Over on Mind Hacks , Vaughan Bell has put together a great little post that calls attention to just how unworthy , misleading and inaccurate the collar phrase “ as addictive as cocain ” has become in the popular mechanical press .
To exemplify his point , Bell rattles off a smattering of recent examples of things arrogate to be as use - forming as cocain . They include : World of Warcraft , cannabis , love , smut , powerandcupcakes , to name a few .
But here ’s the thing : all these compare are basically crap . Bell explains :
In fact , the concept of ‘ addictive as cocaine ’ really makes very small mother wit . Even among drugs , cocain has a unique chemical substance profile and societal context that are the main things that determine its ‘ addictiveness ’ .
Even if you wanted to make the vague analogy that rate of problematic habit are interchangeable you ’d need to do a decent epidemiologic study .
The Hellenic inquiry from the US report that about 5 % of users become cocaine subject two twelvemonth after starting the drug .
As Bell rightly manoeuvre out , no such sketch exists on the use of goods and services of WoW , get alone cupcakes .
study more , including the rest of the ( amazingly extensive ) lean , over onMind plug .
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