newIdentity@sh.itjust.works to drugmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoKid named abusesh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down116
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·1 year agoAnd they’re still calling it dangerous and a “gateway drug.”
minus-squareAlto@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-21 year agoYup. Kids are generally smarter than we give them credit for. They’re pretty good at telling when they’re being fed bullshit like that.
minus-squareTopShelfVanilla@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThat’s rich. Cigarettes are the gateway drug
minus-squarenewIdentity@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoFor me the gateway drug was Alcohol
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoMore people get a caffeine addiction than a nicotine addiction
minus-squareTopShelfVanilla@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoBut caffeine isn’t illicit at any age, so it isn’t a gateway to other illicit drugs.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIt is a drug, so it is a gateway to other drugs. Illicit doesn’t matter to biology.
And they’re still calling it dangerous and a “gateway drug.”
Yup. Kids are generally smarter than we give them credit for. They’re pretty good at telling when they’re being fed bullshit like that.
That’s rich. Cigarettes are the gateway drug
For me the gateway drug was Alcohol
More people get a caffeine addiction than a nicotine addiction
But caffeine isn’t illicit at any age, so it isn’t a gateway to other illicit drugs.
It is a drug, so it is a gateway to other drugs. Illicit doesn’t matter to biology.