@Theo P but that's flawed logic, from what it sounds like is you were predisposed to try drugs before you tried them if you actually did, like Joe said, it just happened to be the first thing you did, if you tried beer or cocaine or whatever you more than likely would try more regardless of what got you there in the first place
Ulrald but it’s not that simple, people are going to do what they are going to do, you’re much more likely to do other drugs if ur drinking alcohol than smoking weed
The first mind altering “drug” I done was smoke weed starting at 14. Until I started drinking alcohol at 17, is when I started experimenting with other drugs. I completely stopped smoking weed, and drank damn near every single day. That’s when the coke, pills, and meth came into play, while being drunk. Alcohol is definitely the biggest gateway drug there is. I’ve cleaned up, 28 now, got a family of my own. I’m back to smoking weed and I don’t even THINK about going back to other drugs, I barely even drink anymore, maybe a glass of wine or a beer once a month and I’m good.
Highly disagree, for me it started with the high from weed. Then I wanted to see what other highs were like so I got into opiates benzos psychedelics and stimulants. I didn’t even enjoy alcohol weed was my gateway into the drug world.
I find that so hard to fathom, you see I'm from new Zealand and Drinking Alcohol is quite a widely accepted thing here, so instead for me I started drinking at like 12 13 and then starting smoking pot 15 😂
@@rchelicopter5105 I used to be that guy too. I guess I can see the argument that the feeling of high/ not being sober could lead you to chasing a larger high, but that could happen with caffeine/nicotine/alcohol. It has nothing to do with the actual substance, but someone’s personal decision to seek out a harder drug
me too. I always walk around with a dab pen and so when with friends and they wanna go drinking I can just take a few hits and not drink anything. Weed definitely made me stop drinking alcohol and that’s amazing in and on itself.
I’ve used cannabis for 20 years. Since then I’ve been prescribed oxy for wisdom teeth and was given fentanyl after surgery. I never touched oxy or fentanyl a second time and only went back to pot.
Marijuana only reveals your inner personality. There's people that just always going to do heroin or meth based on peer pressure or their own weak minded-decisions. Girls do heroin more than men. That's a fact.
@Einstein Alberto I'm hoping you didn't get that from "what the Health" because that's been debunked by VEGAN scientists. That entire documentary is utter garbage
Lmao what makes you paranoid? That your house smells like weed and you’re scared you’re parents will smell it? Quit being a pussy ass bitch and try something harder
I’ve been in pain my whole life for multiple different illnesses, I was on a max dose of OxyContin. After I turned 18 pain clinics were recommending I try medical marijuana. The very first time I used a vape from a dispensary I was out of pain for the first time in my whole life. Because of that I was able to cut the dose of my oxy in half, which were destroying my gi system.
I think the reason cannabis CAN be a gateway drug for some people is the following. For years, people were lied to about the dangers of pot (along with other drugs). So a lot of people, when they find out pot isn't really all that dangerous might think "well what else have they lied about".
Try smoking and walking a couple miles for a buritto, i call it a fitness buritto and the joint make the walk and everything more fun and just smoke once and awhile
Weed has led me to mushrooms LSD and alcohol, from personal experience it's a gateway drug, but this dudes argument about people are gonna try herion after weed is just dumb
Accurate there is nothing to change. But for me I stopped I realized if I kept doing this ima fuck with my health. So I stopped right now I have withdrawals from weed cause I got that fake government gmo weed. Make sure you get that natural stuff way safer
@@Akkuto literally me man. Stopped smoking about a week and half ago after smoking daily since high school and throughout college. If you have a well balanced life who smokes occasionally, it enhances life but eventually it will drag you down into a rabbit you cant escape from.
I hadn’t smoked Cannabis until around 4 months ago, through alcohol i was introduced to cigarettes, MDMA, Cocain and Ketamine. I began smoking cannabis because a friend suggested I give it a try properly to see how I reacted to it. I am 25 years of age and I can genuinely and honestly say alcohol and cocain has had a significant effect on my mental health. I became unreasonably anxious and depressed. But after I began to explore the various mental states which cannabis can create I began to explore my mental states and rather than push things away I began to address these deeply rooted issues I had been internalising since I was 16. I now smoke a joint on occasion in an evening and I feel creative, innovative, relaxed and happy. Even when I’m not stoned I now feel amazing. Excessive consumption of any substance can be damaging but in moderation it can ultimately change your life for the better. I don’t mind having a beer on occasion still, however, I no long feel the need to get completely blind drunk to the point where I cannot remember a thing. I still have to be careful not to over-drink, but I am now much more aware of how to function to ensure I get the most out of life. I have completely ceased cocain and ecstasy use (occasionally still have a night on ketamine with my mates as it’s hilarious while playing poker or computer games). I can honestly say cannabis has positively influenced my life and I might even argue it saved my life (I was not suicidal, however, I don’t feel as though I was far from the more extreme levels of a depressive state of mind. Sorry for my life story, I just felt it was pertinent.
Really though. I grew up a very curious creative person. I never tried many hard drugs more than once and I vape weed... who would of thought 😆. This guy just seems like the boring type of nerd who is fine being in the box.
Weed helped tremendously with my anxiety, made me more social, helped me sleep and eat more (I don't normally eat enough), and brought me down a far more spiritual and loving path. About the only negative is that my short term memory isn't quite as sharp, but for me that is a worthwhile exchange and doesn't impede my school or work measurably.
Weed stops you getting rem sleep (high quality sleep). It also causes depression in heavy use, it's most likely gonna keep you depressed if you continue to use it as an escape rather than facing your problems head on
@@chrisscott1402 why not both? I think about my issues both high and not high. I do agree about the sleep thing tho. It helps me get to sleep but i wake up groggy. Its important to look at negative effects too
I've been smoking since 7th grade and I have had no urge for any other drugs. I have a successful career as a young chef, attend the Culinary Institute, work out daily. It has done nothing to my testosterone or ambition. Hell I smoked it before running a marathon at 18 years old. Not a gateway. People are just weak and have no willpower to resist other drugs simple.
Theres a correlation NOT a causation. The gateway to drugs is pain. Like literally its some sort of pain big or small you are escaping the pain or just curing the pain.
Anything can be a gateway when the goal is to avoid feeling a certain way. I've seen cannabis and alcohol be the starting points, but I've also seen food, sex and even over spending money be the start of drug use.
Allow me to summarise.... "I'm a doctor in Canada and have done extensive research on this topic from a medical standpoint as well as seeing fantastic results first hand in my patients" vs. "I'm a writer than has used only information that benefits my book to create controversy so that I can sell books"
Chamber04 in contrast, one random study with a possibly inherent bias from the beginning vs a certified doctor with majorly positive testimonials and results
No man in my opinion i saw a loooooot of people who started with weed and started to do other things. it always starts with weed fuck what everyone says. I know what iam saying. Alcohol is not nearly a gateway drug like weed. Alcohols only gateway is to get addicted to it
@@MrMikail06 I hadn’t smoked Cannabis until around 4 months ago, through alcohol i was introduced to cigarettes, MDMA, Cocain and Ketamine. I began smoking cannabis because a friend suggested I give it a try properly to see how I reacted to it. I am 25 years of age and I can genuinely and honestly say alcohol and cocain has had a significant effect on my mental health. I became unreasonably anxious and depressed. But after I began to explore the various mental states which cannabis can create I began to explore my mental states and rather than push things away I began to address these deeply rooted issues I had been internalising since I was 16. I now smoke a joint on occasion in an evening and I feel creative, innovative, relaxed and happy. Even when I’m not stoned I now feel amazing. Excessive consumption of any substance can be damaging but in moderation it can ultimately change your life for the better. I don’t mind having a beer on occasion still, however, I no long feel the need to get completely blind drunk to the point where I cannot remember a thing. I still have to be careful not to over-drink, but I am now much more aware of how to function to ensure I get the most out of life. I have completely ceased cocain and ecstasy use (occasionally still have a night on ketamine with my mates as it’s hilarious while playing poker or computer games). I can honestly say cannabis has positively influenced my life and I might even argue it saved my life (I was not suicidal, however, I don’t feel as though I was far from the more extreme levels of a depressive state of mind. Sorry for my life story, I just felt it was pertinent.
