




I. Meet Aerostar






II. Meet Puma


Caribbean PUMA










Cocaine seized
[Image Source: AP]


Source: AP (on PhysOrg)

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RE: What a waste of money
By tigz1218 on 4/29/2013 10:02:01 PM , Rating: 2
Tobacco and alcohol has a high addiction rate because it is legal and highly available.

Really? So the legality of something is the cause for addiction? Fantastic logic!

Everyone, based on BRB29's logic I am:
Addicted to Tylenol, NyQuil, Advil, Robitusin, Alka-Seltzer, Sudafed, Dramamine, Theraflu, and Ephedrine.

Hmmm I guess your logic can also be applied to: I am addicted to drinking Gasoline, Liquid Plumber, Windex, 409, Bleach, Chlorine, Inhaling Aerosols, Propane, Helium. I must also be addicted to going into Home Depot and chopping peoples heads off with axes and shooting them with nail guns.

If I missed anything please feel free to add to the list. Remember, the logic is, if it is legal and readily available, you are addicted to it.

RE: What a waste of money
By BRB29 on 5/1/2013 8:01:34 AM , Rating: 2
Nice attempt at partial quoting and taking things out of context.

"Why do tobacco and alcohol use co-occur so frequently? Clearly environmental factors contribute to the problem. Both drugs are legally available and easily obtained. Over the past two decades, however, it also has become clear that biological factors are at least partly responsible. Although tobacco and nicotine have very different effects and mechanisms of action, Funk and colleagues (27) speculate that they might act on common mechanisms in the brain, creating complex interactions. These possible mechanisms are difficult to study because alcohol and nicotine can affect people differently depending on the amount of the drugs consumed (28–30) and because numerous factors, including gender and age, influence the interaction between nicotine and alcohol (31,32). Still, a common mechanism might explain many of the interactions between tobacco and alcohol, as well as a possible genetic link between alcoholism and tobacco dependence."

