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Re:Ozempic drug supresses desire to smoke, drink and more by grugagag on Friday May 19, 2023 @11:39PM (#36009156)
> The question it was asking was "why can we take drugs to bring us to normal, but we can't take drugs that make us better than normal?"

Because ultimately drugs make you pay one way or another, eg dependency, liver toxicity, numbness of some other facet and so on. When none of those will be true it’s the day they become the new norm

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Re:Ozempic drug supresses desire to smoke, drink and more by Earw0rm on Saturday May 20, 2023 @03:08AM (#36009973)
True, but the price vs the amount of effect varies hugely.

Some drugs are a bargain. Caffeine. E-nicotine. Some are hellishly expensive. Solvents will destroy your health without even giving much in the way of a high.

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