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Re:As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick by spywaregorilla on Thursday June 23, 2022 @12:50PM (#31851801)
Most people can handle it. But that still doesn't mean everyone should do drugs.
Re:As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick by coding123 on Thursday June 23, 2022 @12:56PM (#31851896)
You're saying that if everyone in the world started to take cocaine daily, a high percentage of people, say 80-90% can handle it.
Re:As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick by spywaregorilla on Thursday June 23, 2022 @01:23PM (#31852327)
What does handling it mean if you're taking cocaine daily? Taking drugs daily is already likely beyond the point of dependence. Regardless of will power, you will almost certainly develop some level of chemical addiction and tolerance trying to use cocaine, recreational-y, daily. I would say the question is invalid.

I meant most people can do cocaine once, or at an infrequent irregular frequency without getting addicted to it and becoming dependent.

FWIW most means > 50%

Re:As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick by the_gipsy on Thursday June 23, 2022 @02:50PM (#31853565)
This is debatable. If there is a critical mass of people doing cocaine regularly, then more people will get addicted with that availability.
Re:As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick by samatman on Thursday June 23, 2022 @01:41PM (#31852603)
Higher than that I would guess. Bolivians seem to handle it at a rate of "all of them".

Of course they're using quids, if they were injectors of pure cocaine the situation would be less rosy. But you didn't specify the route and concentration.

This isn't a gotcha, it's a habit of daily use by millions, all of whom are basically fine.

Re:As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick by diffeomorphism on Friday June 24, 2022 @01:53AM (#31858240)
Wrong way around. If everyone in the world consumes something and side effects are very rare and usually mild, then you have to argue what the problem is.

For cocaine and most "hard drugs" probably neither is true. For coffee it seems both are true. For alcohol 1 is true and 2 is tricky.

Re:As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick by jazzyjackson on Thursday June 23, 2022 @12:59PM (#31851947)
the poison is in the dose