Bell, Kirsten; Keane, Helen - In: Social Science & Medicine 119 (2014) C, pp. 45-52
The idea that drug use in ‘softer’ forms leads to ‘harder’ drug use lies at the heart of the gateway theory, one of the most influential models of drug use of the twentieth century. Although hotly contested, the notion of the ‘gateway drug’ continues to rear its head in discussions...