But it is based on lies. And it thankfully is not as widespread as some would want you to believe.
Let me set some things straight before I get too far. I do not believe that everyone that enjoys cannabis will progress into harder drugs, but there is some small percentage that have and this may well continue. And while most of these people may have ended up on harder drugs regardless of use of cannabis, I do believe that there may well be a Gateway Effect that affects some percentage, but my argument is not the same BS you have heard before. And in my explanation below it is simple to see how to once and for all eliminate the Gateway Effect and my counter for arguments based on this topic.
Is there something inherent in cannabis that may lead to harder more addictive drugs? No
Is there something currently about cannabis that may lead to this progression? My opinion is yes
It is not that cannabis has any properties that would make someone desire to use other drugs. It is the lies that are told about cannabis. The fact that our legal system has set cannabis as a schedule 1 drug is dangerous and irresponsible. When someone is told that cannabis leads to moral decay, addiction, lack of control, insanity, and death - but then via personal experience find out the truth - it may lead some people to question what other lies they have been told. It will lead to a lack of trust and respect to the authority that had told those lies. Beyond breeding contempt and disrespect for this authority; they may well question that perhaps all the other Schedule 1 drugs are not dangerous or highly addictive, and this may in turn lead to experimentation with said substances.
When a lie is exposed, all other information from the same source is considered invalid. The government's lies about cannabis and the war on drugs is the Gateway Effect to harder and more addictive substances. For some small percentage of users the government needs to understand that they themselves (the government) are the gateway.
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Loch
Let me set some things straight before I get too far. I do not believe that everyone that enjoys cannabis will progress into harder drugs, but there is some small percentage that have and this may well continue. And while most of these people may have ended up on harder drugs regardless of use of cannabis, I do believe that there may well be a Gateway Effect that affects some percentage, but my argument is not the same BS you have heard before. And in my explanation below it is simple to see how to once and for all eliminate the Gateway Effect and my counter for arguments based on this topic.
Is there something inherent in cannabis that may lead to harder more addictive drugs? No
Is there something currently about cannabis that may lead to this progression? My opinion is yes
It is not that cannabis has any properties that would make someone desire to use other drugs. It is the lies that are told about cannabis. The fact that our legal system has set cannabis as a schedule 1 drug is dangerous and irresponsible. When someone is told that cannabis leads to moral decay, addiction, lack of control, insanity, and death - but then via personal experience find out the truth - it may lead some people to question what other lies they have been told. It will lead to a lack of trust and respect to the authority that had told those lies. Beyond breeding contempt and disrespect for this authority; they may well question that perhaps all the other Schedule 1 drugs are not dangerous or highly addictive, and this may in turn lead to experimentation with said substances.
When a lie is exposed, all other information from the same source is considered invalid. The government's lies about cannabis and the war on drugs is the Gateway Effect to harder and more addictive substances. For some small percentage of users the government needs to understand that they themselves (the government) are the gateway.
,Loch
