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To: neverdem
of people who first puffed weed before age 15, 62% went on to use cocaine and 9% to use heroin. But of those who started smoking pot after age of 20, only 16% moved onto cocaine and 1% to heroin.

I wonder what those numbers would be if "nicotine cigarettes" were substituted for "weed".

3 posted on 07/08/2006 2:55:48 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Izzy Dunne
I believe similar results can be obtained by conditioning rats to push a lever for ANY positive stimulus reward.

Why don't they do simple (and cheap) statistical research on what percentage of one-time pot users become serious consumers of heroin? Is it because 'scientific' research which results in no anti-drug message also results in no more research grants? Or am I just naive?

7 posted on 07/08/2006 3:11:29 AM PDT by ARepublicanForAllReasons (Mass immigration and mass indoctrination of illegals is the current marxist strategy to gain power.)
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To: Izzy Dunne
"I wonder what those numbers would be if "nicotine cigarettes" were substituted for "weed"."

And if they were nearly the same, then what?

37 posted on 07/08/2006 8:52:15 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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