Is Marijuana a “Gateway Drug”?
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I came across this article from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
http://www.drugabuse.gov/marijbroch/parents/002b.php#q07
“That said, many young people who use marijuana do not go on to use other drugs.”
Dare lied to me
Best answer:
Answer by Mary Kontrarry
It is for people with addictive personalities.
For many others, it’s not.
Dare only told you 1/2 the truth.
Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!
NIDA Director Nora D. Volkow, MD on 2011 Monitoring the Future Results – Since 1975 the MTF survey has measured drug, alcohol, and cigarette use and related attitudes among adolescent students nationwide. Survey participants report their drug use behaviors across three time periods: lifetime, past year, and past month. Overall, 46733 students from 400 public and private schools in the 8th, 10th, and 12th grades participated in this year’s survey. The survey is funded by the NIDA, a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and conducted by the University of Michigan. This video can also be viewed at: www.drugabuse.gov Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: newmedia.hhs.gov
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Filed under: national institute on drug abuse
"I think this is the cleanest study I've ever read" that looks for long-term harm from marijuana use, said Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which helped fund the research. Ken Winters, a psychiatry professor at the …
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