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Based on the chart, it looks like I would benefit by giving up alcohol and switching to heroin. However, I am a little dubious and not quite ready to make the switch. I shopped around, and none of the stores even had heroin.


Yeah nope. The barrier to entry difference here is staggering. A beer versus a needle in the arm?!?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroin#Routes_of_administratio...

Wikipedia is surprisingly thorough on most drug articles. But you may even have seen such pipes for sale in stores... it can be smoked. Smoking various substances is pretty well accepted by society, even.


People smoked in opium dens, after all. Maybe bars succeeded and opium dens failed because alcohol's just been in Western culture longer.


I am only aware of the US history, but the early laws barring opium dens had nothing to do with health concerns, they were anti-Chinese laws. At the same time as the dens were starting to be shut down, opium was a hugely popular panacea available in over the counter in every drug store.


you don't need to shoot it. eat, smoke, boof. eating would have less bang for your buck but for a first time it's WAY cheaper than a night out at the club ;)


Both can be ordered easily online and delivered to your house.

And needles are not even required


Because everyone stops at one beer, or just one hit of drugs!


Based on the chart it would be better for those around you if you switched to heroin. It would be a bit worse for you. According to the chart it would be better for everyone if you picked up a Bolivian marching powder habit haha.




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