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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (384049)	5/14/2008 4:15:20 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573921

"At any rate, I wouldn't be in the business of bashing someone for getting addicted to drugs -- whether it is Limbaugh or someone else." The basic problem is that there is 15% to 20% of the population who have a genetic weakness for a particular drug. This includes gambling. Their brains over-release endorphins in response, compared to the rest of the population. Which is why addicts often make the statement "I can remember the first time I did (fill in the blank). It was the best thing that ever happened to me". Now, you can argue that they never should have tried it the first time. Reality is that people will experiment. The state of drug education in this country is pretty lousy. It is painted as a character issue. And that might even be true for the experimentation. But, addiction isn't a matter of character as it is of biochemistry for most addicts. Now, granted, some people work at it, but most addicts were hooked from the start. "That Al would take such pleasure in Limbaugh's addiction, rather than congratulate him for getting over it, says more about Al and liberalism than it does about Limbaugh." Don't get me wrong, it is good he got over it. But Rush has tried to downplay what happened. For one, he didn't get hooked because he was managing pain. Because when you are in pain, you almost never can get addicted. I say "almost" just because it might be possible. But all the research I have seen indicates it can't happen. It is likely he started taking it in the anticipation of pain. And you cannot take pain meds that way without running the risk of addiction. As he found out. Personally, I'd like to see him say something along the lines of "I know I used to advocate strong measures against addicts. But, folks, I was wrong. Sadly, addiction is something you can just fall into. And, once there, it is hard to climb out. Ask me, I know". But he will never do it. He hasn't even taken ownership of what happened in public that I know of. Last I saw he was still blaming others.