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Posted: 4/30/2024 5:07:28 PM EDT
[Last Edit: doc540]
For several decades all kinds of pills were taken recreationally without any measurable danger of overdose or having been laced with something else.
Mexican racing pills, "Bennies", Black Molly's for staying and cramming for finals Lude 714's (edited for accuracy since it's been 50 years since I took one) for blues concerts Reds, "Seconal" for mellowing out Christmas Trees for amping up Generally, uppers and downers Ecstasy was a decade later in the '80's so I missed it. But a young, local girl took a pill a few days ago and now she's dead. It was "laced" (contained Fentaynl in some shape, form, or fashion - edited for the GD lint pickers). And she wasn't a hardcore druggie, just a kid who took a pill. We never had to worry about that crap  |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 6:36:56 PM EDT
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Just an OBTW, the ‘lude number was 714. Have heard them referred to as “Joe Fridays”, as that was his badge number.
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Posted: 4/30/2024 6:43:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dieselman: No. I have never done recreational drugs. No desire to then and certainly not now. Maybe don't do drugs to lesson the risk of OD? |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 6:46:51 PM EDT
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When I was a teen you could purchase illegal prescription pills and not
have to worry about them containing a lethal dose of Fentanyl. You could have sex with a young lady without a condom and not have to worry about catching AIDS or Hep-C. You could be drunk off your ass and wreck your car and chances were the responding cops would take away your bottle and call one of your friends to drive you home. You could set off the fire alarm in school and not worry about being arrested for "domestic terrorism". |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 6:54:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By odiedodi: They weren't really recreational back then. Doctors would give them out like candy into the 70s. America wasn't the only country that figured out the hard way that doping the general populace on speed turned out not to be a greatest idea. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By odiedodi: Originally Posted By Dieselman: No. I have never done recreational drugs. No desire to then and certainly not now. Maybe don't do drugs to lesson the risk of OD? They just shifted to benzodiazepines, that’s all. So many xanax scripts out there that it’s in the top 50 most prescribed medications. Which explains how shitty some of these fucking soccer moms drive. 
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:01:53 PM EDT
[Last Edit: buck19delta]
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Iv taken exactly 1 pill in my 56 years on this planet that wasn’t prescribed by my doctor, and that pill came out of a GFs prescription bottle prescribed to treat her migraines, and I took it to treat a migraine I had.
Iv never taken any narcotic / drug to get high, never taken illegal drugs of any kind for any reason, Iv never tried illegal drugs, never tried weed, gummies, crack, meth, coke, heroin, ecstasy, acid, mushrooms, or anything else, Iv never smoked a cigarette or cigar, or joint. I believed the anti drug speech’s the first time I heard them, only needed to hear it once and even as a kid thought it was stupid to have to tell people taking drugs is dangerous. Iv never even been tempted to try any of them, and honestly don’t understand why anyone would want to, much less actually do it, and think of anyone who does in very negative ways. Which puts my give a fuck meter at zero on this topic, I pretty much assume talking any illegal drugs = a very high chance of getting poisoned dying and same for taking random prescription drugs not mine from random people, especially those who enjoy taking drugs. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:08:56 PM EDT
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No, being hyper active has its advantages-I've never needed anything but a good run. I feel fortunate that I never got hooked on opioids. My doctor prescribed them by the bushel for headaches and toothaches. I really never needed them so I didn't take them.
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:17:31 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:18:08 PM EDT
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Ludes aint 747’s. A buddies brother ate them like candy. Stole from his Grandma.
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:19:07 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By doc540: For several decades all kinds of pills were taken recreationally without any measurable danger of overdose or having been laced with something else. Mexican racing pills, "Bennies", Black Molly's for staying and cramming for finals Lude 747's for blues concerts Reds, "Seconal" for mellowing out Christmas Trees for amping up Generally, uppers and downers But a young, local girl took a pill a few days ago and now she's dead. It was laced with Fentaynl. And she wasn't a hardcore druggie, just a kid who took a pill. We never had to worry about that crap Some of the people (idiots?) in college were also taking Psilocybin, mescaline, LSD, STP (stronger and longer acting type of LSD), pain pills, and damned near anything else they could get out of someone's medicine cabinet. We referred to them as garbage heads, rather than the mere pot heads. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:21:43 PM EDT
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I've heard Corocidin for high blood pressure can be taken with effects similar to taking shrooms, which I have also not partaken in.
