[TopQuark]

Gateway drug theory says that MJ use will lead to harder drugs. Well, it actually says that such consequence is more likely; that's a minor point, however.

The study just says that people who are going to use hard drugs are going to use hard drugs wether MJ is the first drug they come across or not.

That is the point you missed in my post: the author, extrapolating his work without a proper basis, says so. There is nothing in the study that even addresses the issue.

[realpatriot71]

My bad, sometimes I get snippy after a long day. Have you actually read the study?