Does cannabis lead to taking stronger drugs?
This is a tough one, and a question for which there is no simple answer. Most people that use heroin have used cannabis, but only a small percentage of people that smoke cannabis actually go on to use heroin. If you smoke cannabis, you will not automatically become a heroin addict. It basically depends on the person. Taking Cannabis may open up the opportunity to get other drugs but this does not mean that someone will take those opportunities. People draw lines in different places. A person who breaks the law by speeding in their car is not necessarily going to break the law in other ways such as breaking into your home. For them, speeding is permissible but stealing is not, they have drawn a line in their approach to the law. It is the same with cannabis. It is not inevitable that because someone uses cannabis that they will then use Class A drugs because they may choose to draw the line of acceptability at cannabis.
