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Newshawk: http://www.drugsense.org/donate.htm
Pubdate: Thu, 22 Oct 2015
Source: Cincinnati Enquirer (OH)
Copyright: 2015 The Cincinnati Enquirer
Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/aeNtfDqb
Website: http://www.cincinnati.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/86
Author: Mark Samaan
MARIJUANA IS NO MORE OF GATEWAY DRUG THAN ALCOHOL
The writer of the letter to the editor on marijuana leading to
cocaine and heroin abuse is woefully misinformed ( "Marijuana leads to
cocaine, heroin abuse" Oct. 29 ). Marijuana is no more a gateway drug
than alcohol, and alcohol is readily available on every other corner.
Often people argue against marijuana legalization by saying that
people who use heroin started with marijuana. This is backwards
thinking, as the question they should ask is how many people who have
smoked marijuana have moved onto heroin. It is a negligible
percentage. Rather, the measure of whether people will start abusing
heroin is whether or not they have abused legally-or
illegally-obtained prescription opiate pills.
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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