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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Grainne who wrote (14530)	4/23/1998 2:22:00 AM
From: LoLoLoLita	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20981

Christine, There is quite a lot of literature, going back to the 1970s and beyond, in support of the self-medication hypothesis. But it's only very recently that I've learned about the work on depression and opioid receptors, which suggests that opiates and opioids might be used by thymoleptics (depressives) for self-treatment. Other very interesting work has been done on nicotine and its effects on persons diagnosed with schizophrenia. I know quite a few individuals with various forms of this very disabling illness. Without exception, they are smokers. The nicotine seems palliative, as evidenced by their anecdotal reports, as well as a few peer-reviewed journal articles. But enough. I don't want to get flamed by you-know-who for being off-topic. Perhaps I should start a forum to discuss drugs. David