On Jan 4, 2008, at 9:18 PM, Nicholas Geti wrote:
> But these two do not behave the same clinically as the "real" drugs
> whose
> molecules attach themselves to receptors in the brain and do not
> detach
> which is where the addictive part takes hold. Alcohol and caffeine
> do not
> work the same way.
Alcohol addiction is more severe than that. It actually changes the
chemistry of the cell walls of nerve cells, requiring the presence of
alcohol for those cells to function normally. People have died from
alcohol withdrawal.
Caffeine is not as severe, but caffeine withdrawal is known to cause
severe headaches, and can trigger migraines in some. It can also
cause rapid heartbeat and a dangerous rise in blood pressure in some
people.
Just because drugs are legal doesn't mean they aren't potent.
-- Ed Leafe
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