There is NO proof marijuana is a gateway drug. In fact several studies say otherwise. here is just one such study.

http://www.drugscience.org/sfu/sfu_gateway.html

If we were to choose to eliminate only one of the two drugs - alcohol or marijuana - we would be much better off eliminating alcohol.

Like Vince I have many friends who occasionally have a puff. They all hold jobs, function well in society etc. I would be willing to bet alcohol is much more of a gateway drug than marijuana.

We need to legalize marijuana and work hard to crack down on crack and meth.

Did you ever hear of some stoner breaking into cars? Well maybe for a bag of Doritos.