Actually, that is not what I said. What I said was that sometimes (though not nearly as often as some would have you believe) pot is the first step. Most (if not all) of the hardcore drug users I saw in my career in EMS started with pot. Now, as has been stated, this has more to do with the person than whatever dug they first started using, but it does not detract form the fact that pot can, for some, be the first step into hardcore drugs.
Would they get into hardcore drugs if they did not start with pot? No one knows. We can speculate, but we do not know for sure. I will also state that I have known a lot of people who never went past pot (which gives weight to the 'its the person, not the drug' idea). On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Larry Lyons<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Nothing makes me smile more than you non-nonsensical analogies. I >> have >> truly missed them. >> >> According to other people's logic, we should ban water too, because >> when misused, it can kill. > > > the point I'm making is that the gateway drug argument is bullshit. Not only > from a logical point of view (I was using the taking your argument to the > extreme), but also from an empirical point of view. Its been long established > that the gateway theory is invalid. > > You were saying drug a leads to taking drug b. > > I was taking your argument and extending it further back to demonstrate how > erroneous it is. If you cannot see what's painfully obvious... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:300832 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
