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The Gateway Drug Theory: The Lie That Won’t Die (Because Logic Isn’t Required)

GOP Senator Thom Tillis recently voiced his opposition to Trump’s Schedule III rescheduling order, dusting off that old faithful propaganda chestnut: marijuana is a gateway drug. You know, the theory that smoking a joint inevitably leads to shooting heroin in a back alley while your life crumbles around you.

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