It's a gateway in that you'll start hanging out with other people who do "the drugs" and are more likely to be approached with other drugs but inhalation of the devil's lettuce has not caused me to do any other wizard enhancement potions.
Sure, I can see that. I started smoking after I got my medical card from some injuries I got in the army. So I have not experienced it myself, the hanging out with those people.
Particularly since it's illegal. It puts you in contact with people who sell illegal drugs. Personally, I believe that the propaganda against it that is sold to kids that makes it a gateway drug. Imagine being told that weed was just as bad as coke, heroin, etc. You try weed when you're a teenager (crazy idea right?) and it's not the nightmare everyone told you. Suddenly you're not sure they're not lying about other drugs and give them a shot. I guess I'm lucky to have grown up around some crack heads and heroin addicts and got to see why it wasn't for me.
A family member of mine spent 2 years in Iraq while in the army. Came back with PTSD and insomnia which he took prescription meds for years for. Eventually Radiation cancer popped up. He went through tons of pain so he was put on opioids. None of the meds ever worked for him. I eventually got him to try cannabis and he’s been a completely different person since...
As a former weed smoker of 10 years or so I can easily see how dealing with shady dealers can make it a gateway drug. Joe was in his 30s and rich and famous when he started smoking weed so his personal experience is going to be different buying weed, as it is for anyone. Some people have cool dealers who just sell weed or shrooms etc and others have every drug you can imagine and will open that door if they see an opportunity to make money off you and have you coming back for more.
I feel like it's not only that some dealers sell other drugs. But making weed illegal and telling people it's bad is going to make kids think that other drugs that are illegal aren't that bad once they try weed.
i also think it depends on the dealer cause i know many people that wouldnt sell anything other than weed and shrooms to friends and ive heard many a story from people abou how they wont sell this one drug to someone but he'll only sell him weed and some drug dealers just need the money but dont want to ruin the lives of those they know personally but i live in a smallish town so some do care
I hate weed. But from an ideological standpoint, I think it should be legal regardless of whether it’s bad for you or not. Because A) prohibition doesn’t work and costs huge amounts of money and B) people should be allowed to make their own decisions regardless of it being harmful or not.
it fucking works in Japan also those people are your brothers your countrymen you should not want them to engage in harmful self destructive things if you are a selfish prick then we all live in a civilization and thus live with the shitty actions of said people
Before DARE, the 11 year old me only knew of 3 drugs (weed, coke, heroine). Thank you DARE for educating me about all the others available in the wonderful world of drugs and for teaching us how to do them too! Who would've thought you could crush and snort so many things! Whooo-hooo! Thanks DARE! :-D
I have ALWAYS loved weed. I LOVE IT! Unfortunately I can't do it anymore because of my job, but I gotta pay the bills more than I need to smoke bud. As far as it being a gateway drug, I can't speak for anyone else, but once I smoked weed for the first time and realized that this is what people are making such a huge fuss over and realized it was amazing, after that happened, I began to wonder about other drugs. I wondered if they weren't as big of a deal as others said. I wondered if they were amazing like weed was and I started trying several different kinds of drugs. If I hadn't smoked weed, I would've never had the balls to try other shit. However, I can't blame it on the weed, it was my curiosity to blame. Many smoke weed and never touch another drug. I've always had an addictive personality and that too made me want to try other things and do them again once I realized I liked them. Weed is a good thing though that everyone needs to try at least once. Mushrooms are another.
great way of explaining it, man. I was super against it, i told myself i’d never smoke for a while, cigs and even weed since a lot of people use tabaco leafs. i would get upset at close friends who would smoke (mainly bc they did it for the wrong reasons) but once i smoked weed myself and enjoyed it, the more i did it and genuinely enjoyed it. i thought about hey, this isn’t as bad as most people think. and having people i know who literally post xanax and acid, etc. it is very tempting to try other drugs now that i’ve tried weed, it’s like chasing the high feeling and wanting to know how nice it must feel compared to weed. YET i know it probably isn’t a great idea lol some more than others. I find this similar to alcohol, a shit ton of people drink but not everyone is an alcoholic.
Ive been told my whole life that hard drugs are fucking bad for you. Ive smoked weed for awhile now and never once thought of trying something else, because im smart enough to know that shit fucks you up, and i mean in the bad way. Its not the weed its the person that decides to go after and try other drugs.
SouthFloridaLove if you leave the earth your concept of up is meaningless but the concept getting high is universal cuz we probably the only ones out here lighting other life on fire and shit
@@douggoldengolden72 duh you fucking idiot. But you might take a muscle relaxer. Then a hydro, then a xanax, and so on and so forth. Not saying that's what happens to everybody, just saying it's not 0-100
I’ve been smoking weed for the past year and I’m starting to get curious about cid. Many people I know have said they enjoy using it on occasion but I’m nervous to try it. Is it worth trying (under 18) ?
Chemicals in THC are very sticky and tend to remain attached to cells in the brain and around the pubic area, which makes sperm and ova less potent. Also, marijuana does mildly negatively impact the health of your nervous system too. However, it is substantially less damaging than alcohol and cigarettes.
Thank you. All I'd like for people on both sides to do is be real about this. Some pro/anti marijuana people say some of the dumbest shit in an attempt to justify/ condemn weed. Just want people be real about the benefits and possible side effects of marijuana use and quit reaching.
Matt Weismiller *negatively* in that it’s abnormal. Some people use weed for chronic pain. I wouldn’t say abnormal nerve function would be negative in this scenario
Gotta give joe rogan mad props for not shutting the conversation down here when someone who disagrees with him on weed speaks like he’s done other times. Awesome video and keep these discussions alive.
My 2 cents, marajawa has saved my dads life and improved both of our health dramatically. During the covid shutdown, my dads anxiety was INSANE. That with him having a heart blockade was a bad combination. I got him an appointment and now his attitude is much better, he is optimistic, open minded, and energized again. Not to mention it take 90% if his pain away. I have Crohn's disease, so I'm usually in a lit of pain, but I deal with it. I've been prescribed percocet, vicodin, and tramadol. All 3 work, but all 3 mess up my stomach, and I feel like I go through withdrawal in 24--48hours so I feel like it puts me in a bad mood a day or 2 after taking. You may day its BS, but all of my employees, friends, and family always laugh saying you must have taken tramadol yesterday. The Marajawa settles my stomach pain every day, and takes away 85%---95% of my pain, with no side effects other than MAYBE being a little goofy for 30 minutes after I use it. I have been on most painkillers at one point or another and my mother is in a pain clinic that we have now started the proceedings to get her out and with a weed doctor because the opioids she is on are KILLING her stomach. I think it's simple, can it be a gateway drug yeah, but in the same way that smelling scratch off stickers could lead to kids huffing glue. Some are going to go that way to curiosity, but that can be said about EVERYTHING.
this is irrelevant lol even if you argue it is a gateway drug it should still be legal... people grow to be whales but cream cheese is still legal.. still many mcdonalds are open... etc.
