"if we legalize marijuana, the next thing you know, heroin will be legalized too."

what is fallacious about this statement?

a) it inaccurately portrays drug use as ubiquitous.
b) it suggests that the premise follows from the principle.
c) it suggests that the principle follows from the premise.
d) it incorrectly suggests an inevitable "slippery slope" towards a more extreme situation.

What is the effect of the author's choice of the word loathsome rather than hateful in this sentence from the count of monte cristo? two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration. it reveals that the unpleasant aspects of the stairway are manmade. it stresses the disgusting, offensive nature of the stairway. it suggests that the soldiers are used to the place and do not hate it. it implies that the effects of the stairway are felt only by the inspector.