Enrique has smoked marijuana for more than 20 years but has never felt an urge to try other drugs. He used to drink alcohol as well, but found that he enjoyed himself better and had fewer negative physical consequences when he did not drink. What argument related to the idea that marijuana users graduate to harder drugs does Enrique’s story contradict?

The intrinsic argument

The sociocultural argument

The sequencing question

The gateway hypothesis

Enrique's story contradicts: The gateway hypothesis

Explanation:

The gateway hypothesis states that a person that abuses the cosumtion of an specific drug for a period of time, can inherntly grow an inclination to try other llicit drugs that are harder or more harmful.

The gateway hypothesis

Explanation:

The gateway drug hypothesis is known to be a comprehensive catchphrase that is used refer to the pattern of drug usage during the period of adolescent whereby people graduate from using legal substances such as alcohol and nicotine and then start using illicit substance such as heroin and cocaine. Enrique does not graduate from using alcohol to more dangerous substance and hence contradicts the gateway drug hypothesis.