And for the “cerebrally challenged”, a gateway drug is a habit-forming drug that, while not addictive in itself, may lead to the use of other addictive drugs.
“A growing number of studies came out with the fact that alcohol and cigarettes are gateway drugs that increase the risk of subsequent involvement with illegal drugs.”
Excerpts from an Aug. 26, 2019 article on https://theheartysoul.com:
Is alcohol actually the scariest gateway drug to watch out fFor?
While it’s been embedded in many brains, and is often taught in our school system that marijuana is a gateway drug, the next step toward using substances such as cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin or prescription opioids; while many may see marijuana this way, is it the only substance guiding users down a dark and dangerous road?
Cannabis has become a rather popular plant, and there is a reported 182 million users as of 2017, however it’s not the most common drug of choice, it often ranks in third place – behind alcohol and tobacco.
There is another substance. It’s one that can be highly addictive, have damaging irreversible side effects – and it’s completely legal.
A team of scientists at the University of Florida have found that the theory of a “gateway drug” is not linked to cannabis – but to alcohol.
With the consumption of alcohol, your likelihood of smoking cannabis and tobacco is much higher. Drinking may even persuade users to try drugs such as cocaine. Anyone who has enjoyed a few nights out at a bar, pub or party can likely vouch for this, if not from their own behavior – from the ones around them. This noted UF study found that students who drink alcohol had an elevated risk of using both legal and illicit drugs.
A study analyzed data that was collected from 14,577 high school seniors from 120 public and private schools in the US. Comparing substance abuse rates between non-drinkers and drinkers, researchers discovered that seniors in high school who had consumed alcohol at least once in their lives were 13 times more likely to smoke cigarettes, 16 times more likely to use cannabis and other narcotics, and 13 times more likely to use cocaine.
Alcohol is by far the most commonly used and abused substance, and after a few drinks, you’re way more likely to reach to do things that you otherwise wouldn’t, like dancing on a table, start a fight, reach for a cigarette, or even say yes to a line of cocaine.
After ingesting tobacco while under the influence, each time you drink – you will likely get an urge to smoke. Since nicotine and alcohol both increase dopamine levels, together the two mechanisms can be irresistible to an intoxicated brain. Same goes for cocaine.
Researchers from Yale also found that alcohol and cigarettes are more likely to precede opiate abuse than cannabis.
It is a fact that marijuana is not a drug but a plant that for centuries before has always been known and used for its medical properties until some racists’ idiot working for the Federal Bureau of Narcotics in the United States lobbied that marijuana be criminalized because Mexican immigrants are using it.
If you smoke marijuana, you get a sense of well being, the so-called high you feel cool and not aggressive or prone to violence. Have you ever wondered why the hippies are called “flower people” and “make love not war”?
Alcohol, meanwhile, makes one lose his inhibitions, becomes aggressive and prone to violence. Everyday thousands are killed in vehicular accidents resulting from drunk drivers.
As long as drinking alcohol remains the social norm, signs of dependency and addiction may not be recognized in many cases. This substance is problematic and yet many pretend that alcohol is “different” and safer than other drugs. Because of this social normalization we tend not to teach everyone who consumes it to do so responsibly.
And with its ubiquitous availability your child is more likely to be offered alcohol at a high school party than anything else. The hypocrisy there is that you’re up in arms against marijuana yet you’re okay with this socially acceptable gateway drug. (brotherlouie16@gmail.com/PN)
