Can Nicotine Gum Be Used to Help Drug Addiction?

Question by Amber: Can nicotine gum be used to help drug addiction?
Just curious as to whether you could use nicotine gum to help drug addiction. I think it could keep your mind off craving drugs and help with withdrawal symptoms maybe? By drugs I mean illegal addictive drugs like ice, etc.

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Answer by ZaneyJ
Well if ice was nicotine then yes, but since crack and nicotine are nowhere near the same thing, I highly doubt it.

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