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Originally Posted by Air&Road
Do you have any data to back that up? Earlier in the thread I asked questions about such statistics and never got any answers. I never made any statements about whether it was or wasn't a factor either.
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There is no clear line of causation, despite some people's desire to see one.
An equally relevant question would be 'How many people end up smoking weed as a result of their meth addiction?'
The only common factor between them is that they are illegal drugs.
Do people who abuse prescription drugs have their start in smoking weed?
Is Rush a midnight toker?
One point that has been raised here, is that the two substances provide very different effects, so it would be hard to imagine that a user of weed would move to meth, as it would be a completely different result.
What might actually happen is that people who are bent on illegal activity will try both (and a host of other things)
because they are illegal.
If one were truly interested in establishing a 'gateway' drug, then they need look no further than tobacco and alcohol. Research clearly shows that they are king.
Why Nicotine is a Gateway Drug - NIH Research Matters - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Cigarette Smoking Gateway to Illegal Drug Use - 2000 - News Releases - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Nobel Prize Winner Says Tobacco, Not Marijuana, Is The 'Gateway Drug' On The Heels Of Legalization Bill In Pa.
UF study shows long-term drug abuse starts with alcohol » News » University of Florida
Alcohol as a gateway drug: a study of US 12th g... [J Sch Health. 2012] - PubMed - NCBI