• Doomsider@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    It depends on the drug honestly. But yes, generally there is irreversible neural and physical damage caused to the body.

    Take huffing for instance. It is a very powerful addiction that causes a lot of brain damage. But is it really the chemical being huffed or is it another mechanism like oxygen deprivation.

    This is why I say it depends and once again I think most the damage would come from the results of addiction (which is just pathways being reinforced in the mind). A lot of time with drugs like meth most of the damage comes from people not taking care of themselves (not eating, sleeping, etc.).

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      Yes, I get the concept of damage. The point is the difference here. Because I’m comparing the derangement of the two. The damage is not really relevant to that. It’s the fact that there’s derangement that matters.

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        Oh so like some kind of psychosis related to reading. I think there may be something like this related to religion. People who are obsessed with religious texts developing derangement.

        Also, there are books that are anecdotally connected to crimes like catcher and the rye and count of monte Cristo.