Posted by Declan on June 29, 2005, at 22:51:32
In reply to Re: Decriminalisation would at least be step in right » Nickengland, posted by alexandra_k on June 8, 2005, at 3:37:15
Hey look, opiate withdrawal *is* worse than the flu. (Which sort of flu? Spanish flu killed was it 50 million? That flu?) I'm not saying that addiction is bad or that the war on drugs is good. Taken opiates for 30 years now. And they're good drugs, I suppose. Compare very favourably with psychdrugs, well of course they do. The difficult thing in withdrawal is not the physical stuff at all. That's what is misleading. You can't see it, or describe it as a symptom, except perhaps as craving.
If heroin was sold in the shops the rate of addiction would be enormous. That's no excuse for the war on drugs though. We're just human and we need our witchcraft and showtrials. No reason to be too optimistic about human affairs.
Declan
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