Friday, May 18, 2007

Nicotine Addiction as Potent as Cocaine, Heroin

Twelve years ago, Henry W. "Chuck" Richardson became a convicted felon after an illegal drug violation.
After 23 years of shooting up heroin, an addiction that started during the Vietnam war, he was finally able to break free from the drug while serving jail time and has now been "clean" 12 years—clean of heroin, that is, but not drug-free.
Like millions of former users of illegal substances, Richardson, a Marine machine gunner with two Purple Hearts and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, simply doesn't have the brawn to give up cigarettes. The drug he now craves is nicotine.

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