Everyone I’ve known to get addicted to heroin started with simple painkillers, after the prescription was gone they went Black market, this led to stronger and stronger pills until the pills just didn’t do it anymore. Is somebody who was prescribed 40 mg Percocet per day for more than 2 months I can tell you, it’s fucking hard to stop.
You are right. I didn’t mean to be cavalier about heroin addiction - I was just being a smart-ass.
In fact, I don’t mean to be cavalier about gambling addiction either.
Here is what I really mean to say: when you learn about gambling through a mathematical perspective first (as I did), it NEVER seems appealing. All casino games are rigged so that the house wins most of the time. Sports betting is similarly biased to ensure that the only participant who routinely profits is the bookie/betting parlour. For me, knowing this takes the fun out of it. It’s like reading the last chapter of a mystery novel first, then trying to slog through the book anyway. And what a spoiler: in the end, you’re gonna lose.
On cigarette packages it says outright: These will kill you and your baby. Should stop people from starting, with that medical perspective, right? Well it doesn’t.
Yep, that’s how i avoided heroin addiction too
Everyone I’ve known to get addicted to heroin started with simple painkillers, after the prescription was gone they went Black market, this led to stronger and stronger pills until the pills just didn’t do it anymore. Is somebody who was prescribed 40 mg Percocet per day for more than 2 months I can tell you, it’s fucking hard to stop.
You are right. I didn’t mean to be cavalier about heroin addiction - I was just being a smart-ass.
In fact, I don’t mean to be cavalier about gambling addiction either.
Here is what I really mean to say: when you learn about gambling through a mathematical perspective first (as I did), it NEVER seems appealing. All casino games are rigged so that the house wins most of the time. Sports betting is similarly biased to ensure that the only participant who routinely profits is the bookie/betting parlour. For me, knowing this takes the fun out of it. It’s like reading the last chapter of a mystery novel first, then trying to slog through the book anyway. And what a spoiler: in the end, you’re gonna lose.
On cigarette packages it says outright: These will kill you and your baby. Should stop people from starting, with that medical perspective, right? Well it doesn’t.
It stops some people.
Maybe cigarette taxes are more effective, though. Maybe we could tax gambling proceeds.
Of course, but there will always be users left.