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Definition of Gateway drug
1. 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"
Definition of Gateway drug
1. Noun. An addictive substance that is seen as relatively harmless by itself, but is believed to encourage the user to experiment with more harmful substances. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gateway Drug
Literary usage of Gateway drug
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Joycelyn Elders (1997)
"The association of cigarette smoking and illegal drug use suggests that cigarettes
may be an entry-level or gateway drug in a sequence of progressive drug ..."
2. Stopping Alcohol & Other Drug Use Before It Starts: The Future of Prevention edited by Robert L. DuPont (1996)
"... a gateway drug, especially in urban poverty communities. The committee's focus
on these four drugs is not meant to minimize the serious problems young ..."
3. Marijuana Use in America: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary U. S (1996)
"Marijuana is a gateway drug, and it's a gateway drug to other experimentation.
We at the Congress, somebody has to take the lead in this country as it ..."
4. Drug Use Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities edited by Andrea Kopstein (1998)
"It has been called a gateway drug because it has been shown to be related to
subsequent use of other illicit drugs (Kandel et al. 1987). ..."
5. The Drug Connection in U. S.-Mexican Relations edited by Guadalupe Gonzalez, Marta Tienda (1996)
"Marijuana, in turn, is considered a "gateway" drug; few youths begin the use of
other illicit drugs without first using marijuana. Frequent use of marijuana ..."
6. Medical Marijuana Referenda Movement in America: Hearing Before the edited by Bill McCollum (2001)
"Moreover, marijuana is a "gateway" drug, leading children into more harmful drug
use and eventually addictions. a. Drug Use is Up Among Young People The ..."
7. Cocaine Use in America: Epidemmiologic and Clinical Perspectives edited by Nicholas J. Kozel, Edgar H. Adams (1996)
"... 5 imply that use of cocaine in the United States may be best understood with
reference to use of other drugs, particularly the gateway drug marijuana. ..."
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