Good example, I have always felt cigarette smoking demonstrates a profound lack of healthy spiritual discipline. I never hire people who are addicted to nicotine/cigarettes. Their habit becomes a complete waste of time in the work place as they constantly search out time and places away for a quick smoke. They become cancerous in the morale of the work place.
---In [email protected], <s3raphita@...> wrote : Yes, the idea that nicotine is *the* gateway drug has been suggested before. If you think about it, anyone who takes up smoking (like me) is saying that they need a chemical input to help them cope with life - or to make life more enjoyable. As cigarettes are legal it seems inevitable that a drug addict would have previously sampled nicotine. (As tobacco is so addictive, I've wondered if many people who think they are dependent on marijuana aren't actually hooked on the tobacco leaf without being aware of it!) There's also evidence (as your link suggests) that use of nicotine initiates physiological changes in the brain that make users more responsive to other drugs. I'm always a bit dubious about those claims . . . ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : Really interesting research setting the record straight on gateways.. http://www.npr.org/2015/04/18/400658693/setting-the-record-straight-on-the-phrase-gateway- http://www.npr.org/2015/04/18/400658693/setting-the-record-straight-on-the-phrase-gateway-drugSetting The Record Straight On The Phrase 'Gateway Drug' http://www.npr.org/2015/04/18/400658693/setting-the-record-straight-on-the-phrase-gateway-drug Setting The Record Straight On The Phrase 'Gateway Drug' http://www.npr.org/2015/04/18/400658693/setting-the-record-straight-on-the-phrase-gateway-drug Denise Kandel coined the term, often associated with marijuana, in a research paper 40 years ago. But her work suggested nicotine, not pot, was most likely to lead to the use of harder drugs. View on www.npr.org http://www.npr.org/2015/04/18/400658693/setting-the-record-straight-on-the-phrase-gateway-drug Preview by Yahoo
