Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: robertpaulsen
Legalizing recreational drug A would mitigate the gateway effect to illegal recreational drug B.

So you admit that the "gateway effect" that you hypothesize is correlated to the legality of the "gateway drug". Interesting.

But, legalizing recreational drug A would increase the number of users of drug A, and some of them would go on to drug B despite its illegality.

But if the "gateway effect" is mitigated, it will be at a lower rate than currently and thus increased use of drug A might not cause increased use of drug B, and may in fact lower it?

So your call for marijuana remaining illegal may result in more people addicted to heroin.

118 posted on 07/21/2006 10:46:50 AM PDT by cryptical (Wretched excess is just barely enough.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 113 | View Replies ]


To: cryptical
"So your call for marijuana remaining illegal may result in more people addicted to heroin."

I have no idea.

It could be the keeping marijuana illegal may result in less marijuana users which may result in less gateway heroin users.

121 posted on 07/21/2006 12:01:04 PM PDT by robertpaulsen
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 118 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson