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Cannabis and the Reversed Gateway Effect (New
Study)
For decades we have been lead to believe that cannabis is a Gateway Drug. For those unfamiliar
with the terminology, the Gateway Theory is the assumption that as a user builds up a tolerance to
a particular substance – their natural inclination will be to increase the dose of the drug to
experience the same “high” as before.
Throughout the past few decades there have been plenty of “studies” that suggested this theory to
be true, at least – this is what the government wanted you to believe. In reality – the gateway
theory has plenty of logical holes in it that it’s not considered an accurate assessment.
This doesn’t mean that the idea is powerless. As of 2019 – the Democratic Presidential Nominee
Joe Biden – still believed that cannabis was a gateway.
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/18/joe-biden-marijuana-gateway-drug-
legalization/) Of course – now he’s rolled back that opinion and probably hates me for reminding
people that he stood for that policy at one time.
But we can’t entirely blame Joe for that – to be fair, the government has been propagating this idea
for decades and considering that “Tough on Crime Joe Biden” is a career federalist – one cannot
expect him to question the o cial narrative. He dances to the tune the machine is playing and
since the machine no longer is playing the “cannabis is bad” tune – he’s changing his.
Irrespective of the personal belief of presidential candidates – the gateway theory has been seared
into the minds of people 30-years and older.

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Lately though – researchers are singing a completely di erent song. They have found evidence to
suggest that cannabis may be an “Exit Drug” or has a “Reverse Gateway E ect”.
What is a Reversed Gateway?
If the gateway theory suggests that when one builds up tolerance to the high of a particular drug –
you’ll want to progress to more harmful drugs – the reverse of that would mean that you’ll be
transitioning away from harder drugs.
For many cannabis users – including myself – this holds true. However – researchers published
research in PLOS ONE – a peer reviewed journal – entitled, “Something that actually works”:
Cannabis use among young people in the context of street entrenchment” – READ IT HERE
(https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0236243#abstract0)
What they found when observing the drug consumption habits of at troubled youths who lived on
the streets of Vancouver was that cannabis helped them transition o harder drugs such as
fentanyl, heroin, and meth.
The vast majority of study participants engaged in daily, intensive cannabis use at the same time as they
cycled on and o other substances that were perceived as much more harmful (primarily alcohol,
fentanyl, heroin and meth). While most participants derived signi cant pleasure from the use of
cannabis, no participants in our study described using cannabis for purely recreational purposes. A
number of participants explicitly framed cannabis as a form of mental health and substance use
treatment that was more e ective and “healthier” than the long-term use of psychopharmaceuticals and
medication-assisted substance use treatment (e.g., opioid agonist therapies). Cannabis use was also
understood to ameliorate some of the harms of, or even facilitate transitions out of, periods of street-
based homelessness. While the majority of our participants highlighted the positive e ects of regular
cannabis consumption, some described how intensive cannabis use could generate signi cant harms.
Why Framing Matters
For decades – some of the only studies that the US government approved were speci cally geared
towards nding potential harms of the substance.
For the United States the notion of a “Drug Free Society” was seared into the minds of everyone.
Thus, any information that framed cannabis in a positive light was discarded. However – nowadays
cannabis is no longer being framed under the scrutiny of unattainable objectives.
By utilizing danger-pro les of drugs and seeing that cannabis – which is on the spectrum of the
least dangerous street drugs – can help users stop using harder drugs bene ts the legalization
movement.
You see – cannabis is neither good nor bad. It simply is a plant and it is us who creates these
modi cations to its use.

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Framing is the important factor when it comes to any study. While scientists would like to project
an image of impartiality – in a vast majority of the studies published – some bias lters through the
scienti c protocols.
Of course – this doesn’t mean that we can’t rely on these studies, it simply means that we need to
place ourselves in the right frame to understand where these studies come from.
Why Legalization is now a Public Health Issue
I’m not saying that cannabis “will” curve the opioid epidemic or stop people from taking street
drugs – let’s not be naïve.
But for me, and millions like me – cannabis became the drug of choice. I personally see it far more
than a simple “drug” – but if that is what you’d like to call it so be it. The point is that I hardly drink
alcohol anymore, or smoke cigarettes, or other drugs since I started smoking weed.
While I can say this – I also tried a bunch of di erent drugs and if I were a prohibitionist – that
would be evidence of the “Gateway theory” happening despite me simply being curious about
other psychedelic experiences.
Perhaps cannabis does not take you forward or backwards – perhaps it’s never been cannabis and
our own innate desires to get high that has driven our drug consumption habits. What do you
think?
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