One of the top Republicans in Congress says he is concerned that marijuana causes people to use other, more dangerous substances as the Trump administration is moving forward with a proposal to federally reschedule cannabis.House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) told Marijuana Moment last week that he thinks “marijuana is a gateway drug, and it causes other problems down the road” for people who use it.Research has routinely debunked the so-called “gateway drug theory” that cannabis causes people to go on to other substances like cocaine and heroin.One study published last year, for example, noted that cannabis “is often labeled a ‘gateway drug,’” but found that “strong causal evidence for progression to other substances is limited.”Use of marijuana “typically follows alcohol and tobacco, and rarely leads to further drug use,” the study found. “These findings challenge the gateway hypothesis.”In any case, Scalise was responding to a question about recently released FBI data showing that his home state of Louisiana had among the highest number of marijuana arrests in the U.S. in 2025.The majority leader largely sidestepped the issue, however, saying that marijuana policy is largely carried out at the state level and not in Congress, where he serves.“Ultimately, states are the ones who really regulate this. Each state has their own laws,” he said. “You’ve seen it being fought out in a number of states on even medicinal, and there have been constitutional initiatives at state levels.”“You’ve seen the states primarily fighting this out,” Scalise said.>https://www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-is-a-gateway-drug-gop-congressional-majority-leader-says-as-trump-moves-to-ease-federal-restrictions/
>>542228867That means they use it in the CIA's Gateway Program
alcohol and tobacco are ten times worse and no one cares
Politicians are being lobbied by law enforcement unions, big pharma, and the Mexican cartels. Legal weed cuts all of these groups out.
Marijuana is a gateway drug, but it should still be legal.
>>542228867It's all so tiresome.
>>542228867Christcucks are jewish slave zombies and they want you to be one too. No fun, only work.
>>542228867>GOP Majority Leader Calls Marijuana a ‘Gateway Drug’what gateway is he opening?>>542229210tag/gate was too real, anon.>>542229250irrelevant.alcohol and tobacco are so addicting they demand black markets if outlawed.>>542229350partially.could be replaced with agriculture.>>542229374a gateway to groove.
>>542229250That's because alcohol and tobacco backs the right politicians.
>>542228867Alcohol is way worse. I would much rather Weed be legalized and Alcohol banned, but alcohol is more effective at destroying people's lives.
>>542229565>alcohol and tobacco are so addicting they demand black markets if outlawedwhat do you think people in states where weed is banned are doing, dumbass?hell, what do you think all illegal drug trade is?
>>542228867It is a gateway drug when it is acquired through the black market. This isn’t a characteristic of the drug itself though, rather a result of exposure to a black market that often offers other drugs as well. Outlaw aspirin and force it to the black market and aspirin will become a gateway drug as well.
>>542228867Shoot Steve Scalise in the head for not representing the people of the united states.You won't, faggot.Nor the kike fed reading this post.Kill yourself btw federal faggot, you're on the way to hell anyway.
>>542228867Weed will be legal when all boomers die. Trust the plan.
I have CHS and it sux
>>542229666Thank you Satan
>>542228867>(R-LA)Clown tier retard detected. Opinion: Discarded.
>>542229210shhhhhhh
>>542228867The gambling industry got "anti-degeneracy" republicans onboard with online sportsbooks rather quickly. Guess the weed gang doesn't have that deep of pockets yet
>>542228867It's not, that's 1980's DARE bullshit talking points.
>>542229636this is irrelevant to taxable products, anon.
>>542229565A gateway to a relaxing Saturday evening on the couch watching Arch Manning and the Texas Longhorns take on the Ohio State Buckeyes, maybe after nice Saturday afternoon round of golf hacking it up at your local knockaround course
>>542228867Good; I'm sick of smelling weed everywhere I go. Weed is for losers and it shouldn't be legalized. And all these dopeheads are drug addicts with no self control, but they all claim they NEED weed for muh anxiety, muh ADHD, this, that. Its so fucking pathetic. Just admit you're weak drug addict losers; stop acting like your drug habit is medicinal. You can't hack life without being high because you're a fucking pussy. No better than pill poppers, alcoholics, crackheads, and females on psych meds. All addicts; all weakling; all total losers.
>>542230387>Muh weed>Muh sportsballRussia can't nuke us soon enough
>>542230447I smoke weed constantly and am a far better worker than you unfortunately. I spent over a decade working from wake to sleep and do work that is respected world-wide. Call me a loser all you want but try to tell me something that impresses me lmao, you aren't capable.
>>542228867Then why did I smoke weed for a year and never want any other drug?I call major BULLSHT
>>542230007I peed in that mug
>>542228867Weed lmao
It's not a gateway drug for me. I just take a few puffs when watching Sunday night HBO / anime with my dad. Sober as a gopher otherwise.
>>542228867>One study published last year, for example, noted that cannabis “is often labeled a ‘gateway drug,’” but found that “strong causal evidence for progression to other substances is limited.”>Use of marijuana “typically follows alcohol and tobacco, and rarely leads to further drug use,” the study found. “These findings challenge the gateway hypothesis.”This is making it more difficult for hard drug doing GOP homosexuals to lie.
