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Articles tagged with "gateway-drug"

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    Weed is not a gateway drug, says new study

    Pat Goggins - Published on January 27, 2023

    In a new study, researchers help dispel the idea of cannabis as a gateway drug, a win for the pro-legalization movement.

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  • U.S. Attorney General Says Cannabis Is Not a Gateway Drug

    Gage Peake - Published on September 22, 2016

    In a speech to high school students in Kentucky, Loretta Lynch said that opioids are the true gateway drugs, not cannabis.

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  • The Shake: D.A.R.E. Cries Foul, Denver Moves on Cannabis Clubs, and Wyoming Fails to Ban Edibles

    Bruce Barcott - Published on March 1, 2016

    In today’s daily news digest: D.A.R.E. wants you to know it (really) doesn’t like cannabis, Oregon eases banking rules, and Ohio organizers unveil initiative details.

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  • Does D.A.R.E. Still Think Cannabis is a Gateway Drug? Nobody Knows

    Ben Adlin - Published on February 26, 2016

    A discovery on Reddit leads Leafly on a wild goose chase involving one of America’s best-known anti-drug programs.

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  • The Medical Minute: This Study Just Turned the Gateway Drug Theory Upside-Down

    Bailey Rahn - Published on August 12, 2015

    New research analyzing substance use trends among U.S. youth found that most drug consumption begins with alcohol, not cannabis.

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  • The Medical Minute: Paranoia, Memory, and the Gateway Drug Theory

    Bailey Rahn - Published on March 18, 2014

    Cannabis prohibition has created a unique landscape of stigmas and myths. Here are three more studies contributing to the disentanglement of cannabis myth and fact.

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