Cocaine Paraphernalia Ads in the 70s

Re:Cocaine Paraphernalia Ads in the 70s by engineeringwoke on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @10:27AM (#29318898)

I can think of few stranger things that I have experienced in my life than being around a group of G hounds. It's like the Twilight Zone, and no, G is not safe and the effects are quite different than alcohol. It would never be widely popular to do a drug that so easily creates lapses in short-term memory... I think it is well-known why that is.

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Re:Cocaine Paraphernalia Ads in the 70s by gavinray on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @10:33AM (#29318975)

You can make the same argument about alcohol.

Plenty of homeless drunkards in the streets, alcoholism is rampant.

  > G is not safe

Sure. Side effects of alcohol overdose include death by alcohol poisoning.

Side effects of GHB overdose include death by central nervous system depression + consequent respiratory arrest.

Side effects of Tylenol overdose include an excruciatingly painful, multi-day death from multiple organ failure.

See the pattern?

Both drinking and GHB are capable of causing memory loss.

  > The effects are quite different than alcohol

This is subjective. To me, it feels exactly like "More euphoric alcohol, without the stupidity/reduced cognitive facilities drinking brings, and not toxic-feeling on my body."

YMMV.

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Re:Cocaine Paraphernalia Ads in the 70s by engineeringwoke on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @10:57AM (#29319289)

It takes a whole lot of alcohol to get the equivalent of that G zombie look. And the latter can easily kill you. GHB is not a panacea. It can turn people into animals.

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