• TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    I know this is a shitpost, but really we should highlight what little good news we can find these days. Alcohol and other drug use among kids has been steadily dropping since 1980.

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    • Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      15 days ago

      Damn kids these days, just staring at their phone all day instead of getting drunk and wrapping their car around a tree.

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      15 days ago

      I’m afraid there is an equal increase in some other substances that are either harder to track or technically don’t count as drugs, like some weird synthetic gas station stuff

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        15 days ago

        I think there’s a huge spike in gambling if that counts.

        House always wins, my main takeaway from a few high school probability classes, a horrible first time at a casino and Fallout New Vegas probably.

        So many people are desperate and throwing their money and hope at that predatory and shockingly under-regulated industry

        I’d say it’s probably worse and less manageable than most central nervous system surprises available at the gas station

        Hope you’re less afraid? I am high, so I could all be, like, stupidly wrong.

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    15 days ago

    To mix benzos and alcohol safely, combine 0 parts alcohol and 0 parts benzos, then take 0g or 0.0g if you want a higher dosage.

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    15 days ago

    Street Drugs are more dangerous now. The question is if dying is worth using the drug? Risk versus reward. I get why people use illegal drugs; pain,escape,mental struggle,environment,pressure, stress, etc.

    Some prescribed drugs can be just as dangerous. Luckily the government stepped in to end the prescription drug epidemic. It use to be real easy for people to travel get a new doctor who would issue a prescription (pill farm).

    Drugs don’t solve the problem. It only suspends the reality of the issue. Some people have to use prescription drugs to live. Nothing wrong with that as long as they respect the reality of the situation they are in.