debenedi@yale-comix.UUCP (Robert DeBenedictis) (04/04/84)
It is hard to define 'addiction.' However, Consumers Union (the people
who bring you consumer reports) has come up with a definition of an
'addicting drug.'
An *addicting drug* is one that most users continue to take
even though they want to stop, decide to stop, try to stop, and
actually succeed at stopping for days, weeks, months or even
years. It is a drug for which men and women will prostitute
themselves. It is a drug to which most users will return after
treatment . . . It is a drug which most users continue to use
despite the threat of long-term imprisonment for its use -- and
to which they promptly return after experiencing long-term
imprisonment. (p. 84, Licit and Illicit Drugs)
"Now, We're Never Alone"
Another Addict In The Opium Den from
Robert DeBenedictis
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