chaparelli530
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Just because they're socially acceptable does not mean they are not 'drugs.'
FACT: By definition, alcohol and tobacco are drugs.
DEFINITION OF A DRUG: A substance, often addictive, which affects the central nervous system; A chemical or substance, not necessarily for medical purposes, which alters the way the mind or body functions.
Since these drugs (alcohol & tobacco) are ALWAYS used prior to other drugs shouldn't they be considered the most dangerous gateway drugs?
*Just because they are socially acceptable does not declassify them from 'drug' status. Sears used to sell heroin needle kits in the Sears Roebuck catalog. So for a time in American history heroin and cocaine (in Coca-Cola) were socially acceptable and legal just like alcohol. Social acceptance does not absolve the fact that these are all dangerous drugs.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Did_sears_and_roebuck_sell_heroin_in_the_early_1900s
So shouldn't we teach our kids that alcohol & tobacco are the most dangerous "Gateway Drugs?"
FACT: By definition, alcohol and tobacco are drugs.
DEFINITION OF A DRUG: A substance, often addictive, which affects the central nervous system; A chemical or substance, not necessarily for medical purposes, which alters the way the mind or body functions.
Since these drugs (alcohol & tobacco) are ALWAYS used prior to other drugs shouldn't they be considered the most dangerous gateway drugs?
*Just because they are socially acceptable does not declassify them from 'drug' status. Sears used to sell heroin needle kits in the Sears Roebuck catalog. So for a time in American history heroin and cocaine (in Coca-Cola) were socially acceptable and legal just like alcohol. Social acceptance does not absolve the fact that these are all dangerous drugs.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Did_sears_and_roebuck_sell_heroin_in_the_early_1900s
So shouldn't we teach our kids that alcohol & tobacco are the most dangerous "Gateway Drugs?"