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The REAL Story Behind the Gateway Drug Theory

  • Writer: Elucidation Strategies
    Elucidation Strategies
  • May 29
  • 1 min read

Spoiler: Marijuana was NOT discovered to be the Gateway Drug.



Dr. Denise Kandel did identify the real Gateway Drugs.


Tobacco is the first.


Alcohol is the second.


Interested in hearing directly from Dr. Kandel? In her NPR interview, "Setting The Record Straight On The Phrase Gateway Drug," Dr. Kandel shares some insight about her work from 1975 on the "Sequence of Drug Involvement" model. Click here to access the interview.






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