What Makes People Progress From Recreational Drugs to Hard Drugs?

Question by Geeniee: what makes people progress from recreational drugs to hard drugs?
I’m doing a project on hard drugs and addiction, i have researched everything, but i just cant find why this progression happens. In detail if possible please.

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Answer by Justin
After prolonged use of recreational drugs there high becomes less and less. Thus making them venture into hard drugs to once again attain that high from when they first started using.

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