On 7/31/2010 6:52 PM, Darren New wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>> You are speaking to the wrong person, here. "Habituating" is not a
>> word in British English we use dependency (if I follow you correctly).
>
> I believe that's correct.
>
>> I’m also a bit wary of the term “good drugs” I know that it is popular
>> to say things like good and bad bacteria but it is a bit misleading.
>
> I mean "good" as in "you like it so much you want more." I don't say
> that fat people have a dependency on Big Macs. I'm trying to figure out
> what the difference between (say) pot and something people get a
> dependency on, given that lots and lots of people here are in jail
> because they can't keep themselves from smoking pot in places they'll
> get caught. So why isn't that a dependency?
>
For a small number, it may be. As has been pointed out, a few quirks in 
one or two complex networks of genes can make someone "hugely" more 
effected, or hugely less. Its similar to allergies, and in fact *one* of 
the things that can trigger alcohol addictions *is* a mild enough 
allergy to it that it has a *much* bigger effect, but not so much of one 
that it would kill the person. For most its just a matter that someone 
already "on" pot has problems thinking clearly, and so, it never occurs 
to them **not to** smoke some place they will get caught, should they 
already be taking it, when they smoke the next one. Doesn't help that it 
makes people want to eat a lot, so, if they don't have enough in house, 
or they decide they badly want something they don't have....

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