bob, this goes for 99.9% of all drugs
take too many tylenols and you could die..drink too much water and you could die
most adults know that abusing anything is a bad thing...are you saying that Tom has the intelligence of a little child?
No, just the opposite...because TP is extremely intelligent, he though he was smart enough to work around the possible consequences...that he was in control of his actions.
No one take 20 Advil a day because they have a wish to harm their health...they do it because it solves a problem, and allows them to continue on with whatever they wish to do...
Smokers, drinkers, dip, rec drugs, overeaters, etc....are all things that MILLIONS of adults abuse on a daily basis, yet still do it.