fwiw nicotine is about as addictive as it gets. 

Dana


On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:18:50 -0500, Nick McClure
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 2:38 PM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: Re: Medical Marijuana( Bush cannot be a republican)
> >
> > Responses inline.
> >
> > And I know people who do not. Proof by anectdote is about the weakest
> > support there is.
> 
> Hey I agree with that, However you get a lot of anecdotes together you start
> to have an actual study.
> 
> > I think that the jury is still out on that one. the studies that
> > support this hypothesis is almost evenly balanced out by those that do
> > not.
> 
> Then they need to tell the psychology professors to stop teaching it as
> fact.
> 
> > Does such a thing exist? I have yet to see any decent studies
> > presented in peer reviewed scientific journals that show that there is
> > such a thing. The only places I've seen it mentioned has been those
> > individuals or organizations with an agenda to advance.
> 
> I believe there is. I have seen board certified doctors talk about it.
> http://tinyurl.com/6rnxu
> 
> 
> > I'll go with the DSM-IVR definitions
> 
> What does the DSM-IVR say about physically vs psychologically dependent?
> 
> >
> > Ever assist someone trying to quit heroin addiction? Or try to kick a
> > serious physical addiction yourself? If so then you know that they are
> > not the same.
> >
> 
> No, but I'm not comparing things I haven't seen. Outside of nicotine and
> alcohol I've never seen anybody with a different serious physical addiction.
> 
> 
> 

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