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To: rb22982
Ok then, show me any study that proves them wrong.

Personal experience. All my friends drink, none are addicted to the point that my former friends who did meth and became addicted and worthless. My sample size is big enough for me to draw a conclusion and I vote accordingly.

493 posted on 11/02/2002 10:47:25 PM PST by #3Fan
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To: #3Fan
Ok I'll give you meth, but is Meth the only drug you consider a 'hard drug'. Your sample size on the other 'hard drugs' is probably not big enough to draw a conclusion on.

Here Ill give you some numbers.

27.7 million people in America have admitted to using cocaine, but only 1.6 million in the last month. If you assume that all 1.6 million are physically addicted (not likely at all), then 5.7% of cocaine users have become addicted.

6.2 million people in America have admitted to using crack, but only .4 million have used it in the past month. If you assume that all 400,000 are physically addictive (not likely at all), then 6.45% of all crack users have become addicted.

3 million people have admitted to using heroin, while only 120,000 have used it in the last month. If you assume all 120k are physically addicted (not likely at all), then 4% of heroin users became addicted.

Meanwhile 184.4 million Americans have admitted to digesting Alcohol with 109 million in the last month.

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, Results from the 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Volume 1. Summary of National Findings (Rockville, MD: Ofice of Applied Studies, August 2002), p. 109, Table H.1; p. 110, Table H.2; p. 129, Table H.21; and p. 130, Table H.22.

500 posted on 11/02/2002 11:06:32 PM PST by rb22982
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