>>542228867>Marijuana is Gateway drugSays the GOP meth and coke doing sex traffickers that have no issue with the actual gateway drugs of cigarettes, alcohol, or porn which literally features people and young kids obviously on meth and cocaine other drugs.No one's buying this false non-existent moral concern, at all.
>>542228867I smoke legal marijuana regularly and I never feel the need to gateway into anything but a 4loco. Who has the energy for hard drugs these days? The dam kids already turned weed into crack with "dAbZ" or whatever the fuck those are
>>542230447You sound like someone who lived in those necrophilliac neighborhoods with no tree on sight. Trees and plants will cover and "absorb" fumes from smokes (whether is tobacco, cars, factories, and weed).You won't stop weed consumers but you can definitely improve the air. I'm a user myself. When I lived in the guetto I couldn't stand the smoke. Now I live in a sort of Suburban forest where houses have a small fountain too (some people even have cool koi ponds), and smoke stopped being a problem. I take lungs' health seriously.
>>542228867>GOP Majority Leader Calls Marijuana a ‘Gateway Drug’there is nothing wrong with this statement
>>542230578Is life so bad for you? Like I mean I can’t even go out to lunch without being served a shit sandwich on poorly toasted rye. I’d imagine you have the liberty to enjoy this country to the fullest, entirely unimpeded and you’re stomping your feet over a doobie, a round of golf, and some college football. Move to Russia if you love it so much, the truth is that America is awesome, no one even has to pretend that, America is that awesome
>>542230447Plants are your friends.
i have been smoking a 20% thc joint since 3pm and i can barely look straight. modern weed is strong af. i cant even imagine 25 or 30%. that would be insane
>>542229666hailed
>>542228867>“Ultimately, we have a 10th Amendment and no enumerated federal power to do anything about this issue, so whatever we do at the federal level, we are exceeding our Constitutionally mandated powers"ftfy asshole
>>542229374>Marijuana is a gateway drug, but it should still be legal.10th motherfucking amendment
>>542228867Nooo, you can only buy artificial weed by big pharma with licensing and 1000% markup
>>542228867Fuck neo-Cohens and their evangelical bullshit.
>>542229374If the dopers had leaned into making it more floral/aromatic and better smoking rather than trying to make it is strong as possible (like a drug) I might agree. Anyways, I don't view states that legalize as being crazy or anything. It is a close call. If forced to vote on it Id probably say keep it illegal.
>>542229374A gateway to what? I've been smoking for years and have never wanted to try anything else. The people that do shit like meth and coke were going to do it regardless of whether they used marijuana first or not.
>>542228867Ive been smoking weed all of my life and it didn’t lead me to other drugs. Led me to Muay Thai and mma BJJ, heavy weights and surfing and making music.
>Dude weed is an evil gayeway drug!but also,>ZOMG IS YOUR CHILD RUNNING AROUND A LOT? WE NEED TO PUT HIM ON AMPHETAMINES RIGHT AWAY!Clown world.
>>542230096Honestly insane that Republicans are pro-gambling. Gambling has far greater societal negative externalities than smoking some Zaza. People don't lose all their money and kill themselves from weed addictions like they do gambling.
>>542228867I just want legal LSD and MDMA/MDA
>>542232761 Yeah but weed turned this guy >>542232700 gay.
>>542230987based
>>542232772Someone is going to get blasted and get behind the wheel. I love lsd but I honestly do not trust the general population with such a drug.
>>542228867>gateway drugmore like the opposite. More like less people are drinking and the liquor kikes are freaking out.
>>542232761Weed just doesn't have the tax revenue potential needed for republicans to bother fighting their base over it
This is Dr Josef from the Taper Clinic. Cannabis isn't as harmless as its advocates would like to believe. Also, there are many cases (even one person is an issue), of permanent psychosis (schizophrenia) from cannabis. From my perspective I would say that people with psychosis/schizophrenia issues are attracted to the cannabis experience, for the psychological merging with others and the universe, etc. But for people who aren't taking care of themselves mentally and psychologically, it can sort of make things worse. As always there is a context. Some 30+ guy smoking some weed on the weekends while socialising with friends, or the adolescent smoking massive amounts, completely disengaged from society, NEET horror, as they say.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8OQaZol6xg
>>542228867Banning marijuana while permitting alcohol and tobacco is a crime against humanity and I can't wait until we put these boomer Republican scumbags on trial and fast track their executions. FUCK.It really is incredible when you understand how many government thugs need to be removed from power and executed for crimes against the people.Weed is amazing. Under $1.00 gets you buzzed all day. No hangover, no killing your insides with carcinogenics (unless you smoke it).Alcohol kills you and your brain, A PROVEN FACT. American alcohol companies that have lobbied to ban marijuana should be immediately seized, shutdown, and their owners executed.White nationalist scum are going to find out.
>>542230631>smoke weed constantly and am a far better worker than youTypical dopehead response. Claimed with absolutely zero way of knowing whether its true or not. What a braindead loser you are.
