Doctors debate if marijuana is a 'gateway drug'

Dr. Carl Hart and Dr. Drew Pinsky debate whether marijuana use leads to addiction to other drugs.

[@Doperooni]

Not much of a debate if they both answered "LOL no".

[@vladimireng4938]

*Alcohol is the gateway drug. Get a friend drunk and offer them illegal drugs. Then get a friend stoned and give them illegal drug's. The person stoned will refuse and raid the kitchen. The drunk person will accept, act first, think later.*

[@ilearn5]

maybe cuz they're both debating a commonly held notion and not one another?

[@CamEron-nj5qy]

Bad title

[@rdf7777]

I started with my mothers milk,then to cows milk, soda, and then beer, liquor and now reefer. omg

[@jeanninegrant5959]

teeheehee hahahaha 2days laugh

[@joero4610]

I know! When will it end!?

[@senorpepper3405]

and now I'm huffin keyboard duster🤗

[@rhatikeo]

god bless boobs, beer and weed

[@mrchoon2010]

It starts with mother's milk and ends with poppy milk

[@abramjessiah]

That ambien comment hit Anderson hard. 😂

[@jayjacob6855]

Now we know what carl thinks of drew😂

[@franciscofranco5133]

"If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny." - Thomas Jefferson

[@MrSalvia18]

Awesome! Diolch that was good fare play

[@juancarlosaguas3212]

The latest episode of Joe Rogan brought me here

[@grantdumas4076]

Same

[@00y93]

Same too

[@senorpepper3405]

#metoo

[@YisraelBenLevi]

Cannabis saved my life

[@jacobogilgarcia9381]

Hey, i know this comment is pretty old and i dont know if you are still out there, but in case you speak with complete seriousness, i would like to hear your story. Not because im skeptical to it, but because i have started somking pot and im doing some resarch on the drug to stay safe.

[@senorpepper3405]

@@jacobogilgarcia9381 mary jane is not for everyone. some people can smoke it every day and be fine. it made me lazy and stupid.

[@KittyCatSpartan117]

I'm a daily user of Marijuana but my anxiety levels are through the roof sober so when I smoke I'm acutely leveled. I also have Autism/adhd/bipolar??(still not sure with bipolar but diagnosed nonetheless). I think by just seeeing it [Marijuana] for what it is : A chemical, a drug, etc. I'll label it medication for myself since it improves my life, others might find it to be an impetus towards self bombardment. Haha but as I type this I'm thinking, it's their lives, and who am I to tell them striving for pleasure to be their life purpose is any worse than someone wanting to be a musician... IN MY OPINION. please notice the word opinion ppl so please don't devour me lol 😆.

[@jayvanzyl7696]

I have stage four cancer. I use cannabis to control the pain. It help me retain my appetite and has help far more the the oxytocin, fentanyl or any other drug that kills the majority of people everyday. I can not agree with the professors statements but I can say for people who are dying from cancer cannabis gives a person a better quality of life until you meet your end. I don't like the other drugs the professor indulges in and I don't agree with drug use at all but cannabis should be available to cancer patients.

[@gabrieljohnson1854]

​@@jayvanzyl7696 It's been 3 years how are you

[@atomovedin3970]

my personal opinion from 41 years of smoking weed is it maybe psychologically additive but not physically, I can go from smoking every day to without for months, I've been smoking cigarettes for 33 years and wanna rip off heads if i go without for just hours. uhmmm

[@atomovedin3970]

Done quit 2 months ago without hallucinations, just the strength of Jesus.

[@atomovedin3970]

No I'm doing great, I've only smoked a $20 bag a weed in the last 2 months also, which is actually low amount for me. God is good.

[@jaroncreed]

deltrontheory hey baby

[@larsonator69]

+jack daniels you might literally be the only person on this planet to say its easier to quit heroin than pot. Every logical person on this planet would disagree with your propaganda. It is BEYOND A DOUBT harder to quit cigarettes than pot, unless you disagree with science and basically everyone.

