Question by mooo: Poll: What is the difference between being a “drug addict” and being addicted to cigarettes?

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Answer by Sara
as bad a cigs are, drugs are worse

Answer by ~`’~
Psychologically speaking, an addiction is something that you’re willing to risk your career, residence, and spouse for. If it’s something that you can give up in order to maintain those things, then it’s a dependency. Most people would have a dependency on cigarettes rather than an addiction, but to be fair, I think most people who abuse hard drugs are probably also capable of quitting with some help. The other difference is that cigarettes are not a drug by themselves: the nicotine is the drug. By comparison, chemicals like cocaine and heroin are isolated substances.

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Drug damages
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Letter: Gov. Shumlin Is Too Tolerant of Illegal Drug Use
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New Addiction Helpline Aids Teens Looking to Overcome Substance Abuse
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LePage's dangerous portrayal of drug addiction
In this March 2013 file photo, a CARA participant rests inside a cell at the Kennebec County Correctional Facility. Many CARA participants come from broken homes and traumatic childhoods, said Kennebec County corrections officer Edward Anderson.
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For Maine babies exposed to drugs, disadvantages mount after leaving hospital
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An Apex teen dies of an overdose of synthetic LSD
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Dennis Rodman checks into rehab center
… Now; Email · Print · Report a typo. ShareThis via email, AIM, social bookmarking and networking sites, etc. AP. Dennis Rodman has checked into an undisclosed alcohol rehabilitation center to treat his long-time struggle with alcoholism, his agent says.
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Camden sets hearing on zoning change that would allow alcohol treatment …
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Camden Planning Board recommends Select Board consider change for alcohol …
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Rep. Radel heads back to work next week, after rehab
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