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Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid
Out of curiosity, is that a medically trained opinion or just an educated guess?
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It is from an educated guess. So- as stated, I could be wrong.
But I'd be curious to understand the background behind the chart too.
Following my post edit too. It is often documented that it generally takes 1 hit of heroin to cause addiction. From my personal experience and seeing a (fairly large) number of people around me, I do not believe that cocaine is instantly physiologically addictive in the same way. And regular use brings tolerance, requiring more to get a 'hit'.
That doesn't mean that people don't get addicted- many people do. Quite often, though, with coke, it's more psychologically addictive (I guess you could argue that that is also physiologically addictive- western medicine is only now starting to make the leap that mind and body are connected)
I did have a quick search for some facts to back my 'opinion' up, but sadly, much on either side of the drugs debate is very biased, so it would be hard to easily choose reliable facts.