Alcohol, Not Marijuana, A Gateway Drug

While it may not settle the debate over how drug use begins, researchers found that alcohol, not marijuana, is the gateway drug that leads teens down the path of hard drug use, according to a new study that will be published in the August edition of the Journal of School Health.

"By recognizing the important predictive role of alcohol and delaying initiation of alcohol use, school officials and public health leaders can positively impact the progression of substance use," Adam Barry, study author and an assistant professor at the University of Florida, said in a statement.

Researchers looked at data from over 14,500 students from 120 public and private schools in the United States to evaluate whether students had used any of 11 substances, including alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, cocaine, heroin, LSD, amphetamines, tranquilizers and other narcotics. They found that more often than not, alcohol was the first substance students tried before moving on to other drugs.
"I am confident in our findings and the clear implications they have for school-based prevention programs. By delaying and/or preventing the use of alcohol, these programs can indirectly reduce the rate of use of other substances," Barry said in a statement.

Alcohol was also the most commonly used substance, according to the study. More than 70 percent of students reported using alcohol at some point during their lifetime, compared to only 45 percent who reported using tobacco and 43 percent who used marijuana.
Researchers also found that students who used alcohol were up to 16 times more likely to use illicit drugs.

Barry said the study underlines the importance of parental roles in speaking to their child about drugs and alcohol.
"Parents should know that a strict, zero-tolerance policy at home is best. Increasing alcohol-specific rules and decreasing availability will help prevent an adolescent's alcohol use," he said. "The longer that alcohol initiation is delayed, the more likely that other drug or substance use will be delayed or prevented as well."

Bron: http://www.isciencetimes.com/articles/3 ... y-drug.htm


No. Shit.

ja duhh

Nou ja, de eerste keer dat ik had geblowd had ik ook veel te veel gedronken, daarvoor was het niet eens in me opgekomen. Dus niet enkel een gateway, zelfs de frickin' aanleiding.

Maar ik overdrijf een beetje hoor. Heel die gateway theorie is wel wat scheef.

Waarom verspillen ze zoveel tijd, geld en energie in die onderzoeken als de antwoorden allang lang en breed op tafel liggen?
Marijuana wordt nooit legaal, alcohol nooit illegaal. Die onderzoeken veranderen niks aan het bekrompen denkbeeld van een groot deel van een bevolking.

Dopamientje schreef:Waarom verspillen ze zoveel tijd, geld en energie in die onderzoeken als de antwoorden allang lang en breed op tafel liggen?
Marijuana wordt nooit legaal, alcohol nooit illegaal. Die onderzoeken veranderen niks aan het bekrompen denkbeeld van een groot deel van een bevolking.

Als je zo denkt, dan verandert er inderdaad niks
Er is een verschil tussen wat zogenaamd "algemene kennis" is, en wat wetenschappelijk bewezen is. Leuke paper over dit onderwerp: Common Knowledge and Scientific Knowledge: Difference and Interdependence

It is important to find empirical and theoretical way to support our claims about world that are well justified and heuristically powerful. Laudan says that the difference between science and non-science is not essential but a difference of degree.

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Reliable justification of scientific theses and theories arise from sophisticated methods of observation and inferences (more objective, tested and corrected by many investigators, concerned with narrow phenomena that are easier to explain and predict). They are fallible but more reliable and less changeable than common beliefs.

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Ivo schreef:They found that more often than not, alcohol was the first substance students tried before moving on to other drugs.

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Wisten we dit niet dan?

lust geen alcohol; soms drink ik een biertje. Het is zeker weten een gatewaydrug

Ik las het bericht vandaag nog eens en heb toch nog wat toe te voegen.

Ik vraag mij af of cafeïne met opzet niet meegenomen is. Ik denk dat als deze erbij had gezeten deze het waarschijnlijk van alcohol had gewonnen.

De hele gateway theorie is nog steeds wetenschappelijk niet bewezen. Deze studie is naar mening dan ook niet van hoge wetenschappelijk standaard en maakt nogal wat eigen invullingen.

De reden waarom bijvoorbeeld tabak niet hoger scoorde is de nodige campagnes en stigma die hieraan gevestigd worden door onze maatschappij.

Laten we eerlijk zijn alcohol is nog steeds redelijk glorified in onze maatschappij. Nadat je jaren als puber volwassenen en oudere genoten ziet en/of hoort genieten dan word je natuurlijk nieuwsgierig om het op z'n minst ook een keer geprobeerd te hebben. Aangezien dit als normaal beschouwd word zal er ook minder push back zijn vanuit de maatschappij.

Als ik even verder vrij redeneer dan zou ik alcohol tabak en cannabis als de grootste drie binnen dit onderzoek noemen. Beide tabak en cannabis kennen veel negatieve publiciteit en specifieke campagnes om gebruik tegen te gaan. Denk maar aan de war on drugs waar America zo dol op is. De campagnes over alcohol gaan naar mijn weten juist vaak alleen over verstandig gebruik, ken je grenzen en rij niet onder invloed.