XPost: alt.education, alt.true-crime, pdx.general   
   XPost: or.politics   
   From: lojbab@lojban.org   
      
   "nimue"  wrote:   
   >>>> Drug abuse.  Something we want to reduce, and drug testing seems to   
   >>>> have that effect.   
   >>>   
   >>> What is the difference between drug use and drug abuse?  Do you   
   >>> think there is one?   
   >>   
   >> If it is illegal, no.   
   >   
   >So, you think someone who smokes pot once every few months is just as much a   
   >drug abuser as a crackhead who gets  high every single day?   
      
   They are both abusers.  It is a binary state.  No slippery slopes need   
   apply.   
      
   >For you, what determines a drug's potential for abuse is its status as legal   
   or illegal --   
   >right?  So, I guess by that reasoning, you can't abuse alcohol.   
      
   Two different definitions in play.   
      
   >1 a : to put to a wrong or improper use    
   >  b : to use excessively ;   
      
   I am using 1a.  Regardless of morality (wrong), violating the law is   
   "improper" and hence a use which violates the law is an abuse.   
   You appear to be using 1b, both in the alcohol example and in the   
   comparison of rare use vs daily use.   
      
   lojbab   
      
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