False. At least, researchers are still proving that Marijuana does serve as a "gateway" drug, that is, it serves as a "gateway" to further (and harder) drug use.
Is marijuana a gateway drug?
Is marijuana a gateway drug?
“I don’t think so,” 18-year-old Katie Falkenberg says.
“I just have known kids who have done it and they don’t do anything else,” adds Randy Glance 17.
“I don’t think it’s gonna lead them into anything bigger,” 17-year-old Cody McGuire says.
But a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests these teens are wrong.
The study examined 311 sets of twins, with one twin in each set having smoke marijuana before age 17.
“And what they found is that the twin who began smoking marijuana at a much earlier age had a very high increase in the probability that that twin would go on to use other drugs other than marijuana,” says Dr. Robert Margolis, an addiction specialist.
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believe me, I have been there.
this is were you start. because satan begins to tell you that you aren't hurting anyone, this fun, there is nothing wrong, it has benifts he says look around everyone is doing it! once he has you talked into it it is to late the next thing is the experimenting with other things! You already gave into the the pot what is so wrong about this? Hey just trust me it does lead to other things, and satan will do his best once he has your inhabitons broken down, you really begin to think the wrong way, he is the great deciever, he lies and once you have tried it he really begins to work on you that surely God wants you happy right? this stuff really makes you feel good right,well look back to the beginnig that's what he did to Adam and Eve told them a lie, they bought it! Don't you buy it. it will destroy you, I have been there did that and know first hand the destruction it causes as a teenager, and new christian at age 13, by 17 I had allowed satan to trick me and lost the chance to be in the middle of GOD'S perfect will.Don't YOU miss what God wants for you, He has a plan for each one of you, just trust Him, allow Him to use you were He chooses.
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