Aswad
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ORIGINAL: ChainsandFreedom A pain aversion might work, if your sadistic enough, but if their willing to tolerate that much pain, than probably it wont be enough of a deterant. Are you talking about conditioned aversion? Because the amount of pain involved is probably past what you can safely use for repeat conditioning, unless you have access to medical grade capsaicin for injection or somesuch. Seriously, most people I know with that addiction will pick it over food when hungry, or even resort to picking stubs off the street when desperate. Then there's the whole getting cranky bit... As I recall, the first 72 hours are worst, then it drops a bit, peaks after 1-3 months, and levels off for about a year or so. One whiff is all it takes to start over at a later point in time, for many. Heroin addicts aren't nearly as desperate, and have an easier time of quitting for a given amount of time/money spent on taking the edge off. I'd say put them on the drugs, then keep them locked up or whatever for 72 hours, and then keep a tight leash on them, so to speak. That would be a place to start, at least. As their tolerance decreases, it may be viable to use maintenance therapy on nicotine patches or somesuch, if nothing else will do the trick. Health, al-Aswad.
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