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user-inactivated  ·  2779 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Shake it up. Offer up one somewhat unpopular opinion that you hold.

    - Recreational use of non-addictive drugs should not be an issue

Anything that's pleasurable has the potential to be addictive. Food. Cigarettes. Peeling the protective plastic off of brand new electronics.





veen  ·  2779 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I am mostly thinking of substances that are 'too good' for our brains to resist, and will thus make most people addicted - cigarettes is definitely one of them. Getting addicted to food is a lot harder for most people.

goobster  ·  2779 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Anything that's pleasurable has the potential to be addictive.

Only because of pre-existing psychological problems, not because of the substance itself.

user-inactivated  ·  2779 days ago  ·  link  ·  

which are extraordinarily hard to quantify in advance

goobster  ·  2778 days ago  ·  link  ·  

But which can be easily dealt with in a variety of ways, once they come to light.