Yeah, yeah the title makes no sense. I didn't have a clue as to what to make the title of this post concerning the idea of certain things being considered gateways or stepping stones. Mainly the illicit/prescription/legal substance known as marijuana(was that complicated or what?). Now I'm taking this opinion from a completely logical standpoint and I'm not here to make any conservative or liberal nut jobs happy(am I an asshole or what?).
Many people believe that marijuana should be illegal because it's a gateway or stepping stone to harder drugs. I've personally never met a guy who smoked a joint and thought, "Hey, it would be cool to shoot up some heroin right now." but who am I to speak, I'm only a teenager. I consciously cannot accept that if marijuana were to be legal, people would be shooting up and smoking crack because they got bored with pot. It's just not plausible in my mind or any logical person's mind.
If you really look at these "gateway theories" closely you'll notice that it is all based off of the notion that if you're buying cannabis from a "drug dealer" or "street pharmacist"(I like this one better) you are more likely to come into contact with harder drugs. Wait a second, it all loops back to if marijuana were legalized then you wouldn't be coming in contact with these harder drugs. So, in a sense, prohibition has actually caused these "gateway theories" and harder drugs to come into contact with people that never would have used these.
I would like to write more; specifically about how ending the War on Drugs would be beneficial to our economy. But, that would take up far too much of my time and I don't think any of my logical ideas would change how people think.
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