[@aeonlinedotnl2103]

@jack daniels it is not true what you are saying. I smoke pot every day in the netherlands where it is legal to buy in a shop.Sometimes i go for a job abroad to singapore(you can get death penalty for using drugs in singapore) i work in singapore for months without smoking weed. When i come back to the netherlands i start smoking again. It seems the money i can earn in singapore is more important for me then the weed. So it is psychologically addictive lol.

[@canadianlumberjack4202]

Oh well I used to be a pothead, one ounce of weed would last me 1 week. Then I just stopped, I don't even think it's addictive at all

[@Peaches08861]

+byron tronson It is an addictive drug but from your personal anecdotal experience you proved to your self that the drug isn't the problem. now someone who has had childhood trauma with recent deaths in the family and an extremely stressful low paying job with a bunch of bills to pay may try weed and get out of hand with it. Think of it this way if you will, 1 million people will get a corvette fresh of the parking lot with zero discrepancies, 90% of those people will take it for a spin bring it home with no problems at all but 10% of the people will take the car and drive it too fast and crash it. Do we blame the car or the person who was driving it? the same is with drugs most people will use them with no problem at all and then a select few will use them and become addicted.

[@dumbassjohnson]

it depends on the person and their psychology

[@bitemebudha8571]

Yes its a gateway!!! Gateway to the fridge, to bed or to coach! 😂😂

[@simphiwentsindiso6513]

The sugar in your coffee is more dangerous than weed

[@darrenspohn8376]

It is a gateway drug. For me, it led me directly to the fridge.

[@jasonspades5628]

This guy understands how logic works. Almost everyone I've met does not. It's something I've been trying to change.

[@leroylang2453]

It's a bit like saying that everyone who tries a beer for the first time will become an alcoholic and we know that that's just not true.

[@psykonauta]

I think we should start talking less about addictive substances and start talking more about addictive tendencies.

[@adamsholzhaus8196]

Withdraw from weed is neither immediate nor intense (unlike opioids). When I withdraw, its days later and the effect is mild crankiness, which is simple to cure with meditation.

[@steelcash]

There was a guy on there saying that MJ addiction is 20-25% but they didn't show that part. 25%... unbelievable. People will say anything. It doesn't matter if it's truth or not.

[@Handsofakiller19]

I thought addiction basically equals dependency. I've used marijuana for a while and I still don't feel like I need it. You can't do that with alcohol, caffine, nicotine, narcotics, they leave you dependent on the chemical to not have withdrawals but I've never noticed any "withdrawal symptoms" from marijuana.

[@darrenspohn8376]

Addiction and dependency are not the same thing. Pot for some can become a dependency, but it is still not addictive.

[@m42037]

@@darrenspohn8376 Right like driving my auto

[@Brigadier88]

The reason people do marijuana then maybe go on to do other drugs is because they realize they were lied to about marijuana, so what else were they lied to about? Turns out, all drugs.

[@Arachnoscribe]

Quite frankly, there's not enough available data for any doctor to make an informed decision. Additionally, psychology is more reliant upon conjecture and probability than established facts.

[@00y93]

Shut up foo 😒

[@patrickbellefleur5508]

@@00y93 I know right lol

[@MrSalvia18]

you going to arest me for having DMT in my pineal glan aswel. Beauts lol

[@vimzibaiegh]

Shoenice smokes weed and doesn't do coke and heroin. I haven't asked him, but I'd be shocked to hear that he would even consider it.

