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Originally Posted by sedated
its only a "gateway" drug because its lower on the chain, so to speak. People who abuse drugs are going to abuse drugs, weed is just the most accessible and most common, so its typically the first (along with alcohol).
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But weed, generally, introduces you to the world of illicit drugs. From weed, you find out that there's an entire subculture out there that exists. Also, once you start living in that subculture, your values start to shift because you're immersed in a different culture than mainstream culture, so it's natural to start adapting the subculture's values. Part of those values is often that drugs really aren't that big of a deal and such.
But I do agree that abuse will happen regardless.