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To: Neocon who wrote (76941)	4/5/2000 10:37:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Jeeeez... Why do I feel like singing a chorus of "Gonna Wash that Man Right Outta My Hair"? FT

To: Neocon who wrote (76941)	4/5/2000 11:05:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Oh dear me. Perhaps I made the wrong impression. I did not want to say that heroin and the other opiates are not addictive. They most certainly are, particularly if they are used for pleasure or psychic escape. (Alcohol does pretty much the same thing, only more slowly, and withdrawal from alcohol is at least as unpleasant as uncomplicated withdrawal from heroin.) I do want to say though that opiates can be used for long durations as painkillers without the certainty of addiction. The danger is when the opiate user crosses the line, sometimes indistinct, between analgesic use and "a little pick-me-up". The depressants (alcohol, sleepers, benzodiazepines) are capable of causing physical addiction of the sort that can go so far as to rob high function. The psychedelics seem to be inherently non-addictive. The stimulants may or may not be physically addictive, but nothing is quicker or stronger (than meth or coke) to cause psychological addiction. But I still don't favor a government policy of prohibition. That doesn't mean that I would disregard the government's laws ... I have no cannabis or heroin in my house, because it is unlawful! But were it legal, I would not be averse to the cannabis. I have no use for the heroin, prescription opioid tablets meet my medical need more neatly and reproducibly.