Comment on This is your brain on drugs

• homes@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  exactly. lots of recreational drugs are being tested for medical uses. cannabis is famously being used for a broad range of medical uses.

  but my point is that I can take CHEMICAL-X for its intended purpose or for my own purpose, and there’s a difference between the two. one is medication, and one is recreation– and yes it’s possible to take it for a mix of both reasons. whether I get it from a pharmacy or someone at a party is irrelevant.

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ok, but a lot of research chemicals’ intended purposes are opening your mind, and them doing anything helpful is a bizarre off label usage.

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    • homes@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      like I said, there can be mixed usage. it’s doesn’t have to be one or the other… ok, maybe I was unclear on that point.

      for example: say my back is killing me, so I smoke a bowl to ease the pain. OH NOES! I’M STONED! I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t also enjoying being high, and anyone who believed me would be an idiot.

      in that scenario, my usage would be mixed because the intent was medical, but I’m also enjoying being high.

      another example: say I’m having a nasty panic attack, so I smoke a bowl to alleviate the freakout. while I will technically be high, I’m not really enjoying anything about the experience. what I really feel is like taking the panic attack and turning the volume down from an 11 to a 2 or a 3, making it manageable. and, while I’m high, I’m not really enjoying myself at all.

      doesn’t that make more sense?

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