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• gateway drug — gateway drugs N COUNT A gateway drug is a drug such as cannabis that is believed by some people to lead to the use of more harmful drugs such as heroin or cocaine …   English dictionary

• Gateway drug theory — The gateway drug theory (also called variously gateway theory, gateway hypothesis and gateway effect) is the hypothesis that the use of soft drugs leads to a higher, future risk of hard drug use and crime. [… …   Wikipedia

• gateway drug — n a drug such as ↑cannabis which is not a very dangerous, but which some people believe leads to the use of more dangerous drugs such as ↑heroin …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Gateway High School (Kissimmee, Florida) — Infobox School name = Gateway High School imagesize = caption = An International Baccalaureate School motto = established = 1985 closed = type = Public affiliation = None district = Osceola county grades = 9 12 president = contact number = (407)… …   Wikipedia

• gateway drug — noun a habit forming drug that is not addictive but its use may lead to the use of other addictive drugs one college athlete recently called beer a gateway drug for young people • Hypernyms: ↑drug of abuse, ↑street drug * * * noun, pl ⋯ drugs… …   Useful english dictionary

• Gateway (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Gateway Type = studio Artist = Bongzilla Released = September 3, 2002 Recorded = March 2002 Genre = Stoner metal Length = 47:06 Label = Relapse Records Producer = Wendy Schneider Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5… …   Wikipedia

• drugs — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Medicinal substances Nouns 1. drugs; therapeutic drugs (see remedy); drug or substance abuse; drug addiction, [chemical] dependency, physical or psychological dependence, habit, reverse tolerance; glue… …   English dictionary for students

• gateway drug — any mood altering drug, as a stimulant or tranquilizer, that does not cause physical dependence but may lead to the use of addictive drugs, as heroin. [1985 90] * * * …   Universalium

• gateway drug — noun a drug which supposedly leads the user on to more addictive or dangerous drugs …   English new terms dictionary

• gateway drug — gate′way drug n. pha any mood altering drug, as a stimulant or tranquilizer, that does not cause physical dependence but may lead to the use of addictive drugs, as heroin • Etymology: 1985–90 …   From formal English to slang

• Tobacco and other drugs — An association between tobacco and other drug use has been well established. The nature of this association remains unclear. The two main theories are the phenotypic causation (gateway) model and the correlated liabilities model. The causation… …   Wikipedia