Quote Originally Posted by Nick1990
fuck that show, but i really like what the history channel did with "hooked:illegal drugs and how they got that way" it does a 1 long show on each of these, weed, coke (and what is made from coke), opium (and the things made from it), and party drugs. very nicely done, gives the history of each one and tells what they do and why they are illegal... it tells the truth that weed is illegal for no reason! i saw part of it then went to the liberary and got the whole series. and i notices one thing thats really interesting... do you know the one drug in that list that was never used as a cure for alcoholism? marijuana, the one thing that would have worked.
How would marijuana cure alcoholism? Alcoholism is an addiction, and harder to boot than a heroin addiction. With the exception of ibogaine (which only helps by blocking opioid receptors in the brain) no drug can "cure" an addiction.