@@singhatar0912 alcohol is way more of a gateway drug. I smoke almost every day and never get the urge to do anything else, but I've tried coke before while drunk and have a urge to smoke cigarettes too. That's why I quit drinking lol
No it definitely should do should alcohol or just put a limit on alcohol consumption/ how much you could buy in a week or something. But no it should not be legal, to say other is fucking retarded
You can say it is a gateway drug without saying that it has to be illegal for that reason. It obviously can be a gateway drug, even if it wasn't for you. However, I'll reiterate, that has zero bearing on the arguement for legalization.
Cool, ANWAY did you want to have an actual conversation about weed being a gateway drug or did you want to keep quoting the random weed lovers Facebook pages?
@@anhvuxyz Well we don't need sugar for blood glucose, our bodies produce glucose from all carbs and even from protein and fats in certain circumstances.
Studies have shown that most hard drug addicts also smoked cigarettes and drank alcohol prior to their addiction. So why aren't those considered gateway drugs?
Because it was socially acceptable do smoke cigs and drink alcohol for decades, if not centuries now. People are scared to admit it and completely prohibit it.
Gragon 777 I lost a lot of weight these last few months as well and weed helped a lot with my diet. For me personally when I smoke most strains I actually get the opposite of the munchies and lose my appetite especially if I’m super high. It was a god send on days when I was fasting as it allowed me to either take my mind off my hunger or just ignore it easier.
Once you go down the path with ANY drug at ANY level of abuse/addiction it absolutely becomes a gateway to trying other drugs. There's a lot of other variables that help facilitate one drug leading to a gateway of others like the circle of people you hangout wirh and what's available to you etc.
I definitely agree that Juuls and vapes are getting teens addicted to THC. I've seen all of my friends that started vaping end up going from nicotine free to scaling all the way up to 80%. Conversely, weed can also help get you hooked on vapes especially in a social circle. Speaking from experience, I got high with my buddies one time and got offered a boof, and I took it cus I'm with the boys, and my high mind was inhibiting some amount of judgment. As far as weed being a gateway drug, it's, in my opinion, highly circumstantial, and we should do better to create better circumstances for it's use
I just turned 26 and I’ve been smoking for 9 years now -never touched another drug (besides alcohol) and I am quite successful in my career so far. Nothing wrong with weed according to me. That is to say, your mileage may vary
So because your ok that means that weed is not a gateway drug? When trying to understand if weed is a gateway drug, you need to look at a population not at one or two indivduals. Of course it will not be a gateway drug for many people, but it has been for many others, me included. Now it may be easy for you to say, it hasnt effected me so it shouldnt effect anybody else, unfortunately that is not helpful when trying to understand the effect on society. You might not be affected by depresion or hemorrhoids or whatever but that dosnt mean that depresion and hemorrhoids are not problems for people within our society. This has far reaching ramifications. You may not think this effects you, but one day a tweaker who moved on to meth after trying weed when he was a teenager, might stab one of your family members to death after 5 days on gear and suffering from meth induced physcosis. So because it may not affect you in your personal drug taking, your life may be destroyed by the way that it affects someone else in the future. We live in a society and weather we like it or not we can be affected by drug problems.
@@Rossboe1 it always comes down to choice. Are teens more likely to say yes to pills or coke because they smoke weed sure. But they're just as likely to say no.
@@BlastinHash709 Thanks for your concern but my brother passed from leukemia 7 years ago but fought it for 2 years when the doctors only gave him 1/2 a year to live. Truthfully the toughest person I've ever met in my life & the only man I can say I love & would've died for
@@ishmail337 dude said guy had no first hand experience so he cant judge. That is ridiculous lol... humans cant judge anything that isnt a human than? Marajuana is definitely a gateway drug... doesnt mean it should be legal or illegal the fact that it is a gateway drug has nothing to do with its' legality. Im sure a big factor for it being a gateway drug is the low price, it's easy to find, and there are not many warnings and obvious signs of real health risk that is associated with the drug. It is also easy to hide the use of marajuana.
@@Tydie. cancer has proven research behind it and usually a Doctor would have numerous patients over time which allows hands on experience to go along with their education . This guy wrote a book and basically based it off what his wife was telling him and then used sources in the book that blew up in his face during their debate. He’s never smoked weed, nor dealt with any patients dealing with psychological issues to make the assertions he made. His sources were his wife and google. So if he’s not smoked it, he should at least have had hands on experience dealing with patients before making himself an “expert”. Lastly You said weed is a gateway drug but why has that gone back and forth yet alcohol is a consensus gateway drug? I’ll tell you why, because weed doesn’t make you lose your mind and want to do stuff you’ll regret later. If you chose other drugs after weed then more the likely that was in your cards anyway.
@@ishmail337 lol you talk with hypocrisy... his lack of personal experience with marajuana doesnt mean squat. That is my point. The other stuff is another argument. Out of the 23 people in my gr 9 class that smoked marajuana.. 17 that I know and still talk to have tried other drugs afterwards because they were bored of marajuana...myself included... No need to deny the truth. It is obviously a gateway drug... maybe you dont like the guy but he is 100% right about marajuana being a gateway drug..
You cannot vape "pure THC" as this guy says, in order for it to be vaped the liquid must be thin enough to go to the coil, pure THC could not do this as it is a crystal like substance, so in order for it to be vaped it must be thinned with terpenes and/or propylene glycol, the same as you'd find in any regular ejuice so what you're actually doing is essentially smoking a joint but not breathing in any carcinogens from the burning plant material and you're not inhaling burning rolling papers, many of which are bleached and refined so vaping it would actually be safer than smoking a joint not more dangerous...
Youre talking more about distillates. Distillates even though very clean in its extraction form, still require some sort of additive (mainly propylene glycol) in order to thin out the liquid so it can be vaped. Then theres also co2 exctration which does not require additives of any kind to meet the viscosity levels needed to vaporize, and you can actually taste what specific strain you are trying out.
@@jaybasha I just use a quartz banger an e-nail ..thats the most healthy way,,..heavy user here i used to smoke 7 grams od flower a day now with the oil 4 lil dabs a day do me just right,,
@@andrewegnatis5164 With what? Who the fuck are you buying from???? I've never once heard of it being "laced" Ive heard of dirty/impure oils fuck knows I've probably had some as well but never laced with anything, what's it "laced" with?
I smoke cannabis everyday, I've done Amphetamines, Methamphetamines, LSD, Psilocybin, Alcohol and nictone. I can say from my experience that if Cannabis wasn't introduced to me first I 100% still would of done everything on that list. But now I've found a "drug" that treats my depression, anxiety, and insomnia. I used to be strongly addicted to Amphetamines such as Vyvanse or Adderall, but after I had a life changing acid trip, I no longer am addicted to them.
sugar is definitely a drug. I have seen many people addicted to it including my grandpa who at his age is all he wants to eat and will get shivers if he doesn't have any.
@Grant C. Hey dumb ass, thc is widely considered a psychoactive compound and not a narcotic. Also, to deny the hypocrisy of allowing people to ingest ungodly amounts of sugar but tell people they can't smoke is hilarious. Eating too much added sugar can have many negative health effects. An excess of sweetened foods and beverages can lead to weight gain, blood sugar problems and an increased risk of heart disease, among other dangerous conditions that marijuana won't cause.
The only door weed opens is the fridge
Indeed!
