There is an interesting phenomenon in the worlds of addiction, and it is concerned with when addiction is actually arrived at. For example, a heroin addict may not consider himself or herself as such because they only smoke heroin, rather than shooting it up. The addicted mind is an odd place to be, and the truth remains that addiction is addiction regardless of how one chooses to ingest their drug of choice. Perhaps this is one approach in the quest to stop drug abuse. Is it drug abuse when individuals are merely experimenting with them? Are some drugs actually non-addictive so that they can be used without the stigma of abuse attached to them? The line between the recreational user and the outright junky can be very thin at that. Consider this … Read entire article »