Agreed nicotine should be way up there, but IMO putting crack higher than heroin is utterly ridiculous. Crack has no nasty physical withdrawal syndrome, and sometimes not even any cravings when it's not physically around and available.Sandbag said:
I am guessing that the list that was generated for the website based some of their results on variables like relapse-rates that do not pertain directly to the form of withdrawl caused by the drug.MDPVagrant said:Agreed nicotine should be way up there, but IMO putting crack higher than heroin is utterly ridiculous. Crack has no nasty physical withdrawal syndrome, and sometimes not even any cravings when it's not physically around and available.
Since there are many factors constituting "addiction," this is yet another unanswerable question IMO. Different drugs are addictive in different ways. For example, some drugs (e.g. strong dopamine reuptake inhibitors) are so fiendish that a person can keep using until on the verge of death, but may have little or no physical withdrawals, and possibly would be easy to leave alone once a person stops their binge for a day or two. Other drugs (e.g. heroin) don't cause a desire to compulsively re-dose, but the physical sickness prevents a person from quitting..
insanit_e said:hmm, just reading that list... some "experts" if they think that LSD, mushrooms, mescaline, MDMA etc should be on the list (let alone get a score of around 20/100). To my knowledge they are completely unaddictive both psychologically and physically.
sc4t said:That and sex.
ClubbinGuido said:Why do you feel opiates are the most addictive? What aspect of these drugs do you find irresistable as opposed to amphetamines?
euphoricnod said:I feel opiates are the most addicitive because the euphoria is constant and wonderful. I can relax and as long as family and friend aren't harrassing me about my use everything seems to work really well.
Amphetmines and stimulants make my heart race and everything hurt after a time, with opiates I can use as long as I please... it is truly glorious.
bOrPaIdAlTeEyS said:any type of opiate! other drugs just dont fill my need for euphoria 8) uppers have waaay too bad comedowns and psychedelics are too nerve racking. pot is ok except not enough euphoria! i love having some nods!