It’s Time to Stop Calling Weed A Gateway Drug
Year after year, teachers and faculty would round us up to sit criss-cross on the floor in a small gym for regular D.A.R.E assemblies. Drug Abuse Resistance Education uses a mixture of fact-vomiting and intimidation to persuade kids to live a drug-free life.
For years they told us that people would offer, pressure, and give away addictive, life-destroying drugs as we got older. This was the biggest lie I’ve ever heard — even bigger than Santa Claus.
Cannabis flower is anywhere from $20 — $60 a gram in a Michigan Dispensary. Then add 10% excise tax and another 6% sales tax on top. Before it was legal in multiple states across our country, everyone had to pay whatever prices their weed dealer decided. Drugs like heroin and cocaine are even more expensive — and harder to get access to due to being illegal. Nobody is giving away their drugs for free.
Weed is not a gateway to more sinister, addicting drugs.
Why isn’t alcohol considered the gateway drug instead?
Weed was federally prohibited in 1937, but people have been using the “devil’s lettuce” for over a century. Its popularity surged in the 70s and is still one of the most popular illicit drugs in the United States. However, more and more states are legalizing the plant. As of…