@Theo P so obviously it's not a gateway, 2 to 1 buddy 😎
@Theo P False
no dumbass if you listened to the video there’s people with a certain personality who’d experiment with other drugs after trying weed or not
@Theo P but that's flawed logic, from what it sounds like is you were predisposed to try drugs before you tried them if you actually did, like Joe said, it just happened to be the first thing you did, if you tried beer or cocaine or whatever you more than likely would try more regardless of what got you there in the first place
Weed itself isn't a gateway drug but the culture of getting high is
Underrated comment
As well as the culture of dealing with criminals
@@wespaul9345 no. elaborate how the government telling you drugs will put you in jail makes people do more?
@@wespaul9345 depends on your area
OK then. It's like any black market. I think it should be legal. Everything but banning it is an invitation to the sordid to get involved
The friends you chose are more of a getaway than weed😂
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@King SL you’re on point homie
@@kw616r1 trus me g
@King SLbullseye
"There is 50 years of research"
Done 50 years ago, when people thought pot was as hazardous as heroine
Wonder Woman is hazardous?
@@grahambilly7262 fuck me we have an English professor and a comedian
@@grahambilly7262 i cannot believe how funny you are
Sean Walsh thanks
@@grahambilly7262 i just made your week didn't i, your going to be the happiest person in the geriatric ward this week
Weed is the gate way to 711 for a Slurpee and Snickers bar
i eat healthier tbh
For you
Slurpee mixed with snicker is NASTY
truuee 🤣
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Yo who tf wakes up and says hey let’s try crack after smoking a blunt 😂😂😂
Your dumb af if you think it’s that quick, everyone usually does start with weed. No arguing that
Ulrald but it’s not that simple, people are going to do what they are going to do, you’re much more likely to do other drugs if ur drinking alcohol than smoking weed
Daniel M I’m not saying weed is a gateway drug but most people who are doing hard drugs have smoked weed
Right 😂😂😅😅😅
Ulrald and? If they were willing to attempt a drug that’s extremely harmful you think they wouldn’t be willing to try a harmless one? Yeah...ok
The first mind altering “drug” I done was smoke weed starting at 14. Until I started drinking alcohol at 17, is when I started experimenting with other drugs. I completely stopped smoking weed, and drank damn near every single day. That’s when the coke, pills, and meth came into play, while being drunk. Alcohol is definitely the biggest gateway drug there is. I’ve cleaned up, 28 now, got a family of my own. I’m back to smoking weed and I don’t even THINK about going back to other drugs, I barely even drink anymore, maybe a glass of wine or a beer once a month and I’m good.
good for you my man stay strong
Highly disagree, for me it started with the high from weed. Then I wanted to see what other highs were like so I got into opiates benzos psychedelics and stimulants. I didn’t even enjoy alcohol weed was my gateway into the drug world.
you would of wanted to see what those things were like anyways it wasnt the weed@@PureCapsaicin
@@PureCapsaicineveryone is different
I find that so hard to fathom, you see I'm from new Zealand and Drinking Alcohol is quite a widely accepted thing here, so instead for me I started drinking at like 12 13 and then starting smoking pot 15 😂
This guy has never smoked, bought, or seen marijuana in his life
I used to be that guy until I smoked a bowl then I saw a whole new world
@@rchelicopter5105 I used to be that guy too. I guess I can see the argument that the feeling of high/ not being sober could lead you to chasing a larger high, but that could happen with caffeine/nicotine/alcohol. It has nothing to do with the actual substance, but someone’s personal decision to seek out a harder drug
I think he's never laughed at a joke, at least one from a child anyhow.
All weed led me to was psychedelics im not complaining
Amen brother
nah ur personality would’ve lead you there regardless, i tried acid at 19 before smoking
Joshua Ledwell nah I didnt use anything and was very anti drug until I moved to the ghetto and realized my parents lied to me growing up 💀😂
Not yet sir
I would say weed is Defiently a psychedelic
Damn weed made me quit Alcohol.
More like gate closer
Angami Accent that’s why it’s called a gateway drug is because it closes the gate
me too. I always walk around with a dab pen and so when with friends and they wanna go drinking I can just take a few hits and not drink anything. Weed definitely made me stop drinking alcohol and that’s amazing in and on itself.
Same lmao
@Russian Bot8269 ok mr tough guy
Angami Accent 🙌🏽
I think weed makes you realize that some drugs, like psychedelics, really aren’t that bad.
Weed makes it hard to find the door, let alone open it
Hahahahah
I was so gone last night I forgot how to read lol
Great coming from a non user, you don't count!
You're just bias
Milk is a gateway drink. Every single alcoholic drank milk first
Good job.
I think that's the dumbest comment I've read today.
Jormungandrr it’s a gateway drug bitch
Inigo triggered
How about water then?
I'm 1 day sober from milk...
This anti-weed dude is really killing my high
Lewis O'brien LMAO FRR
Boil yes
@Red Rum if you say profit sucks you dont know anything about selling cannabis
@Red Rum Try the purple panty dropper strain. You will fuck a stump if it had a hole in it. Not all strains are the same.
Most of everything out there is propaganda .how is it clear it's totally an opinion
I’ve used cannabis for 20 years. Since then I’ve been prescribed oxy for wisdom teeth and was given fentanyl after surgery. I never touched oxy or fentanyl a second time and only went back to pot.
“Pure thc, the most dangerous form of this drug” bruh anything other than pure thc would be more dangerous...
Nicotine...the OG gateway
Alcohol...the gateway drug...
Marijuana only reveals your inner personality. There's people that just always going to do heroin or meth based on peer pressure or their own weak minded-decisions. Girls do heroin more than men. That's a fact.
@Einstein Alberto it's not about banning tho, but understanding the problem
@Einstein Alberto I'm hoping you didn't get that from "what the Health" because that's been debunked by VEGAN scientists. That entire documentary is utter garbage
Refined sugar
Weed is a gateway drug to sugar and carbs.
That's the only legitimate concern about smoking.
Not good. Number 1 killer. Erase your comment hahah
@@el3stilo3nt75 no, being obese does, and that's just by eating too much
YO MUMMA hence, gateway lol
Yep leads to to be fat only bad Benefit everything else is good :)
This dude is acting like everyone who smokes smokes to bury feelings 🤣
well I mean isn't that what substances are for ?
Naylikeh maybe for you lmaoo 😂
Not everyone. But a lot of people do
@@naylik2562 somewhat true but sometimes you just want good fun
@@naylik2562 Not everyone is depressing
The anti-weed guy is like a dude who mostly doesn’t have a solid data to backup their arguments but say it anyway
If you want to be hated, go on Joe Rogan's podcast and talk negatively about weed.
LOL facts!
Say it on any public platform really. You didn't even say anything and look at your first reply.
@Colloquial Soliloquy I agree.
@@SySt3m Lmao facts and I smoke weed everyday myself. Sensitive topic fam
Or anyone anywhere who puts weed down.
Weed has done to opposite to me. It made me so paranoid that I’m 100% confident I won’t try anything harder.
Rogred that’s so funny because it’s true 👀
This guy doesn’t get it^
That just means you don't have any tolerance. Try weaker stuff. Or CBD
Lmao what makes you paranoid? That your house smells like weed and you’re scared you’re parents will smell it? Quit being a pussy ass bitch and try something harder
I only got paranoid once, and that was after eating 3 cookies
I’ve been in pain my whole life for multiple different illnesses, I was on a max dose of OxyContin. After I turned 18 pain clinics were recommending I try medical marijuana. The very first time I used a vape from a dispensary I was out of pain for the first time in my whole life. Because of that I was able to cut the dose of my oxy in half, which were destroying my gi system.
I think the reason cannabis CAN be a gateway drug for some people is the following. For years, people were lied to about the dangers of pot (along with other drugs). So a lot of people, when they find out pot isn't really all that dangerous might think "well what else have they lied about".
