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From: segall@CAIP.RUTGERS.EDU
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Subject: Re: Drugs
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Date: Mon, 29-Sep-86 11:31:13 EDT
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...from a recent posting:
          Enjoyment and addiction don't have much to do with each
        other.Anyway, I have been told by people who have quit both
        tobacco and heroin that quitting heroin was much easier.  The
        extreme addiction of heroin is largely a myth.  Most users go
        several months each year without using any, and continue this
        pattern for years.  Most users who are forced to go through
        withdrawal (for instance who spend time in a prison or a
        hospital) resume using heroin as soon as possible even though
        they are not physically addicted anymore.
     


Be serious. According to this, physical addiction to heroin is not
that hard to quit. But users go right back on it. So why talk about an
abstract technical use of the word addiction? Obviously, it is hard
for a habitual user to stay off. That's what counts. Stick to the
point, please.


Thanks,

Ed


PS Hi there. I've been watching you.... 
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