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:27:25 PM EDT
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Never have taken anything unless prescribed by Doctor. And then never more than one or two except for antibiotics. After having my wisdom teeth cut out(impacted) dentist prescribed some pain pills. I took one and about 30 minutes later the thought came to me that if a burglar broke in, not only could I not defend my property but I might even try to help him load stuff and tell him where the good stuff is at. No more. Infected gall bladder a few years ago, got to spend 3 days in hospital. They prescribed pain pills. Never even got them filled.
Same reason I don’t drink. I want to be in total control of myself at all times. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:30:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By wienerman1961: Ludes aint 747's. A buddies brother ate them like candy. Stole from his Grandma. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:31:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By pr24guy: Hell no. This. But, only Hell Nah. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:33:12 PM EDT
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Never really got in to recreational pills. I got prescribed some Percocet when I had my wisdom teeth pulled. On the second one I was having issues with the plot of a Simpsons cartoon and noticed I was drooling blood on my t-shirt. I went back to Ibuprofen and later flushed the Percs down the toilet.
When I was younger it was all beer, whisky and weed. Now it's higher quality beer and whisky.
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:33:33 PM EDT
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Not really, stayed a straight edge nerd in high school because I knew in the 7th grade I wanted to be an Army Ranger, didn’t have any back up plans. Had the grades to prove it.
I feel really bad for the kids nowadays, like you said, take a pill once and you can be dead as shit in a couple minutes. I’m 38 but feel like an old dork preaching to the young guys at work in my crew to stay away from drugs. It’s not because I’m anti drug, it’s just because it’s too easy to die from fentanyl now. I’ve lost 2 crew members to that, thought they were taking Vicodin they got on the street, dead later that night: |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:38:20 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:40:37 PM EDT
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I've never done recreational drugs. I'm terrified enough of the pharmaceutical drugs I have to take.
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:41:06 PM EDT
[Last Edit: doc540]
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missed it by that much
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:42:04 PM EDT
[#19]
I've never done recreational drugs. I'm terrified enough of the pharmaceutical drugs I have to take.
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:42:38 PM EDT
[#20]
I took OTC No-Doze in college during finals. Did that a few times and then stopped
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:47:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 77Bronc: I took OTC No-Doze in college during finals. Did that a few times and then stopped I took it once and barfed all over inside my truck 20 minutes later.
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:51:07 PM EDT
[Last Edit: doc540]
[#22]
I never liked pills.
Too many side effects and took too long to wear off. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:57:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ricko1: Ludes were either Lemmons or Royer 714s if my memory is correct, whats left of it anyway. I think they quit making them because they were so widely abused Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ricko1: Originally Posted By wienerman1961: Ludes aint 747's. A buddies brother ate them like candy. Stole from his Grandma. My uncle worked in the quaalude production factory. Back in the 70s, they didn't care about the fate of broken pills, they were just thrown away, or, employees would take them home in their pockets, lunch boxes, spare trash bags, etc. So you can imagine how much effort they put into fixing the machinery. It's absolutely crazy to consider vs the controls today. Kharn |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:03:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ricko1: Ludes were either Lemmons or  |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:23:11 PM EDT
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The only pill I've ever taken was speed that my brothers girlfriend, a nurse, gave me when I got home and the two of them were sitting at the kitchen table talking a mile a minute to one another. My brother said "Give him one!" Needless to say, I didn't sleep much at all that night.
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:26:00 PM EDT
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Not now, not ever.
I'm old so I take my prescription heart/blood pressure/cholesterol/etc and OTC stuff, but that's it. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:28:50 PM EDT
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Ask the politicians about our border policy and their Chinese fun money .
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:32:22 PM EDT
[Last Edit: MikeJGA]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dieselman: No. I have never done recreational drugs. No desire to then and certainly not now. Maybe don't do drugs to lesson the risk of OD? FPNI. I'd add no shits given for druggies that OD. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:33:21 PM EDT
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First thing crazy I ever messed with were Mini Thins when I was like 16ish. Was working overnight as a grocery store stocker, and it was July 4th weekend. The manager at the time, small wiry county guy, gave us all some. I was up all night kicking the shelves ass. Then when I got home, I laid in bed, couldnt sleep, and had dreams/nightmares of dollies of canned good and laundry detergent that still had to be put up
My next adventure was when I wrecked my motorcycle. Got road rash and tore a ligament in my left arm. I woke up, took pain pills, drank Newcastle (when it was good) all day. Felt good Ordered all the parts to fix the bike up and then some on eBay
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:35:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By redfish86: I knew some people who took a lot of ecstasy back in the day. None of them died. All of them had fun. Rumor has it you could fuck like a porn star after taking a few Allegedly I’m told According to sources  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:38:18 PM EDT
[#31]
Nope. I don't even take tylenol.
