[bcook]

Food (or the addiction to it) is also "capable of completely and permanently altering a person's personality in negative ways". Outlawing a substance because of the potential for abuse does not solve the underlying problem.

Hopefully, when you say "according to what I have seen", you are referring to respected scientific literature rather than anecdotal experience and heresay...

[adnam]

Oh gosh, you're really convincing me.

[bcook]

I am trying to encourage you to read both sides and make up your own mind, if you are actually relying on anecdotal data.