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Is Nicotine Like Heroin ?

submitted by LadyDeath

1 decade 5 years 9 months 4 weeks ago

Nicotine and heroin have similar effects on the brain, according to new evidence from scientists. They've found a part of the brain that responds to smoking and heroin in much the same way.

For you my lovely smokers out there.

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Adding video to channels (Brain) - requested by Zonbie.

Holy shit! Those first two people are being interviewed right outside of my work on 35th street!

Funny that heroin is actually less harmful to the body than cigarettes. Provided the heroin and the needle used are clean.

The comparison between them isn't new in the reform community and it's an argument that some at LEAP have used for ages. Although the effects are somewhat different both are highly addictive and tobacco use dropped by a significant amount through intensive education and regulation rather than through prison. The Swiss have had a fair bit of success with a combined treatment and maintenance routine they recently shifted from trial study to permanent for heroin which seems to lend some merit to the argument. Similar trial studies have been done in Germany, Britain, and elsewhere with good success but a lot of political resistance.

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