why not  the  american consumers  of cocaine stop  their addiction?
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In the history of the world there is perhaps only one society that did not use recreational drugs. That was the Eskimos, and the reason was that there was no way to produce drugs in their environment. As soon as the outside world introduced alcohol, they had a drug problem just like everyone else.\n\nThere are any number of guesses why people use drugs. One of the best is that it is simply inborn into us. People like to change their mood through any number of means, including drugs. Why? Because (for them, at least) it is "fun". \n\nThe bottom line is that they aren't going to stop using drugs. Think it over while you enjoy your coffee in the morning, your tea at lunch, and a glass of beer in the evening. \n\nThe reason cocaine is banned has nothing to do with good sense. Caffeine was almost outlawed at the same time for the same reasons -- it was believed that caffeine made people crazy. You can read an excellent history of the subject at http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/cu/cumenu.htm   That is the one book to read if you only read one on this subject.
1105803
Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system and an appetite suppressant, creating what has been described as a euphoric sense of happiness and increased energy. Though most often used recreationally for this effect, cocaine is also a topical anesthetic that was used in eye, throat, and nose surgery in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Cocaine can be psychologically addictive, and its possession, cultivation, and distribution is illegal for non-medicinal / non-government sanctioned purposes in virtually all parts of the world. The name comes from the name of the coca plant plus the alkaloid suffix -ine.\n\nCocaine is an illicit drug derived from the leaf of the coca plant, a plant whose stimulating qualities were well-known to the ancient peoples of Peru and other Pre-Columbian South American societies. In Western countries, cocaine has been a feature of the counterculture for well-over a century; there is a long-list of prominent intellectuals, artists, and musicians who have used the drug -- names ranging from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sigmund Freud to President (and General) Ulysses S. Grant For many decades cocaine was a key ingredient in Coca-Cola. Today, although illegal in virtually all countries, cocaine remains popular in a wide-variety of social and personal settings.
1013296
Duh, stop using drugs!
276242
This answer is mostly a matter of opinion as I don't have a job anywhere close to the DEA or any other law enforcement agency.  But it is based on years of Life Experience and the desire to be well informed.  Mostly, the reason drug trafficking has not been stopped in it's tracks is because of the money.  So many jobs would be eliminated and so many "donations and contributions" would be lost, that lawmakers aren't to willing to toughen the laws required to stop drug trafficking.  This unwillingness on behalf of our lawmakers makes it easier to bring drugs into the states.  Yes, the grunts out in the field are trying their hardest, but their hands are tied by the lawmakers.  Imagine if you will, a hot stove top burner.  You touch it and you learn to not touch it again.  Now if the burner is just warm, you're more likely to touch it again.  Traffickers are caught everyday but the penalties are so cool, that they just go back out and do it again.  Lawmaker know this, so they keep the penalties lenient.  So, yes.  Trafficking is allowed due to the Contributions it generates.
801887
That is exactly what it is; they use scare tactics.  I do not belive in hard drugs such as coke/crack or any other.  But I do belive in freedoom.  If somone whats to kill themselves over such a drug as coke I propbably don't want to talk to that person or want that person using up the valuable resources on this planet a anyway because that drug makes you stupid.  But if they do the drug and don't affect me in anyway, then it really doesn't matter does it.  As the offspring would say It is not a war on drugs it is a war on personal freedom.  Besides if they legalized everything do you have any idea how much money the government could make, look at holland.  They have free health care to all,  If you want to go to school to be a brain surgeon for ten years they will pay for the whole thing, Lastly they are one of the greenest countries in the world relying soley on wind,solar,and water energy which is not cheap but saves the tax payers trillions.  There is a correct way and a wrong way to regulate drugs.  Holland makes money off of it and all the people benifit.  While america throws everyone in jail all the way down to the peace loving hippies and it costs all the tax payers so much more.  We would not have an eight trillion dollar national defict if our government officals would just think.  Do you know George washington our first president grew hundreds of acres of weed for use of the hemp for rope on sailing ships and many other uses; our government would have locked up the founding father of this country and threw away the key.  I can keep going too.
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I've known of a person personally who killed his own wife because he told her to hold his money and not give it to him when he asked so he wouldn't buy drugs. She didn't and she's gone. I grew up around many people that used and are still using today over 20 years. There is nothing you can do but save yourself and walk away. More than likely, you've been telling them to leave it alone and they know the consequences. It's up to them. Don't be a victim and get your heart broken watching them kill themselves. THEY HAVE TO WANT TO STOP! Then you can help them by offering them information on different treatment programs. But until they want help, there is nothing you can do.
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Drug addicts and alcoholics suffer from a disease. This disease usually results in consequences which are socially repugnant. At some point, these people have an insight to the fact that continued indulgence in drugs/alcohol will not be tolerated and will inevitably destroy them and all that's around them (true)-they then make a choice to keep going or get help. It is hard to sympathize with them unless they try to change. A couple of outstanding features of addiction is incredible selfishness as well as an amazing capacity to manipulate others. If we hand someone the "Victim" label, they will most likely run with it and use it to their own end. The stats are bleak for recovery.