It's a gateway to my fridge to get munchies
Try smoking and walking a couple miles for a buritto, i call it a fitness buritto and the joint make the walk and everything more fun and just smoke once and awhile
Lmfao 🤣 fuck yea
Count the number of steps between your lounge chair and the fridge I bet it's the perfect twelve steps. Programm
Wow real fuckin original
Been smoking canabis my entire adult life. Never had a desire to swallow snort inject or smoke anything stronger.
Weed has led me to mushrooms LSD and alcohol, from personal experience it's a gateway drug, but this dudes argument about people are gonna try herion after weed is just dumb
Cause we smoke hiiighgrade weed 😄
XXX ANONYMOUS XXX how are you sure the first one you did caused you to do the others?
E E real facts
@@Emperorhirohito19272 umm because I never wanted to try LSD or mushrooms before I smoked weed
Joe Rogan podcast is a gateway drug honestly 😂
Hahaha
Loool.
KM Hemmans The RUclipsr
How many people have tried DMT thanks to Joe Rogan?
Addiction is created by feeling lonely, depressed, and unhappy. Change my mind
Accurate there is nothing to change. But for me I stopped I realized if I kept doing this ima fuck with my health. So I stopped right now I have withdrawals from weed cause I got that fake government gmo weed. Make sure you get that natural stuff way safer
Depression is created by yourself, i sat myself up after not working for a year and half and reality kicked in, I am wasting my life...
@@Akkuto literally me man. Stopped smoking about a week and half ago after smoking daily since high school and throughout college. If you have a well balanced life who smokes occasionally, it enhances life but eventually it will drag you down into a rabbit you cant escape from.
Totally. Drugs are what you chose when you feel like you can't count on no one.
Runners high is a gateway drug
Lmao
Chocolate Rain am gonna stop running now
It’s an addiction, gym is the same
At least going to the gym or running is better than fucking up your lungs
@theh1n1shot Ur comment is so dumb i cant even believe it. Its worse then a cigg for the lungs.
Addictive Personalities, are the original Gateway.
Alaka'i yessir
As someone with addictive personalities and impulsive risk taking behavior, weed unleashed the inner polyabuser in me and out of my chains.
Everyone has an addictive personality. I bet you eat and breathe every single day, probably multiple times a day... So there.
@@coldmoonlight6361 ye i need rehab for my oxygen addiction
@@coldmoonlight6361 Almost everyone is addicted to caffeine, sugar, and junk food, yet flip their shit when it comes to weed. Seems legit
I hadn’t smoked Cannabis until around 4 months ago, through alcohol i was introduced to cigarettes, MDMA, Cocain and Ketamine. I began smoking cannabis because a friend suggested I give it a try properly to see how I reacted to it. I am 25 years of age and I can genuinely and honestly say alcohol and cocain has had a significant effect on my mental health. I became unreasonably anxious and depressed. But after I began to explore the various mental states which cannabis can create I began to explore my mental states and rather than push things away I began to address these deeply rooted issues I had been internalising since I was 16. I now smoke a joint on occasion in an evening and I feel creative, innovative, relaxed and happy. Even when I’m not stoned I now feel amazing. Excessive consumption of any substance can be damaging but in moderation it can ultimately change your life for the better. I don’t mind having a beer on occasion still, however, I no long feel the need to get completely blind drunk to the point where I cannot remember a thing. I still have to be careful not to over-drink, but I am now much more aware of how to function to ensure I get the most out of life. I have completely ceased cocain and ecstasy use (occasionally still have a night on ketamine with my mates as it’s hilarious while playing poker or computer games). I can honestly say cannabis has positively influenced my life and I might even argue it saved my life (I was not suicidal, however, I don’t feel as though I was far from the more extreme levels of a depressive state of mind. Sorry for my life story, I just felt it was pertinent.
I no longer smoke cigarettes either.
“There inhaling pure thc the most dangerous form of the drug” me 😬(hits pen)
I laughed when he said that
LMAO
@ImYour Huckleberry can you elaborate? What symptoms do u have
@ImYour Huckleberry damn thanks for the info, friend
thc is dangerous without the cbd - full stop
cbd is as we all know is the anti-psychotic part of the drug.
Life is a gateway to drugs
Its also like a box of chocolates
Well said!! best and most truthful statement I’ve heard. Our Fuc...up society is to blame!!
Mark D ur right
Amen
Really though. I grew up a very curious creative person. I never tried many hard drugs more than once and I vape weed... who would of thought 😆. This guy just seems like the boring type of nerd who is fine being in the box.
Weed helped tremendously with my anxiety, made me more social, helped me sleep and eat more (I don't normally eat enough), and brought me down a far more spiritual and loving path. About the only negative is that my short term memory isn't quite as sharp, but for me that is a worthwhile exchange and doesn't impede my school or work measurably.
Same here. I’ve dealt with a lot of anxiety and have an eating disorder. Weed helped me on every level, and it’s made me happier and healthier
That's good man
Weed stops you getting rem sleep (high quality sleep). It also causes depression in heavy use, it's most likely gonna keep you depressed if you continue to use it as an escape rather than facing your problems head on
@@chrisscott1402 why not both? I think about my issues both high and not high. I do agree about the sleep thing tho. It helps me get to sleep but i wake up groggy. Its important to look at negative effects too
100% thid
been smoking for about 6 years now heavy and i’ve never only been like hmm let’s me go try some percs or xans
Facts tbh I kind of turns me off bc it's like I rather be chill
Percs are pretty good tho
Smoked weed for a long time, and done mushrooms a handful of times, and never have I ever really wanted to do anything else, keep it natural👌🏼
I've been smoking since 7th grade and I have had no urge for any other drugs. I have a successful career as a young chef, attend the Culinary Institute, work out daily. It has done nothing to my testosterone or ambition. Hell I smoked it before running a marathon at 18 years old. Not a gateway. People are just weak and have no willpower to resist other drugs simple.
This conversation is a gateway for Joe to mention 11 hydroxy metabolite. 😂
Theres a correlation NOT a causation. The gateway to drugs is pain. Like literally its some sort of pain big or small you are escaping the pain or just curing the pain.
Anything can be a gateway when the goal is to avoid feeling a certain way. I've seen cannabis and alcohol be the starting points, but I've also seen food, sex and even over spending money be the start of drug use.
Allow me to summarise....
"I'm a doctor in Canada and have done extensive research on this topic from a medical standpoint as well as seeing fantastic results first hand in my patients"
vs.
"I'm a writer than has used only information that benefits my book to create controversy so that I can sell books"
Random doctor Vs Large-scale studies
Chamber04 in contrast, one random study with a possibly inherent bias from the beginning vs a certified doctor with majorly positive testimonials and results
OrtegaLA don’t try to sound intelligent when you’re not
Alex Teagle If you think those words are super intelligent, you're literally stupid. only pompous asshole here is you dumbass
@@undyingdefect triggered
Parties are the gateway drug lol
Socializing**
People***
Yeah you socialize with people at parties you idiots lol
@@museaz6021 lol it's a joke
School*
I've never met someone who smoked weed before they drank alcohol.
That’s me I’m that person that you never met
@@zacharylegars3734 nice to meet you
Some Muslims lol
Me
@@cameron_a9116 PCP was my first drug
I love how both of them are waiting for him to finish his thought but he straight up interrupts them lol. He needs a joint 😉
Alcohol is the ultimate gateway drug.