[@dmtdreamz7706]

It's not a matter of him being right or me being right. It's a matter of me going meta and realizing that what this whole debate is about is about him defending his own personal biases his ego and me defending my personal biases and my ego. And all that's happening here is we're just clashing our biases together without any kind of higher awareness and that's like a light bulb going up. This is a earth-shattering revelation when you realize this then you go meta on the whole debate and you realize ah i see this is not going to be resolved at the level of defeating his ideas or him defeating my ideas and it doesn't matter who wins this debate because this is all just an ego game. And then i can look inside of myself and i can realize oh yeah i can actually use mindfulness to penetrate into my own body become aware of my ego at work inside of me generating this ideology and then defending it and being closed-minded about it andrefusing to look at the situation from a higher perspective. I can actually feel my body getting hotter. I can feel myself getting angry or defensive when he's making a good point. I can also start to notice the various manipulative tricks that his ego is using against me in this debate and then i can notice myself using those tricks against him and i can notice the double standards that i have and i can notice my own biases and i can notice his biases and i can notice the fact that the only reason i'm arguing with him is because i have a certain survival agenda that i'm trying to defend with my ego and i can notice that he's doing the same thing and when all of that is noticed the entire game of this debate collapses. That would be going meta. Can you see how powerful that is can you see how liberating that is. You see this is the kind of higher dimensional move that needs to be done to solve this particular war on drugs problem.

[@hiimpeyton671]

Y’know... most people who try weed, don’t even continue. If it can’t get you hooked on weed itself in most cases. What are the chances of it making you addicted to crack? That just don’t make sense

[@datguy729]

Title should be "Doctors Debate Anderson Cooper if Marijuana is a gateway drug"

[@kellybarney2sonsbarney742]

Today Show 12-31-2019 they say weed is a gateway drug, I totally disaree, I believe alcohol is, and it's legal!!!!!

[@keepingupwiththecichlids]

I like to see what would happen if we made caffeine illegal in the US and took away everyone's coffee.

[@DrSlipperyFist]

After hearing dudes story on Joe Rogan, this is real funny.

[@sdnorthcounty8140]

Joe Rogan is a clown

[@PeopleHealthTru]

Cancerous pot smoke isn't bad like cigarettes? Dependency isn't as bad as Addiction? Admit it, some benefit, some danger, and to others especially if driving. Deceivers redefine gateway as Causal versus Leading to stronger drugs.

[@DaLilVivi96]

Any drug can be a gateway drug, in the sense that based on the person's decision making... never blame a drug, it always starts with the person making that decision. Some people take weed but decide they want to try bigger drugs, that's just how it is. But not everyone who tries weed then turns into a druggy. I've tried heroine once but it didn't make me get onto other drugs as i decided to not do that, nd instead take care of myself. Drugs can sometimes be responsible for peoples actions though ngl but not necessarily peoples decisions. That's the difference people should know. (It does also depend on what your circumstances are in your life, who you associate with, and what your mental health is like) these also play a big part in drug taking.

[@sharicebryant8149]

Weed can be gateway if it’s laced with heavier drugs like cocaine. Or if you smoke it recreationally a lot, you get a high tolerance for it over time, so you either want to smoke bigger amounts of it OR you want to move on to something that makes you feel higher than weed can. And yes i know this bc i quit smoking weed bc it wasn’t doing anything for me and my dads side has addictive personalities and that’s a hereditary trait, so i don’t want to explore the possibilities of me getting addicted to something harsher all bc I wanna feel higher than i did when i did smoke. Technically, it’s not a gateway drug IF you don’t have an addictive personality. For ppl who do have that personality tho, it can be so i think it’s irresponsible to say it isn’t just bc it’s not demonized anymore and used for medical conditions at times.

[@dm4469]

Some people don’t know they have an addictive personality until they start taking substances, and then they can’t stop! Truly it’s all playing Russian roulette. I really think anyone can get addicted to anything even if you don’t have addictive personality. Even the pharmacist told me with some medication‘s if you take them long enough even if you take a minute amount you can get addicted to it no matter who you are!

[@carljensen5730]

If substances that are addictive should be illegal, then sugar would be at the top of the list.

