Re:The big alcohol study that didn't happen
by skhm on Monday October 04, 2021 @01:56PM
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David Nutt shares your hypothesis and is working on such a substance [1].
I agree with you that something like chronic Diazepam abuse is probably less harmful to the body than a similar alcohol habit - but I'm skeptical (but hopeful) one could design an effective, recreationally-useful GABA-ergic drug that didn't come with the baseline shift and rebound anxiety (and in the limit, seizure/death) usually associated.
You can already choose to abuse pills in contrast to alcohol, and it's generally not very pretty either.
I agree with you that something like chronic Diazepam abuse is probably less harmful to the body than a similar alcohol habit - but I'm skeptical (but hopeful) one could design an effective, recreationally-useful GABA-ergic drug that didn't come with the baseline shift and rebound anxiety (and in the limit, seizure/death) usually associated.
You can already choose to abuse pills in contrast to alcohol, and it's generally not very pretty either.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/mar/26/an-innocent-...