Gateway Drug Theory Rejected By DEA and HHS: Federal Register

81 Fed. Reg. 53767, 53784 (Aug. 12, 2016) (concluding that “research does not support a direct causal relationship between regular marijuana use and other illicit drug use” and emphasizing that “[l]ittle evidence supports the hypothesis that initiation of marijuana use leads to an abuse disorder with other illicit substances”).

Full text of the decision available at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-08-12/pdf/2016-17960.pdf

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