[@MixtapeKilla2004]

High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society (P.S.) Paperback - June 10, 2014 by Carl Hart (Author)

[@misty3043]

He said vast majority people use heroin don't get addicted. Wtf. I don't know one that didn't.

[@olefosshaug5565]

Maybe because you can't spot those who have control and they doesn't tell

[@mrchoon2010]

Me neither for a long time. I then grew up and discovered 2 things... - More of the people I have known over the years take it than I thought. - I'm from an area that was broken my Maggie Thatcher, making the people around me more likely to be addicted than the rest of the country.

[@rigomontana3500]

I believe it is a gateway drug on those who allow it to be .. I feel as if different people react differently with the use of marijuana. Some will always be satisfied with it .. others won't always be satisfied that's my view

[@jeffbezos4746]

You can also be "psychologically addicted" to doghnuts but you dont go closing down krispy kreme do you?

[@KydraExhale]

That’s not a good example

[@jeffbezos4746]

@@KydraExhaleit is a good example because sugar is a drug, and obesity/diabetes kills more people than all other drugs combined. And nobody has EVER died from weed. Therefore Krispy kreme doughnuts is a more harmful and addictive substance. And i shouldn't be criminal for smoking weed.

[@akabaker98]

If you didn't have to get pot from a "dealer" who might offer you some coke or etc this conversation wouldn't be taking place. And pot is NOT addictive. 5-6% is placebo range.

[@michaelcostanzomusic8032]

Weed is not a gateway drug nor is it addictive. What is the gateway drug to weed then? That should be illegal as well if that's your argument. Obviously a stable person who enjoys cannabis is not going to try heroine or meth. It's not the cannabis that makes the low percent addicted its the state of mind the person is in.

[@channelingusllcix3512]

+Mike Costanzo Music it's addictive in people who have the addiction gene. If you don't have the gene you are probably safe.

[@Peaches08861]

+Mike Costanzo Weed is an addictive drug, however it is not a highly addictive drug but it's like Dr. Carl Hart was said "saying Marijuana is addictive is not saying much" The Majority of the people who use the drug don't get addicted so to blame the drug is asinine. People need to stop being so lazy and just saying it's the drug when it is the person's life that we need to examine.

[@jmcdonald350]

Pot absolutely can be addictive but your right, it has to do with the person not the substance itself. Also the consequences that come with someone being addicted to pot are relatively mild when compared to something like alcohol abuse or heroin abuse.

[@Peaches08861]

jamdee350 right on brother

[@williamprice4406]

The fact is that it is addictive to a small minority. But withdrawal is just about like going off caffeine/coffee. Are we going to make coffee illegal now?

[@DaNamezLAND]

in my opinion, the only way, weed can lead to the other shit is if you let it.

[@daddygreat1]

After years and years of smoking marijuana, I know that it is not addictive cause if I wanted to quit tomorrow I could, without any need for it at all. But the only problem is that I love it so much, that I do not want to quit smoking it. The reason I smoke is simple, to relax, that's it plain and simple. Now why should I go to jail ( which I have ) for something that helps me relax, I don't know and will never understand this.

[@karllogan5084]

" I know that it is not addictive cause if I wanted to quit tomorrow I could, without any need for it at all. But the only problem is that I love it so much, that I do not want to quit smoking it" You might not be addicted but you sure sound like youre addicted with an argument like that.

[@Liverpool1616]

Karl Logan Everything is addictive, it just depends on if its a physical or psychological addiction, and with that being said Marijuana is NOT a physical addiction where your body becomes dependent on it. Nicotine, caffeine, and Alcohol ARE physical addictions meaning I could potential DIE going through withdrawals from these substances. Video games, sex, fast food eating, masturbating, and such are all psychological addictions If its interfering with your work, social life, and life habits then you have a problem and need to see a doctor.

