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Re:White House Indicates Potential Crackdown on Recreational... by elchief on Thursday February 23, 2017 @06:08PM (#13718774)
53% of British Columbians have tried marijuana, and 2.4% use opioids. Not much of a gateway...
Re:White House Indicates Potential Crackdown on Recreational... by gozur88 on Thursday February 23, 2017 @08:43PM (#13720077)
Heh heh. When I was growing up there was a big push to prevent kids from smoking, because smoking was supposed to be the gateway drug to marijuana. When I got to college I heard the same thing from all the smokers: "I never had any desire to smoke cigarettes until after I started smoking pot."
Re:White House Indicates Potential Crackdown on Recreational... by unprepare on Friday February 24, 2017 @10:30AM (#13724505)
likely a result of its questionable legality, since cigarettes are a perfectly valid reason to smell like smoke.
Re:White House Indicates Potential Crackdown on Recreational... by cmdrfred on Thursday February 23, 2017 @06:09PM (#13718783)
I wonder what percentage of legal opioid users move onto heroin and obtaining the drug via illegal means. If more, then at very least the theory is applied in a hypocritical way.
Re:White House Indicates Potential Crackdown on Recreational... by cgh on Thursday February 23, 2017 @06:26PM (#13718931)
This is one basis of the fentanyl crisis in BC, eg http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/north-v...