Why is it that the most addictive substances are also the most dangerous? Shouldn’t those two factors be independent?

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Why is it that the most addictive substances are also the most dangerous? Shouldn’t those two factors be independent?

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Part of it may simply be that if a drug is so addictive, your body will continually ask you for more and more. Eventually you’ll reach a point of lethality that a lot of other less addictive things cant reach.

Also some things that are very very addictive like sugar or cigarettes aren’t as dangerous in an acute sense, but certainly can be so maybe that is just the lens we choose.

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