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Study: marijuana a susbstitute for prescription drugs and alcohol [11-12-12]	Research being conducted by a former Victoria city councillor is poking holes in marijuana’s reputation as a gateway drug. According to an academic pa...
Study: The ‘gateway drug’ is alcohol, not marijuana [05-07-12]	A study in the August edition of The Journal of School Health finds that the generations old theory of a “gateway drug” effect is in fact accurate fo...
Cannabis as an Adjunct to or Substitute for Opiates in the Treatment of Chronic Pain [01-06-12]	There is a growing body of evidence to support the use of medical cannabis as an adjunct to or substitute for prescription opiates in the treatment of...
What can we learn from the Dutch cannabis coffeeshop system? [01-11-11]	In 1976 the Netherlands adopted a formal written policy of non-enforcement for violations involving possession or sale of up to 30 g of cannabis. The ...
Fear and loathing surrounds decriminalisation [18-06-11]	"The war on drugs has failed," said a recent report compiled by the Global Commission on Drug Policy,which compriseda former UN secretary...
Marijuana as a gateway drug [29-10-10]	Of all the arguments that have been used to demonize marijuana, few have been more powerful than that of the "gateway effect": the notion th...
The Limited Relevance of Drug Policy [01-05-04]	Decriminalizing cannabis doesn't lead to more widespread use, according to a study comparing cannabis users in two similar cities with opposing c...
Crack Heads and Roots Daughters [01-01-02]	An ethnographic study of women and drug use in inner city neighborhoods in Kingston, Jamaica, revealed that cannabis is commonly used in conjunction w...
Evaluating alternative cannabis regimes [01-02-01]	Cannabis is the cutting-edge drug for reform, the only politically plausible candidate for major legal change, at least decriminalisation (r...
Cannabis use, a stepping stone to other drugs? [01-01-97]	Does smoking reefer lead to using other drugs, in daily practice usually described as cocaine and heroin? Raising the possibility that the answer to t...
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Study: The ‘gateway drug’ is alcohol, not marijuana

A study in the August edition of The Journal of School Health finds that the generations old theory of a “gateway drug” effect is in fact accurate for some drug users, but shifts the blame for those addicts’ escalating substance abuse away from marijuana and onto the most pervasive and socially accepted drug in American life: alcohol.

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