[TheRealVille]

You don't seem to be wanting to admit it, but breaking the law to get high is what makes marijuana a gateway drug. You are correct that in many cases, the person supplying marijuana is the same person who sells cocaine and heroin - but that really is an argument that marijuana is a gateway drug, is it not?

Do you support legalizing all drugs, or do you just want to make an exception for marijuana because it is your drug of choice? Cannot the same arguments that you make in favor of legalizing marijuana use be made for legalizing cocaine? If not, then what gives you, or the government, the right to decide which drugs are good and which ones are bad? Should that not be a personal decision, as long as the use of the drug does not affect other Americans?

Not, it's not. What makes a gateway drug, is a drug that leads to other drug use. To lead to other drug use, you have to be able to get the same drugs at the same dealer, or get so immune to the effects of one drug, that you have to move on to another drug to continue to get the high that you want. I condone the legalization of pot, because of it's non addictive quality, and relatively harmless nature on a persons health. That doesn't come with oth other illicit drugs.