Sorry...but to say weed is a gateway drug is total BS...I smoke weed now for ten years on a regular basis(well...not exactly...I took most part of last year off...just to see if...)and 5-6 of my friends too or even longer and nobody of us tried anything else(besides coke,but come on...)...actually its not even a drug,because you don't get physically addicted...

But if you hang around the wrong people(you know on the street keepin it real and all this crap),you may think its a gateway drug,cause its usually goes like this... first cigarettes(because its cool)then weed(its even cooler)in addition some alcohol...and sooner or later a jackazz will come around with some crack or whatever...combined with some group pressure and there you go...