Dr. Keith Humphreys

I worry about that just very generally.

I worry like a kid can't be shy anymore, they have to be on the spectrum and carry a diagnostic label and I think there's a lot of that going on unfortunately.

And I sympathize with the parents, I'm not judging any of them because I know those calls are really, really tough to make.

And again, I know some kids whose lives are meaningfully transformed by them.

So that's tough, that's tough.

Yeah, that could well be true.

It's not my core area, but it could well be true.

There is a very high rate of ADHD among people.

In adulthood you see are alcohol addicted, which doesn't seem to be a coincidence.

So that could well be true.

Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, it's a poison.

If you consumed all the nicotine in a carton of cigarettes, it would kill you.

I mean, that's remarkable that it is so popular because of that.

It is exactly the reason you say.

It's both I feel sharper and then I feel relaxed at the same time.

I think a lot of people who use it are mistaking the treatment of withdrawal for a drug benefit.

Can you elaborate?

Yeah, sure.

So, let's say you smoke, when you sleep, obviously you're not smoking and the nicotine blood level goes down and you wake up feel jittery and jangly and all that and you have your first cigarette and it feels great.