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by larodi 119 days ago
The most apparent addictions that ruin precious lives everywhere around us, in every country, are freely available because "eyes wide open" and most of the times - intentional misinformation (you can think of it also as tradition).

These are:

Alcohol (+the prescription benzo combo) Gambling Sugar

Add to these tobacco if you want. Nicotine on its won as a standalone agent is perhaps no more damaging than caffeine, but is used in a form-factor that really grills one's lungs.

for example - Russian influenced Balkan areas all take drinking of vodka as something super normal.