Marijuana is now often considered a "hard drug" by many experts because of its extreme potency in various forms.  However Marijuana (THC) is usually called a Gateway drug that leads to other drug use such as opioids and heroin. One reason is that MJ works on the same receptor site systems in the brain as heroin. Addiction leads to more tolerance to a drug and the user needs more and stronger to get the same results/highs.

If you have not seen CHASING THE DRAGON, please watch and share with others.

Almost everyone in the movie started with the use of high potency marijuana of today.