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That's the thing with replacement products, if it's good enough for existing addicts to switch to, it's good enough for kids to get addicted to, in and of itsel
by rhinoceraptor 6y ago
That's the thing with replacement products, if it's good enough for existing addicts to switch to, it's good enough for kids to get addicted to, in and of itself.
OTOH, nicotine doesn't seem to be all that harmful once it's divorced from tobacco, and it does appear to have some benefits.
- gumby 6y agoI like to semi-joke that WWII was taught by nicotine addicts who drank absurd amounts of coffee, suggesting that those stimulants enabled prodigious feats. Realistically though nicotine is pretty bad for your vasculature and the carbon monoxide is pretty bad too. Smokers get strokes due to stiffening of the small vessels. Yuck.
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- toomanybeersies 6y agoYou forgot amphetamines as well, which were used in a widespread fashion by both the Allies and Axis [1] [1] https://defenceindepth.co/2017/08/11/amphetamines-and-the-second-world-war-stimulating-interest-in-drugs-and-warfare/ https://defenceindepth.co/2017/08/11/amphetamines-and-the-se...