Yeah, my friends went from alcohol to ecstasy in a year
No man in my opinion i saw a loooooot of people who started with weed and started to do other things. it always starts with weed fuck what everyone says. I know what iam saying. Alcohol is not nearly a gateway drug like weed. Alcohols only gateway is to get addicted to it
@@MrMikail06 fuck alcohol
@@MrMikail06 I hadn’t smoked Cannabis until around 4 months ago, through alcohol i was introduced to cigarettes, MDMA, Cocain and Ketamine. I began smoking cannabis because a friend suggested I give it a try properly to see how I reacted to it. I am 25 years of age and I can genuinely and honestly say alcohol and cocain has had a significant effect on my mental health. I became unreasonably anxious and depressed. But after I began to explore the various mental states which cannabis can create I began to explore my mental states and rather than push things away I began to address these deeply rooted issues I had been internalising since I was 16. I now smoke a joint on occasion in an evening and I feel creative, innovative, relaxed and happy. Even when I’m not stoned I now feel amazing. Excessive consumption of any substance can be damaging but in moderation it can ultimately change your life for the better. I don’t mind having a beer on occasion still, however, I no long feel the need to get completely blind drunk to the point where I cannot remember a thing. I still have to be careful not to over-drink, but I am now much more aware of how to function to ensure I get the most out of life. I have completely ceased cocain and ecstasy use (occasionally still have a night on ketamine with my mates as it’s hilarious while playing poker or computer games). I can honestly say cannabis has positively influenced my life and I might even argue it saved my life (I was not suicidal, however, I don’t feel as though I was far from the more extreme levels of a depressive state of mind. Sorry for my life story, I just felt it was pertinent.
It's a gateway in that you'll start hanging out with other people who do "the drugs" and are more likely to be approached with other drugs but inhalation of the devil's lettuce has not caused me to do any other wizard enhancement potions.
Sure, I can see that. I started smoking after I got my medical card from some injuries I got in the army. So I have not experienced it myself, the hanging out with those people.
@@ricksanchez1079 i hope you get some friends soon bud
Gx Qx 🤣
Lmao
Particularly since it's illegal. It puts you in contact with people who sell illegal drugs.
Personally, I believe that the propaganda against it that is sold to kids that makes it a gateway drug. Imagine being told that weed was just as bad as coke, heroin, etc. You try weed when you're a teenager (crazy idea right?) and it's not the nightmare everyone told you. Suddenly you're not sure they're not lying about other drugs and give them a shot. I guess I'm lucky to have grown up around some crack heads and heroin addicts and got to see why it wasn't for me.
Anti-Weed Mark Cuban is really killing my high
Lol got damned
A family member of mine spent 2 years in Iraq while in the army. Came back with PTSD and insomnia which he took prescription meds for years for. Eventually Radiation cancer popped up. He went through tons of pain so he was put on opioids. None of the meds ever worked for him. I eventually got him to try cannabis and he’s been a completely different person since...
Prayers to your family member
This podcast was a beautiful demonstration on how to conduct a civilized debate. Well done
Yeah, as if your opinion had anything to do with the fact that the discussion went your way.
weed dude is an idiot..
there.. I said it.. 🤣🤣🤣
"Weed is not a gateway drug"
-Joe "DMT" Rogan
Lol Well done, sir
@@teddyreim3597 exactly
HAHAHAHA
As a former weed smoker of 10 years or so I can easily see how dealing with shady dealers can make it a gateway drug. Joe was in his 30s and rich and famous when he started smoking weed so his personal experience is going to be different buying weed, as it is for anyone. Some people have cool dealers who just sell weed or shrooms etc and others have every drug you can imagine and will open that door if they see an opportunity to make money off you and have you coming back for more.
I feel like it's not only that some dealers sell other drugs. But making weed illegal and telling people it's bad is going to make kids think that other drugs that are illegal aren't that bad once they try weed.
i also think it depends on the dealer cause i know many people that wouldnt sell anything other than weed and shrooms to friends and ive heard many a story from people abou how they wont sell this one drug to someone but he'll only sell him weed and some drug dealers just need the money but dont want to ruin the lives of those they know personally but i live in a smallish town so some do care
“The most Dangerous form of this drug”😂😂
I hate weed. But from an ideological standpoint, I think it should be legal regardless of whether it’s bad for you or not. Because A) prohibition doesn’t work and costs huge amounts of money and B) people should be allowed to make their own decisions regardless of it being harmful or not.
Jack Philamoré same for prostitution
A universal basic income will be standard in America by 2035 let that sink in.
it fucking works in Japan
also those people are your brothers your countrymen
you should not want them to engage in harmful self destructive things
if you are a selfish prick then we all live in a civilization and thus live with the shitty actions of said people
Viorel viorel let people do what makes them happy as long as it’s not harmful to others. Bacon is not good for you but it sure makes me happy lmao.
But you believe in repealing Rowe v Wade
My D.A.R.E. Officer told me it was though...
DARE only served to make me more curious about drugs lol
By the time I graduated DARE I knew exactly which drugs I would love, try, and avoid. It was an incredibly accurate prediction.
makes me a bit sad. Goodluck! Do it responsibly!
DARE caused more drug use tho lol
Before DARE, the 11 year old me only knew of 3 drugs (weed, coke, heroine). Thank you DARE for educating me about all the others available in the wonderful world of drugs and for teaching us how to do them too! Who would've thought you could crush and snort so many things! Whooo-hooo! Thanks DARE! :-D
Recommended sent me here late, I feel like boomers forget that they started smoking cigarettes at 12 years old xD
Despite what you might hear on this podcast, pot really does open the door for *smashing a whole tray of brownies*
I'm so high can't make out where that dudes hair ends and the headphones start 😂
I have ALWAYS loved weed. I LOVE IT! Unfortunately I can't do it anymore because of my job, but I gotta pay the bills more than I need to smoke bud. As far as it being a gateway drug, I can't speak for anyone else, but once I smoked weed for the first time and realized that this is what people are making such a huge fuss over and realized it was amazing, after that happened, I began to wonder about other drugs. I wondered if they weren't as big of a deal as others said. I wondered if they were amazing like weed was and I started trying several different kinds of drugs. If I hadn't smoked weed, I would've never had the balls to try other shit. However, I can't blame it on the weed, it was my curiosity to blame. Many smoke weed and never touch another drug. I've always had an addictive personality and that too made me want to try other things and do them again once I realized I liked them. Weed is a good thing though that everyone needs to try at least once. Mushrooms are another.
Can closely relate.
great way of explaining it, man. I was super against it, i told myself i’d never smoke for a while, cigs and even weed since a lot of people use tabaco leafs. i would get upset at close friends who would smoke (mainly bc they did it for the wrong reasons) but once i smoked weed myself and enjoyed it, the more i did it and genuinely enjoyed it. i thought about hey, this isn’t as bad as most people think. and having people i know who literally post xanax and acid, etc. it is very tempting to try other drugs now that i’ve tried weed, it’s like chasing the high feeling and wanting to know how nice it must feel compared to weed. YET i know it probably isn’t a great idea lol some more than others. I find this similar to alcohol, a shit ton of people drink but not everyone is an alcoholic.
I hear you but just living in the hood we get to see what these “other drugs” do first hand. It’s still people who jump off the porch tho.
Used to smoke every morning before school now I got a job so I can’t smoke like I used to
Ive been told my whole life that hard drugs are fucking bad for you. Ive smoked weed for awhile now and never once thought of trying something else, because im smart enough to know that shit fucks you up, and i mean in the bad way. Its not the weed its the person that decides to go after and try other drugs.
Weed helps with my ADHD I have to smoke all the time so my mind can relax that’s why I’ve been addicted since I was 12 I’m 18 now
I feel like a shitty long shift job is more of a gateway than weed.
And cheeseburgers are a gateway drug to obesity..
