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0 pointsphotochemsyn4y ago0 comments

Curiously enough, there are some legitimate medical uses for nicotine, just as there are some legitimate medical uses for opiates and amphetamines.

> Colleen McBride, director of the cancer prevention, detection and control program at Duke University Medical Center... says there is a growing body of evidence that nicotine actually relieves some symptoms of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, and appears to help those with severe depression focus.

https://today.duke.edu/2001/08/mm_medicaluses.html

The question is, to what extent are current medical uses of such substances actually necessary, i.e. to what extent has it all been about getting those sales numbers up?

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mburee4y ago

But cigarettes are also in a whole another other ballgame than nicotine

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0 pointsphotochemsyn4y ago0 comments

Curiously enough, there are some legitimate medical uses for nicotine, just as there are some legitimate medical uses for opiates and amphetamines.

https://today.duke.edu/2001/08/mm_medicaluses.html

The question is, to what extent are current medical uses of such substances actually necessary, i.e. to what extent has it all been about getting those sales numbers up?