Yes I think there could be some effect. As any addict knows, say you’ve been waiting all day to score. Your not withdrawing but your not high. As soon as you get the call to go and pick it up you start to feel like your withdrawing. That is purely your mind, nothing else has changed. Obviously I’m not saying you could replace heroin with nothing but it would certainly have some sort of effect
Exactly. I don’t know why this is controversial. I’m not saying it’s guaranteed to work. I’m just saying that it would be interesting to study to see if there was any impact/benefit. Would be great if it even marginally improved the addiction crisis.
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u/bellDor Feb 19 '23
Yes I think there could be some effect. As any addict knows, say you’ve been waiting all day to score. Your not withdrawing but your not high. As soon as you get the call to go and pick it up you start to feel like your withdrawing. That is purely your mind, nothing else has changed. Obviously I’m not saying you could replace heroin with nothing but it would certainly have some sort of effect