Prohibition Is the Real "Gateway Drug"
Drug warriors claim that marijuana is a "gateway drug." On the contrary, it is the policy of drug prohibition--not the drug per se--that creates a gateway into a criminal underworld of crime and contaminated products.
This was brought home by a recent studyshowing a correlation between alcohol prohibition and meth use by county. When people want a substance that is prohibited, their only option is to turn to criminals who can supply it. This entree into the criminal world becomes a gateway to other illegal--and often more dangerous--activities and substances.
Turning to a criminal underground results in otherwise law-abiding citizens crossing that societal boundary between the legal and the illegal. Besides generally promoting disrespect for law, it gives buyers a level of comfort in a world outside the law.
Criminal organizations have no reason to check ID. Why should they? It's no more illegal to sell to minors than to...
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