Sorry Imotep, I didn't mean to offend you - I'm in a proper bad mood today, and the cry of 'gateway drug' (usually bleated out by anti-cannabis campaigners) really fucks me off

I know peeps that think that smoking is disgusting, and yet they smoke grass (with no tobacco in it), and have no desire to take any other drug.
The thing is - if one is of a tendacy to try for bigger and harder hits, it doesn't matter what they start with, they'll move on anyways.

Ie, lager shandy leads to bottle of beer, leads to shot of whiskey, leads to bottle of whiskey - someone offers them a ciggie, which leads to a joint, and on to cocaine, leads to heroin...etc etc - it's a part of who they are - genetic, almost.
Talk to most alcoholics, and you'll find that their parents were alcoholics, and their granbdparents before them.

And it's not just drugs..we can see this pattern in all walks of life..

A karter moves onto saloon car racing, then stock cars, then rallying, then formula ! etc...it's the inbuilt need for bigger harder faster more...

Oh, and drive safe, dude...