Society July 11, 2012

Alcohol is the Prevalent Gateway Drug

It seems that school programs meant to help prevent young people from getting into hard drugs like cocaine may need to focus a little more time on the use of alcohol. According to a study from the Journal of School Health, alcohol is the most likely gateway. “Some of these earlier iterations needed to be fleshed out,” Adam Barry said. “That’s why we wanted to study this. The latest form of the gateway theory is that it begins with [marijuana] and

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