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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
A lot of people ruin their lives thanks to alcohol/herion/coke addictions. I have yet to see a smoker ruin his life (minus health effects) thanks to his tobacco addiction. Most of the guys on the street are addicted to crack cocaine in Calgary - its one of the reasons they can't function in society - they are on a constant search for their next high and that's all they can do. The detox coming off those drugs - side effects i have heard are much more severe. I have known many people to straight up go cold turkey off smokes with minor side effects - hey some people its a little harder to do no doubt, but that's why at least in my mind i have this perception based on my experience that the harder drugs are a lot harder to bounce than cigs.
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Yes they do ruin their lives. How do they do it? By being forced to pay extraordinary prices for their fix. If these products were legal like Cigs then prices would be stabilized and freely accessible removing the fear and issue many hard drug users have. Same with cigs....make them illegal and you have the same problem as any other addiction.
Quite frankly Im not sure why you suggested "minus health effects" when comparing hard drugs to cigs, all addictions are the same, they waste a part of the body away until disease, malnutrition or some other comparable malady stops them dead.