Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: These herbal infusions of marijuana ought to be banned! Kids start on these legal highs, but they soon switch to illegal drugs like marijuana, and from there it's a short step to serious drugs like ecstasy and cocaine. And before you know it, they're all P addicts.
A) Confusing correlation with cause
B) Slippery slope
C) Common practice fallacy
D) Straw man

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The argument uses a slippery slope fallacy by suggesting that using herbal infusions containing marijuana will lead to the use of more serious and illegal drugs. This assumes that there is a direct causal relationship between the two, which has not been proven.

Select the Fallacy or Bad Argument Technique Which Occurs in the Following