I have had 3 surgeries since 2021. I told them every time, no pills. Every time, they loaded me up with opioids that got turned in to the local drug drop off. Fuck all that shit! |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:44:08 PM EDT
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One of my doctors briefly mentioned taking something for my achilles tendon.
It was like GB43A or some crazy semblance of letters and numbers. I don't remember specifically, I know that's not the right name. And then after she said it, she didn't want to repeat it. Some sort of steroid precursor, I guess it's all amino acids now. But I looked into it. I would buy some random powder after the internet, mix it myself with some sort of prepared sterile water and and inject it into my body. Yeah. No. Look I'll go as far as buying vitamins and herbs from Amazon and the Vitamin Shoppe, but that's getting too far out there. That's like finding a random mushroom in the forest, not knowing what the fuck it is and eating it anyway. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:47:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 3BP: Nope. I don't even take tylenol. I have had 3 surgeries since 2021. I told them every time, no pills. Every time, they loaded me up with opioids that got turned in to the local drug drop off. Fuck all that shit! So you picked up the prescriptions and the immediately dropped them off? Because hospitals don’t send home pain meds anymore (well, rarely and that’s just enough till a pharmacy opens) If you’re gonna make up stories to virtue signal and seem like Billy badass, you might want to research your lies a little better |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:49:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By osprey21: FIFY Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By osprey21: Originally Posted By ricko1: Ludes were either Lemmons or |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:53:06 PM EDT
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Nope.
I have an unusual resistance to drugs/alcohol. Drugs in general are a waste of time. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:57:32 PM EDT
[#36]
Just mini thins (ephedrine) when they still sold them at every gas station
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:59:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By doc540: I never liked pills. Too many side effects and took too long to wear off. I agree OP. Back in the day I tried various things like you listed. The most interesting thing I ever tried was LSD. If you have never done it, it is very hard to try and describe what it does to your senses. I now totally understand why the military experimented with it. Now days, I just enjoy my beer or a good drink. (my wife doesnt know but I also keep a pouch of Redman leaf tobacco outside so I can put a big chaw in while I am outside) 
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:59:23 PM EDT
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I never was a pill popper, but enjoyed the OTC Canadian aspirin with codeine for back pain relief occasionally.
As my employer got up to speed (no pun intended) in the 1980s with urinalysis drug screening for injuries and accidents on the job, they made sure we knew that stuff could get you shit canned if you pissed hot for it. Goodbye simple pain relief. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 9:01:52 PM EDT
[Last Edit: StraightShootinGal]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dieselman: No. I have never done recreational drugs. No desire to then and certainly not now. Maybe don't do drugs to lesson the risk of OD? I'm a social drinker - that's as close as I go with fucking with my head. I don't get people that need to be in a haze - especially all the time. Years ago, when I had a procedure for fibroids, they gave me a low dose of some painkillers - where in the pre-op, I told the nurse I was concerned about that. She said I had nothing to worry about cuz it was a low dose and only people with addictive personalities would be a concern. Ok, for one, the pain killers didn't do shit - all they did was attach to my system where when I finished the last pill, I had sweats, diarrhea, shallow breathing - I literally thought I was gonna die. I curled up in my bed asking God to take me know. How/why people like subjecting themselves to that garbage is beyond me. Only "pills" I take are my vitamin supplements and if I wanna go to sleep, chew melatonin gummies now/then. ETA: One guy and I were about to have sex and he handed me some pills to take, and I was like 'Nope, you knock yourself out'....I've had many occasions where I was invited to smoke, snort, etc. and I'm like 'Nope, you do you'...then I start looking around for something to defend myself with in case they wanna force me to partake
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Posted: 4/30/2024 9:06:12 PM EDT
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I've wandered into to TROOP 1911
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Posted: 4/30/2024 9:10:37 PM EDT
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I grew up in the 70s. We took them all. Lots of Quaaludes, lots of amphetamines of various names, shapes, and colors. Percocets, Placidils, (sp?) and other downers were plentiful. Acid was around in both blotter and tablet form. I drew the line at acid and never did any of either kind. Lots of my friends did. We had open lunches in high school. We partied before school, at lunch, and after school. My Quaalude tolerance was pretty low compared to a lot of my friends who ate them like candy on a good Friday or Saturday night. I did them occasionally. Not regularly. I consider myself lucky. It was a short period in my life that I'm not necessarily proud of, but I'm not ashamed of either. It was the times. I'm glad that I had the upbringing to know when it was time to stop and grow up, but I put my parents through a few rough years before I did. Nothing serious. Lots of dumb-shit teenage decisions. I have (had) friends that still just live from one party to the next. Most of them are no longer with us. Now, a multi-vitamin and a wellness supplement is it for me. I don't even like to take OTC meds or Ibuprofen unless I really need to.
