Addiction Potential Of Various Drugs
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PoiSoNeD_CaNdY replied on Mon Feb 9, 2004 @ 3:28pm |
 Coolness: 92375 | "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 replied on Mon Feb 9, 2004 @ 5:00pm |
 Coolness: 83330 | but wat do those numbers mean tho?? is it a percentage or like?? whjat? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Toltech replied on Mon Feb 9, 2004 @ 6:51pm |
 Coolness: 146105 | 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 replied on Mon Feb 9, 2004 @ 6:51pm |
 Coolness: 174775 | dan by any chance are you in scientific studies? or is all your research purely curiosity? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Toltech replied on Mon Feb 9, 2004 @ 6:52pm |
| Coolness: 146105 | 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 replied on Mon Feb 9, 2004 @ 7:09pm |
 Coolness: 202800 | but but.. youe teddy bear told me he smokes meth!! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Zz.ee.vV replied on Mon Feb 9, 2004 @ 7:46pm |
 Coolness: 194710 | 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 replied on Mon Feb 9, 2004 @ 7:58pm |
| Coolness: 83330 | its just cuz heroins effects are more pleasurable than alcohols |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Mon Feb 9, 2004 @ 7:58pm |
 Coolness: 201910 | 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 replied on Mon Feb 9, 2004 @ 9:00pm |
 Coolness: 103450 | 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 replied on Mon Feb 9, 2004 @ 9:38pm |
 Coolness: 63595 | 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 replied on Wed Feb 11, 2004 @ 12:58pm |
 Coolness: 93785 | 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 replied on Wed Feb 11, 2004 @ 4:19pm |
| Coolness: 146105 | 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 replied on Wed Feb 11, 2004 @ 4:20pm |
| Coolness: 146105 | but you all knew about the cravings, I'm sure. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» eltopo replied on Wed Feb 11, 2004 @ 4:43pm |
| Coolness: 63595 | 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 replied on Wed Feb 11, 2004 @ 5:49pm |
| Coolness: 174775 | :( |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» hayley replied on Wed Feb 11, 2004 @ 6:41pm |
| Coolness: 83330 | :( |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mali replied on Wed Feb 11, 2004 @ 6:45pm |
| Coolness: 202800 | 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 replied on Wed Feb 11, 2004 @ 6:51pm |
| Coolness: 201910 | 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 replied on Wed Feb 11, 2004 @ 7:49pm |
| Coolness: 83330 | IM NOT A METH HEAD !!!!! yay! |
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