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Alcohol and nicotine have been found to be more damaging than some illegal drugs, like LSD, cannabis, or ecstasy. Do you quit the habits?
Recent research has shown that alcohol ranks fifth place in terms of most dangerous drugs, right after illegal drugs heroine, cocaine, barbiturates, and methadone. Nicotine did not fare much better. Does this knowledge stimulate you to kick the habit or cut back?
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November 21, 2009 07:29 PM
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It is the chronic use and dependence of any substance that produces detrimental side effects. I am certain that a person that has lived through the ravages of alcoholism by a family member or who has lost a loved one to smoking induced illness would have already been aware of this without the need for research studies.
It seems like common sense to me; but that same common sense also tells me that a person having a few drinks at a social gathering does not equate itself to a person tripping on LSD.
Personally, I would classify myself as a social drinker averaging no more than 2 drinks per week. Over the course of a year I smoke a total of less than a pack of cigarettes. Will these research findings make change my habits? Absolutely not. They won't make me take up marijuana and LSD either.
PS- I also would still feel safer as a passenger with a pilot that has a few drinks on his approved days off as opposed to one that would be smoking marijuana, tripping on LSD, or doing a few lines of coke during the same time frame.
It seems like common sense to me; but that same common sense also tells me that a person having a few drinks at a social gathering does not equate itself to a person tripping on LSD.
Personally, I would classify myself as a social drinker averaging no more than 2 drinks per week. Over the course of a year I smoke a total of less than a pack of cigarettes. Will these research findings make change my habits? Absolutely not. They won't make me take up marijuana and LSD either.
PS- I also would still feel safer as a passenger with a pilot that has a few drinks on his approved days off as opposed to one that would be smoking marijuana, tripping on LSD, or doing a few lines of coke during the same time frame.
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November 21, 2009 11:48 AM
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Well, alcohol is being ranked the fifth most harmful drug but it is based on physical harm, dependence and social harm according to your given article. So I think it's not that harmful when you'd just drink it moderately.
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November 21, 2009 02:50 PM
Try again, and this time think outside the box. Fetal Alcohol Poisoning can happen when a woman drinks even one glass of wine while pregnant. It's for the weak and defenseless we should be trying to crusade, they didn't have a choice about it while in the womb! While pregnant for sure I would not drink at all! http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/fasd/index.html
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November 21, 2009 04:47 PM
Ironically, any obstetrician will tell you they would rather see a pregnant woman smoke marijuana than cigarettes, let alone drink alcohol. I have heard this from three separate doctors so far.
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November 22, 2009 01:45 AM
Other studies have shown that modest amounts of alcohol are beneficial even to mothers.
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November 22, 2009 01:48 AM
However, this question is not about mothers. It is about all, ordinary people. So bringing up the question of pregnant women as if it was an error in the answer is ridiculous. With regard to the average person, moderate drinking of alcohol has been shown to be clearly beneficial and this answer is quite right.
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November 22, 2009 02:38 AM
Thanks albanian! I think they haven't read the article given by dtvrivera which can be found at http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/britainpoliticsdrugshealth_20091030090231.html;_ylt=AqZAy3xYOsA42_SUXcy98KRGY4t4 . The article doesn't talk about mothers.
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That is a common fact but largely ignored. I am glad I don't have that addiction. Alcohol and nicotine could be even bought from ordinary stores especially in third world countries. I often inform young people about the danger of drinking and smoking. They want to stop the addiction but it takes gargantuan effort to do this.
There should be a support group for people who want to quit alcohol and nicotine (cigarettes) . This should include the family, friends and a skilled professional who could look into the health aspect. Because addiction is a sickness of the person and consequently of the society.
No matter how many pictures I show of irreversible alcoholic liver cirrhosis to the youth and the lung cancer of people who smoke , and teach them about how their life expectancy decreases, still they could not stop their addiction.
So telling someone to stop needs action and cooperation from us, and not merely encouragement.
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There should be a support group for people who want to quit alcohol and nicotine (cigarettes) . This should include the family, friends and a skilled professional who could look into the health aspect. Because addiction is a sickness of the person and consequently of the society.
No matter how many pictures I show of irreversible alcoholic liver cirrhosis to the youth and the lung cancer of people who smoke , and teach them about how their life expectancy decreases, still they could not stop their addiction.
So telling someone to stop needs action and cooperation from us, and not merely encouragement.
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