>>542231466>>542231466>>542231466>>542231466>>542231466signal boosting the shills ignored this based reply
>>542235451while its true that this cant be said in specific cases where we dont know if you're a lazy fuck or not, there are indeed highly functioning stoners out there that get their jobs done well and get paid well...and that's not to say they do their jobs high either
>>542231438>You sound like someone who lived in those necrophilliac neighborhoods with no tree on sightNot remotely correct.Another typical dopehead response. All the same; just nonsense.
>>542235608Cry more boomernigger. I dedicate my next bowl to you.
>>542228867Good thing Trump is leading the GOP. These republican knucklheads have no strategy. They will own the house if they legalize weed.
>>542235750clearly you're unemployed
>>542234654true but dont shit talk my booze
>>542228867If anything cannabis deterred me from nicotine. I only do cannabis. No alcohol or other gatewat drugs. Fitting when they are drinking their scotch as they read this fuckin hypocrites.
>>542228867>republican says retarded shit that kikes told him to sayUnsurprising.
>>542235585>there are indeed highly functioning stoners out there that get their jobs done well Just because there are exceptions to the rule (which these ppl are, and I know they exist because I know one personally) doesn't mean we should keep the rule. On balance, legalizing weed has been a net negative to society. It also shows the hypocrisy of the govt/society in that--as another poster mentioned--some ppl are anti-weed but pro putting their 10 year old on amphetamines because muh ADHD. Children should not be on any drugs, unless they are SEVERELY mentally ill. And I mean severe. Not because they're getting crap grades or cause they're acting like a spaz.Our society is sick and sad for pushing drugs onto practically everyone. Children, pregnant women, they dont care if everyone's on drugs--but only if they're the RIGHT drugs. Don't any of you dopeheads wonder why (((they))) enthusiastically support weed and psych meds but demonize nicotine and opiates? You probably don't because you're all preoccupied with muh weed and perfectly happy to just spend your lives retardedly high. But you're addicts, like the fent freaks and the Adderall poppers. You're no better, and you're controlled by your addiction.
>>542235750Not a boomer, dopehead. Enjoy killing your brain cells and being retarded.
Decriminalize speed, cocaine and psychedelic mushrooms already.
The #1 problem with Marijuana is it stops you from wanting to fight.No stoner wants to go to Iran and die for Israel, that's why it has to be banned.
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>>542228867He's not wrong, at least objectively. Whatever your first drug is, be it cigarettes or crack cocaine they can be called a "gateway drug", weed just happens to be as common as cigarettes. Weed is maybe one-quarter as addictive as cigarettes but is also psychoactive, on par with beer in terms of inebriation potential. Arguably cigarettes are the "gateway drug" or prime mover for beginning weed smoking, people often use it as a replacement for cigarettes too but usually they'll almost exclusively be smokers to start with. To ban weed you would have to ban cigarettes or make them so premium in price that people cannot afford them, the latter of which has been happening for decades with the luxury tax on cigarettes. Weed has been seeing the beginnings of a luxury tax outside of the medical market, yet medical marijuana has been taxed heavily from the start since the entire premise of legalization was tax revenue.tl;dr - benis>>542229250Objectively untrue. About the same, with differing effects.
>>542232772Decriminalize all drugs period.
>>542236067They all drink scotch and do blow when making policy
>>542228867Jeez. I wasn't aware there are so many SQUARES in America!
>>542236348Oregon tried...it did NOT go over well at all.
>>542235979Back in your cagie. Your 15 minute lunch break is over.>>542236248>killing brain cellsLMAOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO You are a dumbfuck, boomernigger confirmed.
>>542236309How can ppl compare weed to cigarettes? I can legally drive after smoking or vaping; smoking and vaping are not intoxicating. Only when you first start, you get a nicotine buzz. No one ever does something stupid and then the next day goes "I was smoking cigarettes dude"; they go "I was really high/drunk dude".The only thing smoking/vaping has in common with weed is you inhale to do both. Except now you have weed gummies etc so not anymore. Funny how they made a big deal over the flavors Juul offered because MUH CHILDREN, but they make weed gummies and candy ropes and no one says a word.
>>542233117Kant was a freemason. Voltaire was a freemason. Rousseau was a freemason... I got a bad feeling about these enlightenment era philosophers my dudes.
>>542236622>How can ppl compare weed to cigarettes?>pplYour phone can insert entire words, zoomer. Anyway, I compared them because anything with addiction potential is a drug. Cigarettes despite not being a scheduled substance have a higher addiction potential than weed, although they aren't as inebriating.
>>542228867just another case where a majority of pol agrees with the JOP.
>>542228867Weed is boring and you have a low IQ if you use it everyday. Tolerance builds up fast and you just get retarded without lengthy breaks in between each session.
>>542236622I can drive high ackshually. I’m more cautious if anything.
>>542229666All hail the wise dark lord!
>>542228867The real danger with weed is all the lost revenue from buying convenience snacks and beer when going out. I will enjoy my 0 cal vape and there's nothing you can do about it.
>>542230387Based and bropilled
