Marijuana Has Proven to Be a Gateway Drug

Robert L. DuPont is the president of the Institute for Action and Health and is the first director of the National Laboratory on drug abuse.

There is no doubt that the majority of heroin users are using marijuana (and many other medicines) not only before using heroin but also when using heroin. Like most people with drug abuse problems, most heroin users begin taking medication, usually starting with alcohol and marijuana, early in puberty. There is ample evidence that if the drug is used prematurely, the brain can improve the slow response to other drugs. These facts reveal the need for effective prevention to reduce the adolescent use of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana in order to reverse the prevalence of heroin and opioid and to reduce the burden of addiction in the country I emphasize.

Using it as a third litigation drug, plus cigarette and alcohol as alcohol will increase drug abuse, including an expanded opioid epidemic

The use of cannabis is positively correlated with alcohol use and tobacco use, and illegal drugs such as cocaine and methamphetamine. This does not mean that anyone using cannabis will use heroin or other drugs, but that people using cannabis consumes more legal and illegal drugs than those who do not is.

Legislation of marijuana increases drug availability and drug tolerance. This is not only because the use of marijuana increases the risk of heroin use but also is harmful for public health and safety.

Better drug policy is a policy to actively block the use of cannabis and other recreational drugs, especially for young people. The active commercialization of marijuana which is still growing, especially since it sells marijuana and a growing series of products in a more attractive way, encourages the use of marijuana and often uses a large amount of THC, It is harmful to hygiene.

We are at the intersection. Legislation of marijuana will have sustained negative effects on future generations. Legitimate medicines, alcohol and tobacco are currently the two leading causes of national preventable illness and death. The establishment of cannabis as the third legitimate drug will increase domestic substance abuse, including the spread of opioid infectious diseases

In 1970, according to statistics, the US drug problem has reached epidemic level. The main cause of this problem was marijuana. According to Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Agency, hemp is a portal drug - all forms of madness and overdose are directly attributable to smoking marijuana. In 1968, Congress planned to fight drug problems through the establishment of the Anti-Drug Drug Drug Agency and appointed a 39-year-old law enforcement officer named John Ingersoll to lead the department. By 1970, according to the regulations of the Nixon administration, Ingersoll transformed the division, added approximately 1,500 agents, seized large amounts of drugs on an international scale. The biggest problem is heroin. But Ingersoll believes that marijuana is just the beginning of adventure and occasionally turns pet smokers into mature drug addicts.

"The drug problem has been broken up in a terrible proportion" - John E. Ingersoll: Drugs and dangerous pharmacies - 1970

Cannabis is considered a portal drug by many researchers and experts. Many experts believe this is a false statement that marijuana has never showed signs of being a portal drug. One of the theories behind the portal drug philosophy is the social stigma of legally marking "hemp" as a "drug". At the center of this concept is the purchase and use of marijuana. This is a narcotic user who is often associated with narcotic addicts in convocation of drug dealers, drugs purchase, drug use and concealment, and the social environment. Pop culture and media