This message was self-deleted by its author

[polly7]

This message was self-deleted by its author (polly7) on Fri Mar 18, 2016, 02:39 PM. When the original post in a discussion thread is self-deleted, the entire discussion thread is automatically locked so new replies cannot be posted.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. How did sugar not make that list? nt

[polly7]

2. I agree, it should be there. nt.

[Orrex]

3. One supposes that it isn't among the top five

[Gregorian]

4. Also cacao.

After hearing about how great cacao is, I bought some. I decided to do a bit of research at the last minute. What I found was that aside from its health benefits, it's supposedly the most addictive substance there is (which I wonder about), and it's toxic to the kidneys if eaten habitually.

[SheilaT]

10. Sugar is simply not as addictive nor

as destructive as heroin, alcohol, cocaine, barbiturates, and nicotine. People try to claim it is, but it's not. Nor is caffeine. Caffeine is somewhat addictive, but doesn't destroy bodies and lives the way the top five do.

[LiberalEsto]

5. DU is addictive too

[Agnosticsherbet]

6. They forgot Coffee.

[freebrew]

7. Water, they forgot water...

can't live without it....

[Warpy]

8. Nicotine should be #1

because of a little phenomenon called tachyphylaxis, which is far greater than for any of the other substances in the list, including heroin. That first hit off that first cigarette lights up all those addictive pathways like a country church on Wednesday night.

Heroin remains the antidrug crusaders' bogeyman because of its huge dependency rate, which they are conflating with addiction.

[polly7]

9. Thanks for that, Warpy. Those are great points. nt.

[winter is coming]

11. I have a friend who kicked both heroin and tobacco, many years ago.

They said that quitting cigarettes was harder than quitting heroin.