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First the person needs to admit that they are and addict and they have an addiction to any time of drug or alcohol syndrome. \n\nSecond, They have to want to seek help to get clean.\n\nThird you cannot make them want to get clean how much you cry, scream, and tamtrum.  It doesn't work.\n\nAlcohol and Drug Problems \n\nTopic Overview \n\n\nThe overuse or abuse of alcohol (alcoholism) or other drugs is called substance abuse. It is common and costly. It can cause or worsen many medical problems and destroy families and lives\n\nMost people do drink or take drugs to cover up for emotinal problems as well as some other unhealthly habits \n\nBut it can be done.  The reason i know is because my sister is a rformed drugged addict who has been clean for 16 years. She turned her life around for herself and her son and became a nurse.  I helped her get to where she wanted because she wanted it.  I even quit my job to take care of her son, while she was in the program. \n\nMy brother has just got clean from doing cocaine. It was a long fight he had to go through but he did and asked for help when needed.  \n\nThat is the KEY.  They have to want help.
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Society and government have made two major errors in dealing with controlling drug addiction:\n\n1) They have set about controlling the drug use by limiting the source.  You have to limit the demand for controls to be effective.  By decreasing the supply, the demand (and price) is driven up, which escalates the profit and the traffic.\n\n2) In the “WAR on DRUGS” they refuse to accept casualties.  You cannot conduct any kind of effective warfare without accepting casualties.\n\nThe best way to handle the drug situation is to flood the market with easily-obtainable, cheap drugs.  If a bag of pot is only worth 40 cents, there isn’t any profit to be made and no interest in developing the markets.\n\nWhen stockpiles of drugs are discovered, they should be laced with strychnine and returned to the streets in mass quantities.  In a few short months of picking up bodies, the demand would cease because the addicts would either be dead or cured.  You wouldn’t be able to GIVE the stuff away, let alone SELL it!   \n\nEND of DRUG problem.  Accept the casualties, end the war and move on to something of more importance, like the national security or the world economy.\n\nJohnny
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Because cocaine actually causes a chemical reaction in the brain, gradually reducing seretonin (the pleasure chemical that tells you when you have had enough of something like when you eat, tells your body you don't need any more food when you are full)until you get to the point where your body thinks that the only thing that will satisfy all of its needs and cravings is the cocaine...evil shh--ite!
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Perhaps. Are they misleading people into thinking the substance is unaddictive? Then yes. If they are open with the addictiion causing potential, then it was the knowledgable choice of the person that is to blame.
1087739
Well, as a social worker, yes it is very sad the amount of people addicted to "something".  Yes, in all fairness to addicts, our bodies have chemicals called dopamine & serotonin (which you may have heard of) that are our pleasure centers in our brain that relase "good" vibes when we have something we like, whether it be food, drugs, or porno's.   It is natural for ALL people to have a tendency (not addiction) to like something, some people like playing sports, or on the computer, but are not addicted per se, that is a tendancy.  What happens when someone forms an addiction, is the dopamine chemical in our brain is released & says "that is awesome" & people can become addicted on the first time, or build up a tolerance over time & needs more & more.  There are not current drugs to stop this process in the brain, therefore, we continue to have drug/alcohol/food/sex/internet addictions & so on.   We have evolved as humans, & that has changed us, but addictions have been around for thousands & thousands of years.   There are medinces like Antibuse, Suboxin, & Bupropen (not sure on spelling) that help curb these addictions, but NOT a cure yet.  There are many good sites to check out & talking to a substance abuse counselor or a psychiatrist is always helpful, especially if you're concerned about a friend.   Hope this helps.
253392
Just because they get high sometimes doesn't mean they have to be junkies. I'm sure they have it totally under control and can quit anytime they want.
94772
Drugs are illegal because of the amount of money the government earns and loses because of them. If we legalized drugs, the government would have great difficulty taxing them. Most drugs are imported illegally from forign countries. Right now, america gets a bunch of money from its war on drugs including busts and payoffs. As a giant corporation, it would be stupid to allow people to purchase outside of your domain. I would never say that america does not allow it because they are bad for you- so are cigarettes, alchohol, most legal diet pills, caffine. Did you know that caffine causes weight gain, the shakes and you can actually overdose and die from it. (granted, that is an extreme and rare case) so, they do allow things that are bad for us as long as it is taxable.
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I know you don't want to hear it, but GO TO A MEETING! I don't know what kind of addiction your talking about, but to get off on the "right-foot", you need to know, your not alone with your problem. You need "their support", as much as they need yours.Addiction is a pain in the ass, but it can be conquered. You have to stay clean, and build inner strength.
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ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?! people smoke crack cocain because for one, they are addicted and second because their drug problems have evolved. we all know that cocain wasn't their first step in taking a hit. cocain is highly addictive and is an alternative drug people try. Don't you ever wonder why the first line of cocaine is free...cus its addicting!!@!@!!@
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People still smoke because they're 'hooked' or addicted. They also don't have the right motivation to make them stop.