William Potter, who formerly ran the psychopharmacological division of the NIMH, comments, “We’ve made a judgment that drugs that prevent you from experiencing appropriate emotional response are not acceptable. That’s why cocaine is illegal. There are too many problems when you cease to detect warning signs and threats. You pay a price for an excessive high. That’s not moralizing; that’s just my observation.” In contrast, “No one gets an intense Zoloft craving,” says Steven Hyman. “No one would ever kill to get a Zoloft.” They also do not produce either euphoria or supersize relaxation. One
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