accidentally doing coke...

[craig r]

I do smoke. But, all "drugs" can have some positive effects. Morphine and Heroin do, As well as caffeine and nicotine, cocaine, etc... But, I don't think the long term effects are worth the short term effects. Plus, in cigs. it isn't really the nicotine that kills you. So, if they found a way to just market nicotine (and the gum can cause cancer) then maybe that would help (of course there is a very powerful industry fighting to sell people cigarrettes). Also, it doesn't matter whether nicotine is beneficial, that is not why you smoke. Addiction has a lot to do with ritual, compulsion, etc... Have you ever seen a junky wait all day for some sht, and then when he gets it, he plays with it, cuts it for a while, etc.... If it was just a physical fix he would have that drug up his nose or in his vein in a heartbeat.

craig