Lonnie Cavenee: There was a study with prison “volunteers” in the 1930s that involved heroin addicts. They were given “mainline” doses of nicotine, habituated, then back to heroin. They showed withdrawal symptoms. I heard about this in the late 1940s from a doctor who was doing nicotine research (long before the Tobacco Institute claimed no one had done any research on nicotine). If anyone has the citation of this study, I would appreciate it.
“… nicotine is the most addictive substance known to man”Nope. Refined sugar is. And is the cause of today’s ‘obesity epidemic’:Intense Sweetness Surpasses Cocaine Reward
Phatts over 11 years ago
yep! chemically very similar to cocaine
live.the.future over 11 years ago
Normal humans do not continually ingest peppermint-flavored anything without the addition of substantial quantities of addictive substances.
Unless it’s xmas time, when most of society loses all pretense of sanity anyways.
hippogriff over 11 years ago
Lonnie Cavenee: There was a study with prison “volunteers” in the 1930s that involved heroin addicts. They were given “mainline” doses of nicotine, habituated, then back to heroin. They showed withdrawal symptoms. I heard about this in the late 1940s from a doctor who was doing nicotine research (long before the Tobacco Institute claimed no one had done any research on nicotine). If anyone has the citation of this study, I would appreciate it.
corzak over 11 years ago
“… nicotine is the most addictive substance known to man”Nope. Refined sugar is. And is the cause of today’s ‘obesity epidemic’:Intense Sweetness Surpasses Cocaine Reward