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jlf1961 -> RE: I Admit It I........ (2/17/2017 11:37:39 AM)
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ORIGINAL: WhoreMods
I don't think nicotine is an opiate, sadly. I think the way they act on the brain is supposed to be pretty similar, but their effects aren't, and I don't think they're very similar chemically.
(That said, I don't think taking magnesium can cause nasty side effects the way some of the currently fashionable megavitamins, and the tablets are pretty cheap, so it might be worth a shot anyway.)
I admit I know a good bit about this topic:
Nicotine is not an opiate, Nicotine is a potent parasympathomimetic stimulant and an alkaloid found in the nightshade family of plants, which means it is related to potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, tomatillos just to name a few.
Of course it is also related to Jimson weed, mandrake, deadly nightshade, and petunia
Now Jimson weed (aka locoweed) can be used to make a hallucinogenic tea, which properly used is not so bad, improperly used, it will prove fatal, so best not to make it, although idiots looking for a cheap alternative to hallucinogenic drugs go this route a lot.
Mandrake, when prepared correctly can prolong a man's staying power for hours, but alas, most times the preparer knows not what they do and ends up giving the poor guy endless hours of pain, madness, hallucinations and usually death.
Deadly nightshade is just that, but with the added benefit of hallucinations before death.
Never heard of anyone doing any thing with petunia.
And truthfully, it is not the nicotine that is the cancer causing agent in smoking.
It is the tar (and all the other shit the tobacco companies treat tobacco with to keep it from going bad) which is a residue from burning plant material. In fact you will find it in chimneys from burning fires to keep warm (yes folks, that is the same shit you are putting in your lungs,) along with CO2, Formaldehyde (used in embalming fluid,) and a lot more stuff.
Now smoking pot gives you the same tar and co2, but none of the other crap, so it is not a 'healthy' alternative (especially with some of the shit they are treating it with today.)
Now the current vaping craze does eliminate most of the tar (not all of it) and almost all the chemicals (actually all of the chemicals if you buy raw, unprocessed tobacco and make the oil yourself) and delivers a higher shot of nicotine per inhale.
But honestly, you are still inhaling a poison from the nightshade family.
All that information which should prompt one to put the damn things down and walk away has but one result.
Give me my fucking smokes and a cup of coffee and I may let you live to see noon, family blood or not.
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