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11-14-2010, 12:00 AM #7OPMember
CNN: Alcohol 'most harmful drug,' followed by crack and heroin
I can't speak for meth, but over the years I have known a couple of heroin junkies, crackheads, and alcoholics. From what I've seen, alcohol really is the worst one over the long haul.
A heroin junky can maintain quite well if they have an income and don't need to become thieves, prostitutes, etc. to survive, eat a decent diet, etc. Opiates don't really fuck with your liver the way booze does. I've never known anyone who did it for many, many years, but you'd be surprised how many doctors are addicts. Look up statistics on addiction among anesthesiologists, in particular.
What I've seen of crackheads (freebase) is that they usually come to a crisis in a fairly short time. All of the ones I knew quit after at most a few bad years. I'm sure there are people who do it for decades, but I've never met them.
The alcoholics I've known have had a very bad time with it. A few quit drinking after multiple car wrecks. They were lucky, in that they didn't kill or maim anyone. Several committed suicide. Decades of heavy drinking will really screw up your heart, arteries, and liver, cause obesity, brain damage and more.
All three can kill you from an overdose, but can also be used in responsible dosages by educated actors (well, maybe not crack... wanting more is a major part of the experience :wtf: ). I think if you removed all of the side factors like income, nutrition, social class, etc. and just compared the physical effects of the drug on the body alcohol would probably still come out the worst.
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