It’s so funny nobody ever talks about food and obesity! It’s the number one KILLER! Bad food and obesity leads to all diseases!!
In my experience, weed leads to cheeseburger, therefore weed is a gateway to diabetus
Humans will push their limit on how high they can get regardless of herb.
SouthFloridaLove if you leave the earth your concept of up is meaningless but the concept getting high is universal cuz we probably the only ones out here lighting other life on fire and shit
I never smoked weed and thought I want to stik a needle in my arm
@@douggoldengolden72 *CRACKHEAD*
~Jet Life~
@@douggoldengolden72 duh you fucking idiot. But you might take a muscle relaxer. Then a hydro, then a xanax, and so on and so forth. Not saying that's what happens to everybody, just saying it's not 0-100
I’ve been smoking weed for the past year and I’m starting to get curious about cid. Many people I know have said they enjoy using it on occasion but I’m nervous to try it. Is it worth trying (under 18) ?
An old-timer told me Marijuana has caused frostbite on ears from too much open door refrigerator gazing
Started on alcohol, next cigarettes, next weed, next LSD and variables... So the answer is no, the gateway drug is alcohol
If you smoke weed than wanna shoot up heroin you were never truly against heroin. Us normal people know our line
Illuminated Zach saying you don’t shoot heroin with the boys every now and again?
Stumpy Dlugi only on Wednesdays
@@illuminatedzach4206 sir you’re clearly posing real men know heroine Friday’s with the boys is the move
No it's just you making poor decisions for yourself
Im a stoner, but I know about the dangers of any drug, including marijuana, its the way it is. lets be real.
Chemicals in THC are very sticky and tend to remain attached to cells in the brain and around the pubic area, which makes sperm and ova less potent. Also, marijuana does mildly negatively impact the health of your nervous system too. However, it is substantially less damaging than alcohol and cigarettes.
Thank you. All I'd like for people on both sides to do is be real about this. Some pro/anti marijuana people say some of the dumbest shit in an attempt to justify/ condemn weed. Just want people be real about the benefits and possible side effects of marijuana use and quit reaching.
Matt Weismiller *negatively* in that it’s abnormal. Some people use weed for chronic pain. I wouldn’t say abnormal nerve function would be negative in this scenario
That was deep man. Thanks.
Matt Weismiller a study was literally just released where it says Cannabis use DOESN’T lower/weaken sperm. Actually it INCREASES sperm count.
Gotta give joe rogan mad props for not shutting the conversation down here when someone who disagrees with him on weed speaks like he’s done other times. Awesome video and keep these discussions alive.
My 2 cents, marajawa has saved my dads life and improved both of our health dramatically.
During the covid shutdown, my dads anxiety was INSANE. That with him having a heart blockade was a bad combination. I got him an appointment and now his attitude is much better, he is optimistic, open minded, and energized again. Not to mention it take 90% if his pain away.
I have Crohn's disease, so I'm usually in a lit of pain, but I deal with it. I've been prescribed percocet, vicodin, and tramadol. All 3 work, but all 3 mess up my stomach, and I feel like I go through withdrawal in 24--48hours so I feel like it puts me in a bad mood a day or 2 after taking. You may day its BS, but all of my employees, friends, and family always laugh saying you must have taken tramadol yesterday.
The Marajawa settles my stomach pain every day, and takes away 85%---95% of my pain, with no side effects other than MAYBE being a little goofy for 30 minutes after I use it.
I have been on most painkillers at one point or another and my mother is in a pain clinic that we have now started the proceedings to get her out and with a weed doctor because the opioids she is on are KILLING her stomach.
I think it's simple, can it be a gateway drug yeah, but in the same way that smelling scratch off stickers could lead to kids huffing glue. Some are going to go that way to curiosity, but that can be said about EVERYTHING.
pot dealers almost never sell other drugs. They’re not Walmart, they usually sell weed bc they won’t catch as much heat/just trying to make ends meet
this is irrelevant lol even if you argue it is a gateway drug it should still be legal... people grow to be whales but cream cheese is still legal.. still many mcdonalds are open... etc.
i love cannabis and i smoke on the regular, and i dont think it should be illegal at all. but it forsure is a gateway drug..
@@singhatar0912 alcohol is way more of a gateway drug. I smoke almost every day and never get the urge to do anything else, but I've tried coke before while drunk and have a urge to smoke cigarettes too. That's why I quit drinking lol
@@singhatar0912 If you take that route then every drug can be a gateway drug.
No it definitely should do should alcohol or just put a limit on alcohol consumption/ how much you could buy in a week or something. But no it should not be legal, to say other is fucking retarded
You can say it is a gateway drug without saying that it has to be illegal for that reason. It obviously can be a gateway drug, even if it wasn't for you. However, I'll reiterate, that has zero bearing on the arguement for legalization.
Weed is a gateway to other drugs if you’re an idiot. Common sense plays a lot into choices.
an intelligent, respectful, and calm debate?? 2020 could never.
Sugar is the
Gate Way Drug
First toxic drug you
Get heavily addicted to
25 years and I'm still struggling with sugar
APE X 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Cool, ANWAY did you want to have an actual conversation about weed being a gateway drug or did you want to keep quoting the random weed lovers Facebook pages?
@@anhvuxyz Well we don't need sugar for blood glucose, our bodies produce glucose from all carbs and even from protein and fats in certain circumstances.
Studies have shown that most hard drug addicts also smoked cigarettes and drank alcohol prior to their addiction. So why aren't those considered gateway drugs?
Because it was socially acceptable do smoke cigs and drink alcohol for decades, if not centuries now. People are scared to admit it and completely prohibit it.
Because weed defines the new high school normal
Taxable.
Alcohol is arguably the most destructive drug you can use and abuse.
@@MaynardOwns lets tax weed, and psychedelics
I don’t agree with the majority of his arguments but I do very strongely agree about the link between vaping and THC “carts”.
Wow this was a great conversation ! Love weed personally but I feel all these points had some merit in some circumstances
Me: look at this guy and his haircut, pff
5 mins in I notice his shirt is from my Province
Me: what a nice haircut.
New-Bie represent baby
I have lost over 250 pounds since weed was legalized in Oregon. Changed my life. Damn right it is a gateway drug, a gateway yo life!
Gragon 777 I lost a lot of weight these last few months as well and weed helped a lot with my diet. For me personally when I smoke most strains I actually get the opposite of the munchies and lose my appetite especially if I’m super high. It was a god send on days when I was fasting as it allowed me to either take my mind off my hunger or just ignore it easier.
Gragon 777 bruh same. I will clear my pantry
Your statement might be the most ignorant I've ever seen how in the hell can weed make you lose 250 lb
@King SL...okay.... Moron
@King SL fuck u
If somebody drinks 12 beers a night they would need at least an ounce a night to subsidize that😂
Caffeine is the real gateway drug. It’s one of the first times you realize a substance can change your state.
Kevin Cleary nicotine was for me as well
Those are both good ones too! Sugar coffee and cigarettes! Sounds like a good morning. Lol
Kevin Cleary LoL 😂 sure does
Sugar as well
Once you go down the path with ANY drug at ANY level of abuse/addiction it absolutely becomes a gateway to trying other drugs. There's a lot of other variables that help facilitate one drug leading to a gateway of others like the circle of people you hangout wirh and what's available to you etc.
What time is this in the actual podcast? I'm quoting it for a research project lmao
Weed is a gateway to McDonald’s!!
You’ll never catch me in Mac Donald’s sober, but when I’m high ASF, boy it really goes down!!
Tobacco or alcohol is probably the real gate way drug.
