Could you elaborate on the nicotine thing? I would say alcohol is far, far, far more insidious than both nicotine and cannabis; I would also say nicotine is less insidious than cannabis.
I guess I was considering the effects it has on other people. Sure, nicotine is far more addictive, but I've never heard of a parent being abusive because they had 1 too many cigarettes.
I guess what I mean is, nicotine is more self-contained than the others.
Yeah, nicotine is a mild stimulant; it's really not a big deal, which is why it is mostly tolerated. The bad interpersonal effects actually come from stopping nicotine, which makes people grumpy, but it doesn't last very long.
The problem is that it's a slow burn because it's consumed by smoking, and this is really the most pleasant way to consume it. People don't like the externalities associated with it, and that's pretty much it.
