F.M. Scotty Anderson bet that hard-drug “users started down the path by using marijuana” (“Marijuana could lead users to harder drugs,” Star- Advertiser, Letters, May 25). He would probably lose that bet.

The relationship between cannabis and harder drugs has been studied extensively and his claim just doesn’t hold up. In fact, a research study on the Office of Justice Programs website said that “most marijuana users never use any other illegal drug.” I wonder if that’s true of completely legal alcohol?

Courtney Nichols

Kailua

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