Thursday, December 7, 2006

More Debunking of the 'Gateway' Phenomenon

Dr. Ralph E. Tarter, professor at the University of Pittsburgh has an article pulished in the American Journal of Psychiatry conducted a 12-year survey study of young men which finds approximately 25% of the study group went on in later years to smoke tobacco and drink alcohol, a reverse of the 'Gateway Hypothesis'.“The emphasis on the drugs themselves, rather than other, more important factors that shape a person’s behaviour, has been detrimental to drug policy and prevention programs,” Tarter said.

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