gateway drug
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gateway drug
noun gateway drugs
- A typically legal or less harmful substance, such as marijuana, whose use is statistically associated with an increased likelihood of progressing to a more dangerous or illicit drug.
- Any thing or area of interest that tends to lead to a deeper involvement. It has been said that LINQ is a gateway drug for functional programming
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noun substance believed to encourage the user to experiment with more harmful substances
| Español | droga iniciática |
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| 中文 | 入門毒品 /入门毒品 rùmén dúpǐn |
| Português | droga de entrada |
| Deutsch | Einstiegsdroge |
| Русский | шлюз šljuz, ста́ртовый нарко́тик stártovyj narkótik, перехо́дный нарко́тик perexódnyj narkótik |
noun thing that tends to lead to deeper involvement
| 中文 | 入門途徑 /入门途径 rùmén tújìng, 引入之門 /引入之门 |
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@misc{gateway_drug_2026,
title = {gateway drug},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gateway%20drug},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
