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Gateway Drug Theory Rejected By DEA and HHS: Federal Register

Dec 17, 2025

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Jason Karimi, WeedPress Contributor

in Law, Policy, Science

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…
Joe Biden Updates Marijuana Policies

Nov 21, 2019

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Jason Karimi, WeedPress Contributor

in Current Events

I mean, the weed movement hates Biden, but still this is probably worthy of a post. All of this happened on the same day, by the way. From November 18th: There is a lot of talk out there on where I stand when it comes to our marijuana laws. Here are the facts: pic.twitter.com/oaoExCXud8 —…