Comment on The way my daughter's middle school health class classifies drugs is insane.

Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• cornshark@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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?

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  • kungen@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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.

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    • ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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.

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      • kungen@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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.

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  • ShepherdPie@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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.

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