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From: dave@infopro.UUCP (David Fiedler)
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Subject: Re: A Coca Cola "thought experiment"
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Date: Tue, 27-Mar-84 18:23:52 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 27 18:23:52 1984
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If anyone is "addicted" to anything in colas, it's the caffeine, which
gives a mild lift. While it's easy to enjoy such a lift often, those who
find they "can't stop doing it" often say they're "addicted" to something,
rather than use the correct term "I don't have the willpower to stop". The
same is true for cocaine and marijuana, which are psychologically powerful
but physically nonaddictive drugs. The word "addictive" is bandied about
much too freely: anyone who has seen a friend under the grip of a truly
addictive drug will know exactly what I mean.
"That's the biz, sweetheart..."
          Dave Fiedler
{harpo,astrovax,philabs}!infopro!dave
P.S. Glad to see YOU have willpower, Toby, and good to see you're not 
McMillan anymore.