Originally posted by inimalist
alcohol isn't considered a "gateway" drug, because by and large, the "gateway" argument is the "slippery-slope" fallacy: "Person does X, therefore they will do things worse than X".there might be a little bit of "truth" to the idea of pot as a gateway though. Even if you only smoke pot, you are likely to come into contact with people who would offer you something harder, simply because it is something they use themselves (like, if I have a vial of K, I will offer some to other people I'm out with, simply to be polite).
However, one need not even use pot for this to happen, simply hang around people who use drugs, thus "pot" isn't a "gateway"
Originally posted by Mindship
Because it's legal?
Right, but but the argument usually goes: people who snort cocaine or shoot heroine up their eyesockets usually do or have smoked pot, or marijuana was the first drug they took, etc. so despite pot being harmless by itself, people who do it are more likely to become addicted to heavy drugs. Thing is... almost everyone who does illegal drugs, including pot, also drinks and started drinking before doing them. So you might as well say alcohol is a gateway to marijuana and or heavier stuff. In fact, from jy contact with them, I find that heavy coke snorters and serious pill poppers usually do not go for pot, but almost invariably drink heavily.