[Know your rights]

my point was that the pot smoker has an addictive personality. He looks to a recreational drug to fulfill some need. That personality would make it more likely for him to move on to another drug.

If that's what the "gateway effect" boils down to (and I think it does), then it's no more basis for banning any one potentially addictive substance than any other.

[robertpaulsen]

"then it's no more basis for banning any one potentially addictive substance than any other."

I didn't suggest that it be the basis for banning. I am suggesting, however, that it's a darn good reason not to legalize it.