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Posted: 4/30/2024 9:11:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Primecube: I took All of Them!! And Much more!!!  Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Primecube: Originally Posted By doc540: For several decades all kinds of pills were taken recreationally without any measurable danger of overdose or having been laced with something else. Mexican racing pills, "Bennies", Black Molly's for staying and cramming for finals Lude 747's for blues concerts Reds, "Seconal" for mellowing out Christmas Trees for amping up Generally, uppers and downers But a young, local girl took a pill a few days ago and now she's dead. It was laced with Fentaynl. And she wasn't a hardcore druggie, just a kid who took a pill. We never had to worry about that crap I took All of Them!! And Much more!!! And mini-whites and black beauties, aka west coast turnarounds. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 9:11:10 PM EDT
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Never done anything harder than a Marlboro cigarette (other than alcohol). And I did that only a few times; and that was back in the 80s.
Never smoked weed Never taken any pills...other than pain relievers like Tylenol and/or prescription pain relievers. But never even an entire prescription's worth Never had the desire to do anything like that |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 9:12:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TomB7777: When I was a teen you could purchase illegal prescription pills and not have to worry about them containing a lethal dose of Fentanyl. You could have sex with a young lady without a condom and not have to worry about catching AIDS or Hep-C. You could be drunk off your ass and wreck your car and chances were the responding cops would take away your bottle and call one of your friends to drive you home. You could set off the fire alarm in school and not worry about being arrested for "domestic terrorism". And we all had guns in our pickup trucks and a knife in our pocket. Nobody thought anything of it. The best of times. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 9:12:22 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Admiral_Crunch]
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Never have, never will.
Coffee is the closest to recreational drugs as I get. I occasionally have a drink with dinner, but only because I like the taste. I wish they had no intoxicating effect. I can’t stand being even tipsy, much less drunk, so I cut myself off at one. Maybe two spaced out a good bit. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 9:13:10 PM EDT
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Survival kit contents check. In them you'll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days' concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings.
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Posted: 4/30/2024 9:13:28 PM EDT
[Last Edit: MikeJGA]
[#47]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JoinDatePostCount: So you picked up the prescriptions and the immediately dropped them off? Because hospitals don’t send home pain meds anymore (well, rarely and that’s just enough till a pharmacy opens) If you’re gonna make up stories to virtue signal and seem like Billy badass, you might want to research your lies a little better Don't think WY laws apply USA wide. When I had my bottom 3 vertebra replaced, glued and screwed in 2022, my last step in out processing was going by the hospital pharmacy for my antibiotic and pain pills. I took 2 of the hydro and flushed the rest. Careful you don't fall off that high horse. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 9:19:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By doc540: Mother's Little Helper  ROLLING STONES MOTHER S LITTLE HELPER I came to post this before I saw your comment |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 9:19:42 PM EDT
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I used to be on an antidepressant, benzos for anxiety, t3s and percs for pain.
Quit everything cold turkey after a macro dose of psilocybin. It also sent me down an amazing spiritual journey. The only drugs I take now are psilocybin and LSD-25. Though to be honest, they are less drug and more medicine. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 9:27:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MikeJGA: Don't think WY laws apply USA wide. When I had my bottom 3 vertebra replaced, glued and screwed in 2022, my last step in out processing was going by the hospital pharmacy for my antibiotic and pain pills. I took 2 of the hydro and flushed the rest. Careful you don't fall off that high horse. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MikeJGA: Originally Posted By JoinDatePostCount: So you picked up the prescriptions and the immediately dropped them off? Because hospitals don’t send home pain meds anymore (well, rarely and that’s just enough till a pharmacy opens) If you’re gonna make up stories to virtue signal and seem like Billy badass, you might want to research your lies a little better Don't think WY laws apply USA wide. When I had my bottom 3 vertebra replaced, glued and screwed in 2022, my last step in out processing was going by the hospital pharmacy for my antibiotic and pain pills. I took 2 of the hydro and flushed the rest. Careful you don't fall off that high horse. Wife had a similar experience about five years ago. Broke her arm and the hospital pharmacy sent her home with a bottle of something for pain. Took one and had an allergic reaction. Took the pills back, minus one, and they called her doc and gave her something different. |
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