bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) (10/24/86)
Re: comment that Aspirin has a very low capacity for abuse. I agree but just curious: Wasn't one of the killers in Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" an 'aspirin addict'? Did Capote make this up out of whole cloth or are there such people? I also remember more than a few people (not people, teen-agers) using Aspirin to attempt suicide when I was that age. Perhaps in this case tho the Aspirin was a good thing as none of them died, just got pretty sick to the stomach (I know it's possible to OD on aspirin, but I guess it's hard.) -Barry Shein, Boston University P.S. I also suspect if there do exist aspirin addicts they are rare. P.P.S. I use the word 'addict' here loosely, habituated, whatever.