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Brad couldn’t deal. Why would anyone need to when cocaine was EVERYWHERE? It didn’t even grow from the trees. It fell from the SKY!!! Brad took a selfie & sent it to Chris who took this photo. 4get the Hollywood Hills. Montreal was outrageous!!! Two travel straws and 30 minutes later, Brad and Chris’ vague understanding of the Inuit people kicked in.
So the reason no doctor warns you about side effects when taking other drugs is because they can't. Since these drugs are federally illegal, nobody can do FDA necessary testing to say for sure what the side effects are and because it's a federal issue this applies even in states where the fun drugs are legal. The war on drugs is and always has been bullshit and leads to harm on every level.
informed consent for medication needs to include interactions with common recreational drugs, i think
most meds these days will only tell you 'limit alcohol' and wont even make a mention of weed (though if this is different in places that have legalised it i'd be interested to know). and they never tell you specifically why you should limit alcohol and thats something everyone should have the right to know
because i was terrified as a teen getting on the meds im on now, thinking i would never be able to drink and that i had to forgo taking my meds for the day if i did. then i learned that all my meds did was to increase the effects of alcohol and that the 'limit alcohol' warning in that case was more just a 'you will get drunk faster than you are used to'
but in other cases, such as with some antibiotics, the 'limit alcohol' means 'if you drink more than a little, this medication will stop working'
and some meds are actively dangerous when taken with alcohol/other drugs, putting you at risk of getting very sick or just dead
but every single time all you get is that little label saying 'limit alcohol'
anyway, i will once again shamelessly promote my favourite harm reduction website in the whole world, the drugs.com interactions checker. standard boilerplate applies that 'this isnt a substitute for medical advice from a professional' but its sure as fuck better than nothing
A better way to win the war on drugs: Bart de Koning at TEDxEde
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