Registered: May 2001
Location: Arizona
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Relative Addictiveness of various drugs

I thought this was interesting, no wonder I smoke..

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 ....

"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:

100 Nicotine

99 Ice, Glass (Methamphetamine smoked)

98 Crack

93 Crystal Meth (Methamphetamine injected)

85 Valium (Diazepam)

83 Quaalude (Methaqualone)

82 Seconal (Secobarbital)

81 Alcohol

80 Heroin

78 Crank (Amphetamine taken nasally)

72 Cocaine

68 Caffeine

57 PCP (Phencyclidine)

21 Marijuana

20 Ecstasy (MDMA)

18 Psilocybin Mushrooms

18 LSD

18 Mescaline

Research by John Hastings

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Registered: Jul 2000
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Speakin' of nicotine, a coupla days ago I bought a carton of Swiss imported Marlboro Lights from the Paiutes out in Nevada. Although the box looks the same, the cigarettes have a brown filter.

What I wanna know is how come is it the Swiss rate a brown filter and we don't? Amen.

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Registered: May 2001
Location: Arizona
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Originally posted by J E B Stuart:

Speakin' of nicotine, a coupla days ago I bought a carton of Swiss imported Marlboro Lights from the Paiutes out in Nevada. Although the box looks the same, the cigarettes have a brown filter.

What I wanna know is how come is it the Swiss rate a brown filter and we don't? Amen.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Texas
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And to think the mescaline guy from that other thread was the happiest bastid of them all!! Ill give (or arrange) sweet lovin to anyone who can get me some pdq and have it delivered by some nekkid swedes. Preferrably female but everyones welcome.

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Jeb: Its not just the Swiss. By brown you mean that dirty yellowy type colour right?

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Originally posted by Spooky:
Jeb: Its not just the Swiss. By brown you mean that dirty yellowy type colour right?

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that's kind of inaccurate, isn't it? by the criteria laid out there, nicotine is the most addictive due entirely to its being legal and so easy to obtain, and not due to any inherent property of the drug itself.
i guess in that context there's a huge problem with amphetemines and crack in (i'm assuming) the US. i could definitely be wrong, nicotine could be the equal of crack in terms of addictiveness on a purely physiological level, but i really doubt it. this study should make smokers feel better, and have a reason to look down on the filthy weak junkies out there.

pff. heroin? i smoke camels, REGULAR.

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Originally posted by Buddha's Penis!:
that's kind of inaccurate, isn't it? by the criteria laid out there, nicotine is the most addictive due entirely to its being legal and so easy to obtain, and not due to any inherent property of the drug itself.

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Originally posted by Buddha's Penis!:
i smoke camels, REGULAR.

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okay, i'll accept that. i was confusing addictiveness with some other related things, like withdrawal symptoms and whatnot. strictly on the basis of addiction, i retract my objection.

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Caffeine needs to be higher up that list. I can live without cigs, but deny me my coffee and I'll become medieval.

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Originally posted by Buddha's Penis!:
that's kind of inaccurate, isn't it? by the criteria laid out there, nicotine is the most addictive due entirely to its being legal and so easy to obtain, and not due to any inherent property of the drug itself.
i guess in that context there's a huge problem with amphetemines and crack in (i'm assuming) the US. i could definitely be wrong, nicotine could be the equal of crack in terms of addictiveness on a purely physiological level, but i really doubt it. this study should make smokers feel better, and have a reason to look down on the filthy weak junkies out there.

pff. heroin? i smoke camels, REGULAR.

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I guess I'm stronger than all of you druggies . Since I dont smoke I havent caved into peer pressure or any other social and psychological pressures.

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Registered: Jul 2001
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I've smoked pleanty before, never found it too terribly addictive. Ok.

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Registered: Jul 2000
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That list seems accurate to me.

I need to quit smoking again.
I have been smoking (this round) for 9 years having gone 3 years without. I used to some for a year or two then quit for a year.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: NH
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Originally posted by wonderaz:
I need to quit smoking again.
I have been smoking (this round) for 9 years having gone 3 years without. I used to some for a year or two then quit for a year.

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Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Wetaskiwin AB, Canada
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Originally posted by Gazin:


81 Alcohol


68 Caffeine


21 Marijuana

18 Psilocybin Mushrooms

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That's not Anth3m above...the problems with sharing a computer!


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Registered: Jul 2000
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Originally posted by Dead_Inside:
Is it harder to quit once you've stopped and then started again? I've never tried to quit. I am going on my 16th year as a smoker.

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Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Northern Wisconsin, US
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I used Wellbutrin SR in combination with a patch. Didn't miss cigarettes at all. I smoked for 26 years. Try it. BTW, Wellbutrin is much the same as Zyban.

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