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[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Aramike

Nicotine isn't a narcotic.

It is not a narcotic but Tchocky is correct. Nicotine is more addictive than crack cocaine from what I have read and heard.

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

It is not a narcotic but Tchocky is correct. Nicotine is more addictive than crack cocaine from what I have read and heard.

I don't dispute that.

However, it is not a drug that induces a near complete loss of mental faculty such as crack. Furthermore, the physical withdrawal symptoms of nicotine are extremely short-lived, unlike most drugs medically/legally considered narcotics.

Crack is like $2.00 for a few rocks and as I understand it the high lasts a long time. Can't get much cheaper than that for the high they receive from it.

Exactly.

I am a smoker and even I think your statement is wrong. Nicotine is an alkaloid which is highly addictive and acts as a stimulant in mammals.

Erm, narcotics, medically speaking, are drugs that numb the senses. Nicotine is NOT a narcotic.

Besides, whats your point? That nicotine is as bad as crack?

[Aramike]

That's fine, too. It's still their own fault for using it. My definition of responsible use does not exclude crack users dying of a heart attack, as long as they don't bother people when they do it.

I have no problem with people sustaining medical problems due to drug use. What I *DO* have a problem with is people getting health care on the public dime for these inevitable medical problems because their crack habit leaves them broke. I *DO* have a problem with endangering all of our safety by making crack available to people who'd literally do ANYTHING for it.

Furthermore, it is a FACT that legalizing an activity causes more of that activity to occur.

Certain types of drugs are so inherently dangerous that legalizing them in the name of "liberty" puts all of us at risk.

Also, I don't have a problem with the so-called War on Drugs ... just with how its being fought.

[antikristuseke]

Originally Posted by Aramike

Besides, whats your point? That nicotine is as bad as crack?

No, was a misunderstanding on my part, I thought you were trying to say that nicotine is not a drug at all. My bad.

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by antikristuseke

No, was a misunderstanding on my part, I thought you were trying to say that nicotine is not a drug at all. My bad.

Gotcha!