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On the one hand you deride one solution that's actually been proven effective as magical. On the other hand you propose a solution and then proceed to enumerat

On the one hand you deride one solution that's actually been proven effective as magical. On the other hand you propose a solution and then proceed to enumerate its magical effects. Addicts who start on a street drug aren't typically in the habit of going to the doctor for their fix.

BgSpnnrs 13y ago
Not sure that's true if you factor in decent quality. In fact it's demmonstrably untrue if you look at mmj users or the heroin programs in the Netherlands.
jpatokal 13y ago
They would as soon as it was cheaper to go to the doctor instead.
- waps 13y ago
  The problem with drug addicts is not what happens when they have sufficient money to fuel their addiction (except in the case of a number of drugs, including -ironically- the one under discussion here : meth. Making it cheaper won't work : dosage must be continually increased to keep the effects, resulting in the need for exponentially increasing doses, and the money to buy them. And that's ignoring psychological addiction. Few people start out doing 5 doses on a work day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methamphetamine#Long-term http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methamphetamine#Long-term Some tidbits: Methamphetamine use has a high association with depression and suicide as well as serious heart disease, amphetamine psychosis, anxiety, and violent behaviors. Methamphetamine also has a very high addiction risk.[12] Unlike cocaine and amphetamine, methamphetamine is directly neurotoxic to midbrain dopamine neurons.[27] Moreover, methamphetamine use is associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease due to the fact that uncontrolled dopamine effluxion is neurotoxic.[11][28] Long-term dopamine upregulation occurring as a result of methamphetamine abuse can also cause neurotoxicity, which is believed to be responsible for causing persisting cognitive deficits, such as memory loss, impaired attention, and decreased executive function. Similar to the neurotoxic effects on the dopamine system, methamphetamine can also result in neurotoxicity to serotonergic neurons.[29]

BgSpnnrs 13y ago

Not sure that's true if you factor in decent quality. In fact it's demmonstrably untrue if you look at mmj users or the heroin programs in the Netherlands.

jpatokal 13y ago

They would as soon as it was cheaper to go to the doctor instead.

waps 13y ago
The problem with drug addicts is not what happens when they have sufficient money to fuel their addiction (except in the case of a number of drugs, including -ironically- the one under discussion here : meth. Making it cheaper won't work : dosage must be continually increased to keep the effects, resulting in the need for exponentially increasing doses, and the money to buy them. And that's ignoring psychological addiction. Few people start out doing 5 doses on a work day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methamphetamine#Long-term http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methamphetamine#Long-term Some tidbits: Methamphetamine use has a high association with depression and suicide as well as serious heart disease, amphetamine psychosis, anxiety, and violent behaviors. Methamphetamine also has a very high addiction risk.[12] Unlike cocaine and amphetamine, methamphetamine is directly neurotoxic to midbrain dopamine neurons.[27] Moreover, methamphetamine use is associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease due to the fact that uncontrolled dopamine effluxion is neurotoxic.[11][28] Long-term dopamine upregulation occurring as a result of methamphetamine abuse can also cause neurotoxicity, which is believed to be responsible for causing persisting cognitive deficits, such as memory loss, impaired attention, and decreased executive function. Similar to the neurotoxic effects on the dopamine system, methamphetamine can also result in neurotoxicity to serotonergic neurons.[29]