Amid powerful addictions to substances like OxyContin, cocaine, heroin, alcohol and party synthetics like ecstasy and methamphetamines, people often forget that smoking (although on a steady decline) claims thousands of lives every year in Canada and many more across the world. I used drugs, I drank, but I was thankfully able to give up both without much effort. Perhaps I wasn’t really addicted to the drugs as I only really ever used them on weekends, and while I still have the occasional bottle of beer I don’t exceed any of the recommended limits for how many drinks a man should have in any given week. I’ve smoked a joint every now and then, but my real problem was six years as a smoker of cigarettes.… Read the rest »
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