[@Flumpants]

I know exactly what you mean man! See I smoked meth, and though other people say that meth is addicting I don't believe that smoking meth is really all that addictive. I could stop smoking meth tomorrow if I really wanted to, but I just love smoking meth so much that, well why would I want to stop? You see I smoke meth because I like to have a good time when I am woth friends, and I really think that meth helps me be more outgoing and shows the lively side of me. Why should I go to jail, which I have before, for doing something that I love?

[@polystrate1]

Karl Logan Addicted as much as people are to TV

[@jmcdonald350]

You shouldn't have to go to jail for it whether your addicted or not. If pot isn't causing a problem in your life then its NOT A PROBLEM whether you smoke every day or twice a month.

[@jeanninegrant5959]

not a gateway ,

[@3791cd]

pot is a gateway drug much like beer is a gateway drug. No child starts by drinking liquor, no they start with beer. So with this kind of logic we need to make beer illegal. Not all people who drink beer move on to liquor just as not all people who smoke pot will move on to heroin.

[@jmcdonald350]

I think it's important for people to realize that there isn't anything in pot or alcohol that would drive someone to want to try other drugs. It has to do with the individual. A lot of people start smoking weed in high school and either keep doing it and don't do other drugs or maybe they give it up as they get older while other people start smoking weed in high school and they end up addicted to alcohol or heroin or whatever. So when you think of that it doesn't make sense to blame the substance itself it's obviously about the individual.

[@AVAL2775]

No pot is not and never has been a gateway drug The gateway drug is the fact that in many states if you want weed you have to find a dealer whom most likely has harder shit they will try and push on you

[@vlLEGTxSQUADX]

Ur stupid weed aint no gateway drug

[@janolableach9114]

Gateway? Yeah, to my fridge.

[@HenryPerez_royal_hp]

Your beloved ambient 😆

[@Konrad_Wallenrod]

This discussion is kinda pointless! We KNOW for a fact that weed has one of the lowest addictive potentials! Whether people can become "addicted" simply because they enjoy it too much? Probably!But, by that logic we should ban not only alcohol and tobacco (both of which have very high addictive potential), but also anythning people love so much that they use it in excess like chocolate, sugar, coffee, fatty foods etc

[@channelingusllcix3512]

+Stefan_Tomislav_Tvrtko Addiction gene. It won't hurt you if you don't have the gene. The gene has been known for probably 18 years

[@jmcdonald350]

The only way someone would become an "addict" is if their use of pot or whatever the drug is, is if their use starts to have a negative impact on their life in some way and that person continues to use in spite of negative consequences.

[@kuma6508]

wait hol up... cannabis is not physically addictive but it can be neurologically addictive, but so can drinking water, so can working out so can many other non addictive recreational activities.

[@skylerdornbusch9038]

It depends on the person i did it one time with a friend and and still clean never went to other shit

[@destroyer2973]

Legalize all drugs

[@IceManLikeGervin]

Alcohol, cigarettes are gateway drugs...

[@rhatikeo]

why isnt Coffee illegal the world knows its addicted

[@arturogomeztagle9250]

Hard living is a gateway drug.

[@misty3043]

Seems odd that if born gay lesbian need to repent or If born into wrong religion by no fault of own that go to hell but if serial killer to kids if ask Jesus to forgive you you go to heaven. I learned think for myself Not all of us are same

[@rocknrollboise]

YES ITS ADDICTIVE... SO ARE FUCKING CHEESEBURGERS, BUT I'M NOT A FATASS

[@givemethepills8049]

Awesome 👌

[@misty3043]

I think it starts try this. Try that. Pot heads judge people get addicted other things. I never understand. I was yelled at being so stoned couldn't talk Kendra feeding her as baby. Yet didn't think quit selling the weed. It was cool if could get weed. And stop drug sales be sure people can make it (with Roy? Even). I think cause already ok selling drugs when didn't have help from my dad no one else lived with us. Greed seems be no sin to not help people get out those positions

[@sectorcodec]

Ahh I remember when CNN wasn’t favored by the algorithm. Good clip though!

