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Old 10-14-2018, 10:02 PM
 
Location: Sputnik Planitia
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So says WebMD... so should I be switching to heroin instead of the couple of beers I drink every other night? ROTFLMAO! Who are these so called "medical researchers"??

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/...rack-or-heroin
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Old 10-15-2018, 05:16 AM
 
Location: Bella Vista, Ark
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I have a feeling if you were to ask your doctor or almost any doctor you would get a different answer. Who knows who the researchers are, but I have always felt these studies are set up to prove a point. I am not saying all studies are phony, they are often how we learn or the doctor's learn, but ones like this are not to be taken too seriously in my opinion.
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Old 10-15-2018, 06:45 AM
 
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So says WebMD... so should I be switching to heroin instead of the couple of beers I drink every other night? ROTFLMAO! Who are these so called "medical researchers"??

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/...rack-or-heroin

Your doctor knows when you say "a couple of beers every other night" that you are using fuzzy math.
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Old 10-15-2018, 09:44 AM
 
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It would help if you actually read the article you posted.

"Alcohol was found to be the most harmful drug to society and the fourth most harmful drug to users." Granted there are more alcohol users than heroin, you could say alcohol is more harmful to society. It is also referring to alcohol abuse, not a few beers every other night. Again, read the article.
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Old 10-15-2018, 10:27 AM
 
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So says WebMD... so should I be switching to heroin instead of the couple of beers I drink every other night? ROTFLMAO! Who are these so called "medical researchers"??

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/...rack-or-heroin
Alcohol is used more than heroin, because alcohol is legal. So over-use of alcohol is more common and causes more problems.
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Old 10-15-2018, 10:30 AM
 
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I have a feeling if you were to ask your doctor or almost any doctor you would get a different answer. Who knows who the researchers are, but I have always felt these studies are set up to prove a point. I am not saying all studies are phony, they are often how we learn or the doctor's learn, but ones like this are not to be taken too seriously in my opinion.
Studies always have to be interpreted. Especially summaries from a source like WebMD.
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Old 10-15-2018, 10:36 AM
 
Location: Maryland
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“Alcohol was found to be the most harmful drug to society and the fourth most harmful drug to users.”

From the article.
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Old 10-15-2018, 10:39 AM
 
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
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It's much harder for most people to moderate heroin use than alcohol.
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Old 10-15-2018, 10:54 AM
 
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It's much harder for most people to moderate heroin use than alcohol.

I wonder if that would be as much of the case if they had regular access to pure heroin at a known concentration? Like how you can buy alcohol with the proof right on the label, and that you can rely on not being contaminated with adulterants like methanol.
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Old 10-15-2018, 01:40 PM
 
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So says WebMD... so should I be switching to heroin instead of the couple of beers I drink every other night? ROTFLMAO! Who are these so called "medical researchers"??

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/...rack-or-heroin
Who they are are doctors, scientists, PhDs and so on.

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Alcohol was found to be the most harmful drug to society and the fourth most harmful drug to users.
From a book called "The Science of Addiction" by Carlton K. Erickson PhD see the following.

An estimate of dependency
15% of all people who use alcohol will become dependent.
23% of all people who use heroine will become dependent
32% of all people who use nicotine will become dependent
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