[dmz]

...the overwhelming majority of kids first got exposed to drugs via MJ use..

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Only if you suggest that alcohol is not a drug. Alcohol is clearly the #1 gateway drug in America.

[ken5050]

That's a fair point...15 years ago, when my two girls were in HS, alcohol was the drug of choice.

Maybe I'm displaying my own prejudices. For for neartly 20 years I was my employer's ( major US corp) local office contact for employee assistance hotline..whenever someone called the 800 help line, if there was an urgent situation, I was the first contact..so I've studied, and worked the problems for a long time...and EVERY case of hard drug use began with, or was accompanied, by MJ use..

[I see my hands]

"Alcohol is clearly the #1 gateway drug in America"

I agree with your view but to be accurate caffeine, far and away, holds that mantel.