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I think an important difference between sugary drinks and heroin is that there is an easy sugar-free alternative that people might swap to more often if it was
by thomasfedb 6y ago
I think an important difference between sugary drinks and heroin is that there is an easy sugar-free alternative that people might swap to more often if it was cheaper.
- throwaway4666 6y agoThere are 'heroin alternatives' that people switch to in order to treat their addiction - mostly substances that act on the same receptors but aren't as addictive. Whether they are all cheap, legal, well-known and/or easily accessible is an entire story altogether.
- thomasfedb 6y agoMethadone is also not euphoric at the doses used in treatment of addiction.
- vladvasiliu 6y agoI think another difference between heroin and sugar might be how the addiction sets in. Sugar seems to me more insidious, in that at first it doesn't really make you feel all that great. But there's a convenience factor. Sugary foods are usually "easy to eat", they're "right there". In this, I would argue this addiction gets built up over time. Now I've never tried heroin, but from what I understand the effects are much more pleasant in and of themselves. Addiction sets in much more quickly. All this is to say that maybe banning sugar would work. If the convenience factor goes out, and if there's no "wow factor" to trying it, there's much less potential for abuse and for addiction.