Is nicotine a gateway drug?

The "gateway drug" is an idea from the "just say no" crowd. I know people that have used cigarettes or marijuana for years and never went beyond them. I also know people that smoke cigarettes that could never tolerate marijuana smoke and vice versa. I don't subscribe to the whole "gateway" theory. Addictive personalities are individual and there is no one solution, other than avoiding drugs completely, that will protect a person from being addicted. I quit smoking with no problem, I got addicted to chewing gum and biking instead. Fortunately neither one is bad for you. There is no one answer for addictive behavior.  more

Not only "gateway", but in the park, around the track, up in the bleachers and outta the parking lot goin' home kinda drug!  more