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[–] JoelJ@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

yeah I knew a person who took heaps of benzos on a whim, then fucked up the next 10 years of their lives with a crippling addiction

[–] moonsnotreal@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Case@unilem.org 24 points 1 year ago

I would have less of an issue with the DARE program if it was actually educational, and not just progaganda in the drug war.

Face it people, drugs won.

Anything that can hijack the pleasure center of your brain can be problematic. Whether it be drugs, food, sex, whatever.

Balance in all things.

[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Zombie Nancy Reagan, is that you?

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m positive there’s a market for ludes but it would take a while to get the word out

[–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Darknet would probably be the easiest although he really has to up his opsec in that case

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didjya eva see them signs on tha highway billboards years ago, "I'd walk a mile for a camel" or used to have cigarette commercials the guy uses to say "I'd walk a mile for a camel?"

Well lemme tell all you young people out there the big man would walk 20 miles for a QUAALUDE

[–] Repossess6855@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

YES!!!!!

You didn’t post the best version!!!!

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=mSpqA4EIKPo

sorry for Reddit moment but I came here for this. That video makes me so goddamn happy every time. Only select people can relate with this level of excitement over a pharmaceutical

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I have never heard someone as excited as that man about a recreational drug before. That man could have legalized any drug he wanted if given a national platform. Sadly, I've heard he's passed so the dream of having the kid from brooklyn run on the platform of legalizing quaaludes will never happen.

~~Also, his name was apparently Michael Caracciolo, and he has a hell of a IMDb page as a camera operator. Not sure if it's the same Michael Caracciolo though.~~

Edit: doesn't look like it's the same Caracciolo, however, this interview does show him as having amazing foresight. (Use Firefox's reader mode to bypass the login wall)

I have. You have to have known or be around real drug addicts lol. I say that with zero judgement or negative connotation. But I’ve only ever seen real addicts get this way with their favorite drug. Especially if they’ve been away from it.

I read the whole article, thanks for sharing. Seemed like a really cool guy, definitely a loss for the world.

[–] Fandangalo@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

THE LEMMONS, DONNIE. GET THE LEMMONS.