Comment on The way my daughter's middle school health class classifies drugs is insane.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 months ago
The fact it still teaches the “gateway drug” shit tells me it’s outdated as hell.
Comment on The way my daughter's middle school health class classifies drugs is insane.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 months ago
The fact it still teaches the “gateway drug” shit tells me it’s outdated as hell.
cornshark@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Hmm, I went looking around and it seems opinions are mixed?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_drug_effect#Histo… suggests one study found a causal link, but another meta-study found a correlation without enough evidence to indicate a causal link?
kungen@feddit.nu 6 months ago
When you gotta hang out with people (who most likely do/sell other drugs), no risk that you’re going to get an offer to try something else.
ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 6 months ago
Not really true at all in Canada. Once again this is just the side effects of weed being illegal being mistaken for the fault of the substance when it’s not.
kungen@feddit.nu 6 months ago
Where did I say otherwise? If you’re able to go to a normal licenced shop and buy it, of course the example I gave wouldn’t happen.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 6 months ago
I’d argue that if there is any gateway effect, it’s solely related to the propaganda taught to the public that tasks apart once you’ve actually tried some of them. I don’t think there’s anything inherent about the drugs themselves that would drive you to try anything stronger. It’s more that the misinformation makes people think “if they lied to me about this, what else were they lying about?” after trying something like weed and realizing it doesn’t turn you into a psychopath or make you want to jump out of a window.