Maybe part of the reason it can be seen as a 'gateway' drug is because of the forbidden nature of it and the way in which people have had to go about getting it. If you have to go to less that trustworthy sources to get it then you are perhaps already mingling with the people that are able to 'push' you towards more dangerous substances. Make it less of something people have to be sneaky about and perhaps it would stop being such a gateway (if it really is at all) because people aren't having to go to those lengths to get it.
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