[nhstanley]

> ...non-addictive...

I agree with your general point, but SR was being used for all kinds of things including selling Cocaine and Heroin (and also for not selling drugs but services). Those are very addictive drugs by almost any definition. Fine if you want to argue they are less harmful than, say, alcohol, but they are definitely addictive. Do not allow your point to be weakened by stating something that is clearly incorrect.

[MacsHeadroom]

Cocaine is very pleasurable, but it's hardly as addictive as heroine or (the legal drug) alcohol.

[mikeyouse]

> Cocaine is very pleasurable, but it's hardly as addictive as heroine or (the legal drug) alcohol.

Not really true;

http://i.imgur.com/sBQn1Hr.gif

[Evolved]

Not that I necessarily doubt the veracity of this claim but you should probably point to a better looking graphic than that. Where did you even find it?

[mikeyouse]

Agreed, it's a shitty chart, but it's from a study The Lancet performed;

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-67...

Wiki actually sums it up pretty well;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance_dependence#Dependence...

[JoeAltmaier]

As the comic says, he can't see the difference between using cocaine, and taking everything you own to the back yard and burning it then giving your house away.

[mycroft-holmes]

> Cocaine and Heroin (and also for not selling drugs but services). Those are very addictive drugs by almost any definition.

I've tried cocaine myself on two occasions. Not addictive whatsoever.

[jahnu]

Addiction isn't that simple. Would you argue that nicotine is not addictive? I've tried several tobacco products and am not addicted but that does not prove that nicotine does not have addictive properties. I drink alcohol and when it's not available I don't miss it. Is it more or less addictive than tobacco?

There is a nice description of the risk of cocaine dependence on Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine_dependence

[innguest]

Drugs aren't addictive. People are either more or less prone to forming habits around activities depending on their own brain structure and chemistry.

No drug is addictive. Addiction is a weasel word to try and shift the blame of habit forming away from the person and onto the activity.

Is the beach fun? Some people find it fun, they go as much as possible. I don't find it fun. Can we then say "well, fun is not that simple. would you argue hiking is not fun? I've tried hiking and I don't hike all the time but that does not prove hiking does not have fun properties. I go to the beach and when it's not available I don't miss it. Is the beach more or less fun than hiking?"?

No drug is addictive just as no activity is fun. A person will feel fun or will form a habit around an activity depending on their predisposition to do so, based on brain chemistry.

Cocaine only manages to convert 4% of the people that try it. That means only 4% of people are prone to forming habits around Cocaine. What percentage of people are prone to forming habits around watching sports? Should watching sports be considered addictive and become illegal, if more than 4% of people form habits around it?