His reasons on why people shouldn’t believe marijuana that drug that lead you to the use of other hardcore drug. In one of the studies that he provides us with he talks about the gateway theory. What the gateway theory is presented by John Walter the drug czar. In a speech he gives back in 2004 in New Mexico, according to the Albuquerque Journal “Walter emphasized that marijuana is a “gateway drug” that can lead to other chemical dependencies.” (Walter,par. 5) Walters believes are that progression from one drug to the other leads to a more illegal substance like alcohol and tobacco leads to the use of marijuana and the then from their it leads to the use of cocaine. Any government official uses this theory to stop the legalization of marijuana but with two studies provided in this article it shows that the gateway theory can’t be backed up with any
His reasons on why people shouldn’t believe marijuana that drug that lead you to the use of other hardcore drug. In one of the studies that he provides us with he talks about the gateway theory. What the gateway theory is presented by John Walter the drug czar. In a speech he gives back in 2004 in New Mexico, according to the Albuquerque Journal “Walter emphasized that marijuana is a “gateway drug” that can lead to other chemical dependencies.” (Walter,par. 5) Walters believes are that progression from one drug to the other leads to a more illegal substance like alcohol and tobacco leads to the use of marijuana and the then from their it leads to the use of cocaine. Any government official uses this theory to stop the legalization of marijuana but with two studies provided in this article it shows that the gateway theory can’t be backed up with any