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by DanBC 2643 days ago
This is untrue for heroin.
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Is it? My personal experience supports my claim, although maybe my use of never is overreach.

I’ve also never really drank much alcohol, I don’t smoke, and don’t regularly use caffeine (coffee / tea).

I’m willing to believe my drug use patterns make me an outlier.

A quick search suggests something like 25% of people who try Heroin will become addicted. That is quite a frightening statistic!

> Is it? My personal experience supports my claim, although maybe my use of never is overreach.

The thing with drugs is that it's always different for everybody. Your circumstances, physical (anatomically speaking) and psychological have an impact on the experience of a drug and the potential for abuse.

My point being: your experience will almost always differ from someone else's.

I did attempt to cover that when I wrote:

I’m willing to believe my drug use patterns make me an outlier.