[@mike47734]

When are we gonna learn dude, legalize drugs for free consenting adults already ffs 🤦‍♂️

[@jeanninegrant5959]

eating is. addition

[@jakemeoff0387]

Alcohol is the biggest killer!

[@kennethraymondmoore]

It is a gateway drug. A gateway to a great time!

[@savageboiangel7874]

Shit i love me some mary j. I never wake up thinking ok time for crack. No its not illegal. My weed dealer keep flaking lately but im not bugging non stoo ay man let me fer my fix i need it. No its nun. Not Addictive at all

[@paulmahon1869]

Tobbaco alcohol are the pillars off that gate way and the gate keeper the establishment illuminates the gate in bright lights , film industry, music industry (popular culture ) 👽👁️☮️

[@Jonester76]

Left wing debate = three people who agree with each other 😂

[@DylanStead]

And right wing debates don't go the same way?... Just think about that

[@siyabongamngomezulu9743]

Go to fox news and see what they are saying about the debate, I'm pretty sure you won't see any video after 2017 saying that marijuana should be illegal

[@robertlouisburns]

John Lennon was introduced to pot by Bob Dylan then went onto other things that, in my opinion, messed up his personality and led him to parts in his life/career that would have been better without them. Rick James sang about his love for "Mary Jane" and we know what the harder stuff later did to him.

[@southernguru1455]

Marijuana makes u think how bad the other drugs arelol

[@dinnertimemishap]

My beloved ambien - Anderson Cooper 2014

[@misty3043]

But I know small things I do wrong can cause major ripple effect I learned from your wrongs and mine . I'd I do revenge it will ripple as gave up son confused scared as you wanted me to be. Whole you get to visit whole lie say didn't know why if I was to confront you why have plan get private investigator behind your back. You would've told truth and why?

[@misty3043]

Yet the satanists get even while don't see own ripples. Revenge was worst ripple effect than weed deal is cool end up drug dealers. Cause I gave away sin from what I think was revenge. They good enough give revenge like never wrong

[@roysmith5745]

Who in the heck is listening to this guy Dr Cary Hart saying that heroin made him a better person are you serious he is lucky they didn't take his license to practice medicine 🤔

[@OhnoitLo]

Lol maybe add in context to that! The heroin he took was pharmaceutical grade and not the BS you find on the street, which really isn't true heroin. They haven't taken his license away as everything he has done is legal and sometimes part of his research.

[@chris2kgreat]

He is not a medical doctor, he is much better than that when it comes to talking about drugs, he does actual academic research on them

[@marionk4269]

Marijuana a gateway drug? That's really funny. LOL

[@arturogomeztagle9250]

Sugar is at least 4x as addictive as heroine and cocaine.

[@derickmuir1700]

Wow you guys are nuts

[@annalisadugard3628]

As an ex user of both weed and hard drugs like acid, cocaine and meth, I can tell you that weed is indeed a gateway drug. I don't know any users of hard drugs that didn't smoke weed first. Not only that, but I also know many users who started with weed, moved on to hard drugs, gave up the hard drugs but still smoke weed. These people wouldn't dream of giving up the weed, but they will give up meth or heroin... People are so in love with this drug that they will defend it with their last breath. You have to understand though, that the people who defend it so vigorously ARE smokers!

[@sirtype-alot3391]

People love to get high.

[@noah9431]

U know he was on that heroin back then too lmao

[@MrCBTman]

You're worthless.

[@mrchoon2010]

And living a normal, active life... Would you look at that!

[@no2fascism]

Smoking marijuana is a good deed, not smoking weed is a sin

[@Competitive_Antagonist]

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

[@danuk2136]

First of all its called cannabis not marijuhana dont be racist AMERICA..yeah thats it chose a Mexican sounding word, what is it 1900?

[@maryr130]

It's a gateway to demons.

[@steelcash]

Mary R Hahahahahaha!!! That’s great!