Dude said JRE viewers are most probably teenage kids
I definitely agree that Juuls and vapes are getting teens addicted to THC. I've seen all of my friends that started vaping end up going from nicotine free to scaling all the way up to 80%. Conversely, weed can also help get you hooked on vapes especially in a social circle. Speaking from experience, I got high with my buddies one time and got offered a boof, and I took it cus I'm with the boys, and my high mind was inhibiting some amount of judgment. As far as weed being a gateway drug, it's, in my opinion, highly circumstantial, and we should do better to create better circumstances for it's use
Bro what if your parents introduced you into it instead of getting it from some sketchy guy off the street...
Alcohol is the gateway to everything..
That's true and if you smoke weed first alcohol seems really unappealing while high.
And the one you always go back to.
Life itself is the gateway to everything.
Even the most upright squares I've met have tried some kind of drug at least once.
@@shawnadkins8888 true
I just turned 26 and I’ve been smoking for 9 years now -never touched another drug (besides alcohol) and I am quite successful in my career so far. Nothing wrong with weed according to me. That is to say, your mileage may vary
So because your ok that means that weed is not a gateway drug?
When trying to understand if weed is a gateway drug, you need to look at a population not at one or two indivduals. Of course it will not be a gateway drug for many people, but it has been for many others, me included.
Now it may be easy for you to say, it hasnt effected me so it shouldnt effect anybody else, unfortunately that is not helpful when trying to understand the effect on society.
You might not be affected by depresion or hemorrhoids or whatever but that dosnt mean that depresion and hemorrhoids are not problems for people within our society.
This has far reaching ramifications. You may not think this effects you, but one day a tweaker who moved on to meth after trying weed when he was a teenager, might stab one of your family members to death after 5 days on gear and suffering from meth induced physcosis. So because it may not affect you in your personal drug taking, your life may be destroyed by the way that it affects someone else in the future. We live in a society and weather we like it or not we can be affected by drug problems.
Wake up stoner you life is fake
you're probably just an on off smoker, you're not about it.. foh
@@Rossboe1 youve gotta trolling. Theres 7 billion people in the world, but no one this crazy exists.
@@Rossboe1 it always comes down to choice. Are teens more likely to say yes to pills or coke because they smoke weed sure. But they're just as likely to say no.
Weed opened my eyes to my addictive personality, and kept me from trying harder drugs bc I know I’ll fn love them and be hooked
Weed doesn’t open the door. It unlocks it.
6:57 If u smoke enough good weed in one sitting, it's a strong ass pain reliever..... What's he talkin about.
And these are the idiots keeping illegal.
Epik1ne 88TX but that goes against what’s in his book so he definitely can’t say that hope your bro is doing well
@@BlastinHash709 Thanks for your concern but my brother passed from leukemia 7 years ago but fought it for 2 years when the doctors only gave him 1/2 a year to live. Truthfully the toughest person I've ever met in my life & the only man I can say I love & would've died for
Weed is a gateway drug to fitness.
Fitness box of girl guide cookies in my mouth.
Girl scout
Oh so you’re an expert on the subject with 0 first hand experience? Sounds legit
So a doctor who specializes in cancer need to have cancer?
@@Tydie. like the effort but dumb comparison
@@ishmail337 dude said guy had no first hand experience so he cant judge. That is ridiculous lol... humans cant judge anything that isnt a human than? Marajuana is definitely a gateway drug... doesnt mean it should be legal or illegal the fact that it is a gateway drug has nothing to do with its' legality. Im sure a big factor for it being a gateway drug is the low price, it's easy to find, and there are not many warnings and obvious signs of real health risk that is associated with the drug. It is also easy to hide the use of marajuana.
@@Tydie. cancer has proven research behind it and usually a Doctor would have numerous patients over time which allows hands on experience to go along with their education . This guy wrote a book and basically based it off what his wife was telling him and then used sources in the book that blew up in his face during their debate. He’s never smoked weed, nor dealt with any patients dealing with psychological issues to make the assertions he made. His sources were his wife and google. So if he’s not smoked it, he should at least have had hands on experience dealing with patients before making himself an “expert”. Lastly You said weed is a gateway drug but why has that gone back and forth yet alcohol is a consensus gateway drug? I’ll tell you why, because weed doesn’t make you lose your mind and want to do stuff you’ll regret later. If you chose other drugs after weed then more the likely that was in your cards anyway.
@@ishmail337 lol you talk with hypocrisy... his lack of personal experience with marajuana doesnt mean squat. That is my point. The other stuff is another argument. Out of the 23 people in my gr 9 class that smoked marajuana.. 17 that I know and still talk to have tried other drugs afterwards because they were bored of marajuana...myself included... No need to deny the truth. It is obviously a gateway drug... maybe you dont like the guy but he is 100% right about marajuana being a gateway drug..
If i had a nickel for every "ya know" I'd be Warren Buffett
You cannot vape "pure THC" as this guy says, in order for it to be vaped the liquid must be thin enough to go to the coil, pure THC could not do this as it is a crystal like substance, so in order for it to be vaped it must be thinned with terpenes and/or propylene glycol, the same as you'd find in any regular ejuice so what you're actually doing is essentially smoking a joint but not breathing in any carcinogens from the burning plant material and you're not inhaling burning rolling papers, many of which are bleached and refined so vaping it would actually be safer than smoking a joint not more dangerous...
Youre talking more about distillates. Distillates even though very clean in its extraction form, still require some sort of additive (mainly propylene glycol) in order to thin out the liquid so it can be vaped. Then theres also co2 exctration which does not require additives of any kind to meet the viscosity levels needed to vaporize, and you can actually taste what specific strain you are trying out.
@@jaybasha I just use a quartz banger an e-nail ..thats the most healthy way,,..heavy user here i used to smoke 7 grams od flower a day now with the oil 4 lil dabs a day do me just right,,
dab juice can also be laced, buddies from high school have had real trouble with that because its hard to tell whats safe.
@@jaybasha Read what I said again, why would you need to type my comment again? You've just said the same thing I have...
@@andrewegnatis5164 With what? Who the fuck are you buying from???? I've never once heard of it being "laced" Ive heard of dirty/impure oils fuck knows I've probably had some as well but never laced with anything, what's it "laced" with?
im so confused
is this guy for or against weed
every other sentence is fighting the other side
Watch the whole video lol
@@stupidityevolved7513 no
I smoke cannabis everyday, I've done Amphetamines, Methamphetamines, LSD, Psilocybin, Alcohol and nictone. I can say from my experience that if Cannabis wasn't introduced to me first I 100% still would of done everything on that list. But now I've found a "drug" that treats my depression, anxiety, and insomnia. I used to be strongly addicted to Amphetamines such as Vyvanse or Adderall, but after I had a life changing acid trip, I no longer am addicted to them.
You guys gotta link the full podcast on your clips
If weed is a gateway drug then so is Koolaid, Mountain Dew, and Chocolate Milk.
sugar is definitely a drug. I have seen many people addicted to it including my grandpa who at his age is all he wants to eat and will get shivers if he doesn't have any.
@Grant C. Hey dumb ass, thc is widely considered a psychoactive compound and not a narcotic. Also, to deny the hypocrisy of allowing people to ingest ungodly amounts of sugar but tell people they can't smoke is hilarious.
Eating too much added sugar can have many negative health effects. An excess of sweetened foods and beverages can lead to weight gain, blood sugar problems and an increased risk of heart disease, among other dangerous conditions that marijuana won't cause.
I went to rehab for Mountain Dew asshole.
@@osufan77 : Thanks bro, I knew people would have my back.
@@DapperCracker512 : Mountain Dew asshole?
Id go to rehab too, AFTER leaving Kentucky!