Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
I wish I had a doctor's salary. It would make things much easier.
:stongue:
Extreme example, but definitely the default most sensible drug policy folks use to illustrate the correlation between accessibility and negative aspects of addiction.
MrJiveBoJingles
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Originally posted by Zild
Yeah but they work for it.
I know. I said a doctor's salary, not a doctor's job. :toothless
Zild
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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
I know. I said a doctor's salary, not a doctor's job. :toothless
I know I was agreeing. They work way too ing much.
XaNaX
Opiates are a great drug to use as an example. As long as you have a constant supply and the money to purchase it you could go the entire rest of your life addicted to them without any negative effects on your body (unlike a lot of other drugs). The problem with them is that as tolerance grows you can no longer afford your addiction. This would not be a problem anymore if you didn't have to pay street prices for them.
wick
Yes, my little old grandma will rush out and buy some Heroin because it just became legal. :rolleyes:
Prohibition is the problem, spending a few hours researching will show you just that.
sean5
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Originally posted by RJT
He just said it makes them less damaging, which is a relatively well established fact. For many "addicts", if they have the money and the means to regularly purchase their drug of choice, their addiction is substantially less damaging - or perhaps better phrased, they're capable of managing their addictions.
This goes back to the example of doctors addicted to opiates whom no one ever knows have problems because they can manage and afford their addictions.
having a lot of money doesn't make addictions less damaging
sean5
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Originally posted by XaNaX
Opiates are a great drug to use as an example. As long as you have a constant supply and the money to purchase it you could go the entire rest of your life addicted to them without any negative effects on your body (unlike a lot of other drugs). The problem with them is that as tolerance grows you can no longer afford your addiction. This would not be a problem anymore if you didn't have to pay street prices for them.
don't think it even includes the fact that you can OD.
Krypton
This song says it all...
RJT
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Originally posted by sean5
having a lot of money doesn't make addictions less damaging
Yes, in certain cases, it does.
sean5
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Originally posted by RJT
Yes, in certain cases, it does.
but not all so therefore it's not a universal fact. in some cases having a lot of money could enable a person with a drug addiction to cause more damage to a greater populus if in a position of power. perhaps those doctors you mention weren't out mugging people but providing substandard care which resulted in more pain possibly even death due to the side effects of actually using the drugs.
RJT
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Originally posted by sean5
but not all so therefore it's not a universal fact. in some cases having a lot of money could enable a person with a drug addiction to cause more damage to a greater populus if in a position of power. perhaps those doctors you mention weren't out mugging people but providing substandard care which resulted in more pain possibly even death due to the side effects of actually using the drugs.
That is a ludicrous argument based entirely on speculation - and the insinuation that anyone here said if people have money, then they can manage their addictions. Only that many who do, can.
