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To: combjelly who wrote (384402)	5/15/2008 12:29:25 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574055

>> Well, not everyone agrees with you. I don't expect everyone to agree, but I don't think what you posted suggests any disagreement with what I've said -- which is, that if you take it as prescribed, most people will not become addicted to it since the prescriber obviously wants to prevent that from occurring. Finally, people treated with morphine in the hospital for pain control after surgery are unlikely to become addicted; although they may feel some of the euphoria, the analgesic and sedating effects predominate. There is no compulsive use and the prescribed use is short-lived. Obviously, when morphine is administered in the controlled environment of a hospital, addiction is not likely to occur. I think that's what I said. There is a fundamental difference between therapeutic usage versus abuse, and that is in the quantity of the drug administered. In therapeutic settings, sufficient drug is administered to have the desired painkilling effects, but to minimize the side effects that are really what drug abusers are seeking. Side effects can happen, but dosages are curtailed to minimize them. In the case of a drug abuser, those side effects are really what they're after and so larger dosages are administered to generate the desired effects.