The most useless drug ever...

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foozball3000

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...Cigarettes (Nicotine). It damages your body badly, gives you an odour that competes with a wet street dog and costs quite a lot... all without even giving you a high. Cocaine at least makes you feel great for a while... :cool:
 
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try stopping for 1 day, and taking it back up again. i guarantee it you WILL be high.
 
killadoob said:
Yea but nicotine was enhanced by the cigi companies to make it as addictive as it is, so no tobacco is not the problem, nicotine is what gets you addicted and they enhanced t's effects to ensure people stay addicted.

Did you not watch the movie with russel crowe?

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/05/23-2 incase you missed it.
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Interesting stuff...
Corrected the title. ;)
 
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While i agree that nicotine seems useless, once your hooked it is arguably the most addictive drug known to man. Remember one thing i would rather be a cigi addict than a coke, tik, heroine addict.

Drugs are fun when you use them recreationally (spelling) but damn they can destroy your life in a heart beat should you become addicted.
 
killadoob said:
While i agree that nicotine seems useless, once your hooked it is arguably the most addictive drug known to man.
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It's in the top 10, scary enough. How Stuff Works had a top 40 chart of drugs. LSD was no 17, where Tobaco (Nicotine) was no.5 and alcohol was No.7.

Keep in mind that this chart was on a few levels, for example : Financial Impact, health impact, Addictiveness.. ect. (Just in case some people start jumping up and down on Alcohol being there)
 
Cigarettes are the dumbest addiction ever. You stink, your sense of smell dies, you're paying someone to poison your lungs/throat and you irritate people around, all because a small paper tube controls your brain. Dumb!
 
flarkit said:
Cigarettes are the dumbest addiction ever. You stink, your sense of smell dies, you're paying someone to poison your lungs/throat and you irritate people around, all because a small paper tube controls your brain. Dumb!
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You know flarkit, I was a fitness freak up until i was 26. I had the same views as you on cigs. Then one day I lost a bet and I had to smoke 3 whole cigs. Being a man of my word I did it. Those three cigs changed my whole life around. Everything just spiraled out of control. I couldnt do the Argus cycle tour under three hours anymore. It took me almost 3 years to admit to myself that i was addicted to nicotene. I always said to myself I could easily stop when I wanted to. Oh how I lied to myself.

So I see the cigarette discussion from both sides. From one of the best and fittest athletes in Cpt to being a smoker.

By the way, if I sounds irritated, it might be since I'm on my 3rd day without smoking. I really want to do that race next year in under 3 hours again. ;)
 
killadoob said:
Yup the same could be said about drinking so i assume you don't drink flarkit?
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I have an occasional drink, it's not a compulsion. I'm able to socialise comfortably without any alcohol.

I love garlic, because it's good for me.

How does one drink per week equate to several cigarettes per day?
 
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