I hope you are enjoying the different aspects of my new blog Overcoming the Dragon.  If you are unaware as to why I chose this name, those that "Chase the Dragon" are drug addicts who are hooked on heroin and need it on a daily basis.  I chose the word overcome to offer hope and transparency with relation to this important and dangerous issue.

The above diagram describes how certain gateway drugs increase the chances for those users to end up trying heroin.  Your assignment for this post is to define what a gateway drug is.  Is nicotine a gateway drug?  Why or why not?  Post your answers to these questions in the box below.

Good luck,

Mr. Morgan