From: "Gary Britt" 

Well alcohol is legal and Adam claims it is a gateway drug.  I don't think
it would change.  There is some truth to what you question below that might
have a very minor effect on the gateway aspects, but I don't think it would
eliminate it.

Gary

"Ellen K."  wrote in message
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> I wonder whether marijuana would be a gateway drug if it were
> decriminalized.  I mean, part of the reason it's a gateway drug is that
> currently the person who sells marijuana is probably also selling other
> illegal drugs and like any good salesperson tries to entice his
> customers into sampling all his products.
>
> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 23:25:06 -0500, "Gary Britt"
>  wrote in message
:
>
> >I don't think that would happen.  We would just end up with more people
with
> >no ambition to earn a living for themselves and unable to do basic math.
> >Therefore, just as much if not more crime.  Also, marijuana is a gateway
> >drug, unlike alcohol which would also act to keep the drug crime up.
> >
> >Gary
> >
> >"Ellen K."  wrote in message
> >news:nv0gn1pq2m74g0c49b75ba941llpg0vpe5{at}4ax.com...
> >> Well, to be fair, that would presumably go away if marijuana were
legal.
> >>
> >> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 15:03:05 -0500, "Gary Britt"
> >>  wrote in message
:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >I'm not sure these statistics properly take into account
the violence
of
> >> >illegal drug addicts committing robbery and burglary, etc
to get money
> >for
> >> >their drugs.  Even if true, its irrelevant.
> >>
> >
>

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