Hi Soroush,
I'm not clear on your question.
If you're saying that (for instance) chronic opium-smokers won't jump at the
chance to drink a half-bottle of whiskey, I'd say you'd be very mistaken. I
have known a number of heroin users and a few opium eaters/smokers, NONE of
whom had anything but most fervent desire when confronted with opportunity
to consume alcohol.
Perhaps the colleague's meaning would have been relating to a *recovering*
opium addict (?) -in which case, positively no alcohol should be used
(trace amounts used in remedy preparation excepted, but no alcohol should be
used as preservative of medicinal solution) -as any mood-altering substance
will undermine the recovery process.
One other scenario presents itself... there is a potential for synergystic
effects in the use of many 'recreational' drugs.. and it seems that one's
"tolerance" (amount of a given drug needed to produce a desireable 'high')
may be affected somewhat radically and unpredictably by such synergism...
though 'seasoned' addicts are generally well aware of, and actually
consciously seek these synergisms as cost-cutting means of reaching their
little moments of relative freedom from the various & sundry pains which
they are driven to self-medicate against..
best,
Dave Hartley
www.Mr-Notebook.com
www.localcomputermart.com/dave
Seattle, WA 425.820.7443
Asheville, NC 828.285.0240
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