Addiction Potential Of Various Drugs
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PoiSoNeD_CaNdY a répondu le Mon 9 Feb, 2004 @ 3:28pm |
 Coolness: 91815 | "To rank today's commonly used drugs by their addictiveness, we asked
experts to consider two questions: How easy is it to get hooked on these substances and how hard is it to stop using them? Although a person's vulnerability to drug also depends on individual traits -- physiology, psychology, and social and economic pressures -- these rankings reflect only the addictive potential inherent in the drug. The numbers below are relative rankings, based on the experts' scores for each substance: Nicotine 100 Ice, Glass (Methamphetamine smoked) 99 Crack 98 Crystal Meth (Methamphetamine injected) 93 Valium (Diazepam) 85 Quaalude (Methaqualone) 83 Seconal (Secobarbital) 82 Alcohol 81 Heroin 80 Crank (Amphetamine taken nasally) 78 Cocaine 72 Caffeine 68 PCP (Phencyclidine) 57 Marijuana 21 Ecstasy (MDMA) 20 Psilocybin Mushrooms 18 LSD 18 Mescaline 18 [Research by John Hastings] [From: _In Health_, Nov/Dec 1990; eye-balling by Harel Barzilai; relative rankings are definite, numbers given are (+/-)1%] ------------------------------------------------------------------ "`There's some abuse potential with marijuana,' Koob [sic] says. `For example, it's probably at least as dangerous for someone to drive while high on marijuana as to drive while drunk. But on my list of drugs likely to produce dependency -- people who are out of control of their use and want to quit, but can't -- it's pretty far down the line.' "By the same token, LSD may be dangerous if it makes you think you can fly and your dive out a window, but it's unlikely to produce addiction. `It is just not a drug that people take in a compulsive way,' Koob says. Some people scoffed when the Surgeon General four year ago called nicotine the most addictive drug known. But survey figures indicate that nine of every ten people who light up a cigarette will one day have trouble quitting, compared with perhaps two first-time cocaine users." ("Dr. George Koob is a leading neurobiologist at the Research Institute of Scripps Clinic (San Diego)") [From: _In Health_, Nov/Dec 1990] |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» hayley a répondu le Mon 9 Feb, 2004 @ 5:00pm |
 Coolness: 82770 | but wat do those numbers mean tho?? is it a percentage or like?? whjat? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Toltech a répondu le Mon 9 Feb, 2004 @ 6:51pm |
 Coolness: 145545 | Originally posted by POISONED CANDY...
[From: _In Health_, Nov/Dec 1990; eye-balling by Harel Barzilai; relative rankings are definite, numbers given are (+/-)1%] |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Violence_Inc a répondu le Mon 9 Feb, 2004 @ 6:51pm |
 Coolness: 174215 | dan by any chance are you in scientific studies? or is all your research purely curiosity? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Toltech a répondu le Mon 9 Feb, 2004 @ 6:52pm |
| Coolness: 145545 | what about Crystal that is injested?....I don't know as many people who smoke it than ingest it in pill forms.....and who injects it....honestly?...I don't know anyone....then again, I don't know anyone who smokes meth anymore... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mali a répondu le Mon 9 Feb, 2004 @ 7:09pm |
 Coolness: 202240 | but but.. youe teddy bear told me he smokes meth!! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Zz.ee.vV a répondu le Mon 9 Feb, 2004 @ 7:46pm |
 Coolness: 194150 | While I agree about the nicotine part, Alcohol more addictive than heroin? Come on. Maybe if applied to peoples that have no history of using it (e.g. Native Americans), but I think most will agree that it must be alot easier to reglament drinking than frebasing/injecting heroin. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» hayley a répondu le Mon 9 Feb, 2004 @ 7:58pm |
| Coolness: 82770 | its just cuz heroins effects are more pleasurable than alcohols |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope a répondu le Mon 9 Feb, 2004 @ 7:58pm |
 Coolness: 201350 | The study that was in my psychology book put injected crystal over smoked crystal when it came to addictive potential.. But I mean, everyone knows that crystal is a very addictive and dangerous drug taken in any form... The "score" of achohol also confuses me somewhat though... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Trey a répondu le Mon 9 Feb, 2004 @ 9:00pm |
 Coolness: 102890 | How nice. The highest addictive drug is the one that is backed up by large coporations and their army of well paid lawyers. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» eltopo a répondu le Mon 9 Feb, 2004 @ 9:38pm |
 Coolness: 63035 | nah that's just the way the world works...
it's all in the marketing. and carlos, you know me... and i totally see how smoking ice is more addictive then shooting it. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» ufot a répondu le Wed 11 Feb, 2004 @ 12:58pm |
 Coolness: 93225 | ya, I agree with the cigarette being the top, it's the most addictive habbit I have ever personally encountered in my entire life, and I know it will be a hard one to stop...
Ufot-feeling sorry for ur dumb smokin' self... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Toltech a répondu le Wed 11 Feb, 2004 @ 4:19pm |
| Coolness: 145545 | you know why? it's because nicotine can relax you as well as give you a boost....the same molecule does both.....that's what doctors and reaserchers believe makes it risky to start the habit.....then once the habit is started, that's when it's hard to quit since your body craves it. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Toltech a répondu le Wed 11 Feb, 2004 @ 4:20pm |
| Coolness: 145545 | but you all knew about the cravings, I'm sure. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» eltopo a répondu le Wed 11 Feb, 2004 @ 4:43pm |
| Coolness: 63035 | meth makes you relaxed at the same time as giving you a boost, and i think that's why it's second
only drug i can't just walk away from |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Violence_Inc a répondu le Wed 11 Feb, 2004 @ 5:49pm |
| Coolness: 174215 | :( |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» hayley a répondu le Wed 11 Feb, 2004 @ 6:41pm |
| Coolness: 82770 | :( |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mali a répondu le Wed 11 Feb, 2004 @ 6:45pm |
| Coolness: 202240 | Originally posted by NOTAHOTASS...
meth makes you relaxed at the same time as giving you a boost, and i think that's why it's second only drug i can't just walk away from your tip toeing so far.. so you will be walking.,. then running.. then you can stop, and turn away you can do it |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope a répondu le Wed 11 Feb, 2004 @ 6:51pm |
| Coolness: 201350 | jenni: the first step is to not hang out with methheads no matter how much they "miss" you and you seem to be doing well so far! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» hayley a répondu le Wed 11 Feb, 2004 @ 7:49pm |
| Coolness: 82770 | IM NOT A METH HEAD !!!!! yay! |
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