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To: Neocon who wrote (296106)9/12/2002 11:21:50 AM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
quit cold turkey
Same thing with heroin I am told, there are many ex-adicts.

The real issue is not the relative merits of addictive substances, but whether the financial incentives to get people hooked can be broken. A great deal of progress has been made by making nicotine expensive, but not expensive enough for the illegal trade to overwhelm the regulated trade. The financial incentives to get people hooked on hard drugs could be removed in a variety of regulations and programs and it would go a long way toward reducing the problems associated. Of course it would eliminate a lot of law enforment beuracracy at the same time.
TP



To: Neocon who wrote (296106)9/12/2002 11:32:51 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
Nicotine is considered to have the same 'addictive potential' as heroin - when measured by recidivism rates.

Both compounds have relapse rates in the 90% range.

And, nicotine *does* have psychoactive properties. It crosses the blood/brain barrier and affects mental states.


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