So ... Dio, how on earth is the mechanism -- whether it's "tampering with nerve connections" that makes addition happen in the first place or "finger on the trigger" that makes a gun death happen in the first place, relevant?
A PERSON decided to pull the trigger, rightly or wrongly, and a PERSON decided to smoke the week or drink the booze, rightly or wrongly.
Blaming a drug for an addition is EXACTLY like blaming a gun for a shooting.
Utter nonsense. The human body has no defense against drugs. Someone gives you Rohypnol , you pass out and you don't remember a thing. It has a DIRECT EFFECT on your mental processes. Narcotics tamper with your pleasure center as well as other parts of your brain. The human body is chemically driven, and certain chemicals interfere with the normal processes.
Stop pushing this nonsense that guns are exactly like drugs. Stop believing nonsense.