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Commented on Broadcom billionaire loses fight to keep e-mail on drug use secret
cocaine, weed and Ecstacy, apparently. Lots more in the "related stories" links at the bottom of those pages. This is the guy who, with a couple of pals, smoked so much weed on their private jet that the pilots had...

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edgore commented on Broadcom billionaire loses fight to keep e-mail on drug use secret
"No one injects a slot machine into their veins, yet surely there are gambling addicts out there. " Pfft! You obviously need access to larger syringes. Crap...what is going to happen when that hits my heart?...
Ugly Canuck commented on Broadcom billionaire loses fight to keep e-mail on drug use secret
"Addiction" was a word in common use long before the chemical nature of matter (and hence the very concept of any individuals' physical dependence on a substance) had been elucidated. The term was adopted by biochemists in the 20th C. and in the context of drug use has a more specific and technical meaning - it has been jargonized. Yet to state that a person is eg. addicted to religion, or to rapine, is not an improper use of the word, as such a use predates the advent of 19th century chemistry. That drugs which can lead to physical (bio-chemical)...
Keeper of the Lantern commented on Broadcom billionaire loses fight to keep e-mail on drug use secret
Well, UC, I continue to find myself surprised at how few people don't know that going cold turkey from alcohol dependency can lead to death (likewise for barbituates), hence "rehab" is actually necessary. Heroin withdrawal is, for the most part, not dangerous though it is apparently extremely unpleasant. In either case, however, I think the demonizing of addictions (and the people who have them) comes from most people's reactions to the personality and lifestyle changes, which they believe are the cause of the addiction rather than much more of a symptom....
Ugly Canuck commented on Broadcom billionaire loses fight to keep e-mail on drug use secret
Oh and don't get me started about money addiction and what happens upon withdrawal of that......
Ugly Canuck commented on Broadcom billionaire loses fight to keep e-mail on drug use secret
Cluing in the clueless: Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketamine...

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