• nebulaone@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    As someone who has done a lot of drugs, nicotine having “no high” is just bs. Yeah it’s mild, but take a few drags very quickly and find out.

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      4 days ago

      I don’t think nicotine is a bad drug, necessarily.

      But smoking is a terrible way to take it. Lip pouches also have their detractions, with the wounds they create.

      Perhaps the teas, or other drinks, or sprays are better. Or maybe salves, if nicotine patches do anything then a salve should work too, I’m guessing. I know there’s bigger overdose risk, though. So they all will require the same personal responsibility approach as strong alcohol.

      Ultimately I think legal access to strong nicotine products without the cancer issues of smoking is inevitable. But maybe only if we get to somewhere in the early 2100’s, because I don’t think it’s happening soon.

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      3 days ago

      As like for many drugs, this search starts seeking pleasure and ends up, avoiding withdrawal with no high

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            (´・ᴗ・ ` ) Thanks mate.

            Edit: Currently dry for over 2 years. Although I still do amphetamine, kratom and benzos (to come down) on the weekends. A big reason is that I obviously cant drink anymore, ever and before I was on sertraline (SSRI) I did mdma every few months. LSD was the drug I disliked the most, btw if anyone cares. Didnt have a bad trip but by hour 10 it was extremely exhausting.

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          Charlie Wilson.

          Texas Democrat known for partying hard, and was investigated (by Rudy Giuliani) for a party he attended in Vegas.

          “The girls had cocaine, and the music was loud. It was total happiness. And both of them had long, red fingernails with an endless supply of beautiful white powder…The Feds spent a million bucks trying to figure out whether, when those fingernails passed under my nose, did I exhale or inhale, and I ain’t telling”