VF> JK> There is a difference between taking legal drugs which have been
VF> JK> produced under stringent controls and taking substances which are
VF>Ah, so the most potent and damaging drug in society today - alcohol - 
ould
VF>your acceptance then?
There is nothing wrong with the product. Every bottle of Jack Daniels is
made to exacting government standards and is fit for human consumption.
The problem with the alcohol begins with the faulty brain chemistry that
the alcoholic is born with.  The alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme is much
less than in so called "normal" people and gets used up rather fast by
them.  When the supply gets depleted, the brain and body start making
other chemicals that then get stored in body fat.  This is the start of
chronic addiction.
80% of the beverage alcohol is consumed by 20% of those who drink it.
That portion is the alcoholics who drink more with a very high tolerance
in the early stages of the disease, then develop intolerance later on
with problems coming from the ingestion of one bottle of beer, for
instance, on a weekend.
That is when those who are smart enough quit drinking. And yes, an
alcoholic can learn enough to quit at that point in the drinking career.
I know that because that is exactly what I did.
Then I went to Seattle University to find out what was going on inside
me.
VF>Legality has no bearing on the effect of a chemical on a person. Ask
a buddy VF>mine, who has an addiction to codiene, gained through legal
medical prescrip VF>many years ago.
The effects of the codiene are known.  The dose of the drug is known and
can be calculated in various ways including blood and other body fluid
samples.  The effects of illegal drugs vary widely as they are not
produced under any kind of federal or state monitoring systems.
Sort of like the hooch during prohibition that was made in old radiators
that put a lot of dangerous lead into the system.
And like some of the crap that gets smoked along with other things these
days.
VF>Ask me. I was addicted to a drug. A nice, legally availble material
not even VF>listed as a "drug" in today's society. Caffiene.
Which is one of the hardest to break because it is legal and so approved
of.  My state mandates that every treatment agency educate its clients
about it as well as nicotene.
VF>It goes to show that the people who make the laws should be medical
professi VF>s, VF>not lawyers. How you can come in and proscribe one
thing as fine because its VF>legal and another bad because it isn't is
mind-numbingly baffling. And illog VF>.
There is nothing wrong with the codiene, either.  It is a drug that is
widely used and quite safe when used properly.  However, my belief is
that it and beverage alcohol should both be used only when prescribed by
a medical doctor who understands addiction.
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