Why is the slippery slope argument not considered a valid argument?

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This has always bothered me, because I can think of instance where bad behaviors can definetly lead to worst behaviors. The classic, if you smoke pot you’ll use harder drugs, is clearly not true in itself. Weed doesn’t cause you to want to do harder drugs, but since weed is illegal in a lot of places, it could expose you to hard drugs and you could become a user. I understand that this is not always the case, but I’d like to better understand why this is considered a fallacy when it could be true sometimes.

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**”..but since weed is illegal in a lot of places, it could expose you to hard drugs and you could become a user.”**

FINALLY. I have been saying this for years, only to get mercilessly heckled by pot smokers who believe there’s no way weed can be a gateway drug. This is exactly what happened to me and how I went down the road to meth.

FYI: I am pro-weed and think it should be legalized everywhere.

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