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support 0% · gateway drugmoderated to 100%; argued down by 100%
by wikipedia on 2005-05-01 20:04:20The use of soft drugs, such as marijuana, leads to the use of hard drugs (the 'Gateway' or 'Stepping Stone' theory). -
oppose 0% · Re: gateway drugmoderated to 100%; argued down by 100%
by wikipedia on 2005-05-01 20:28:40The explanation for the perceived gateway effect is that marijuana's prevalance leads to it almost always being the first drug encountered. Alcohol and tobacco are equivalant in percentage of hard drug users who first tried something else. Similarly, most motorbikers started out riding a normal bike. But it's clearly not true that riding a bike automatically leads you to ride a motorbike.
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title: 'Re: gateway drug'
text: 'The explanation for the perceived gateway effect is that marijuana's prevalance leads to it almost always being the first drug encountered. Alcohol and tobacco are equivalant in percentage of hard drug users who first tried something else. Similarly, most motorbikers started out riding a normal bike. But it's clearly not true that riding a bike automatically leads you to ride a motorbike.'
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date: 2005-05-01 20:28:40
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