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I Am a Heroin User. I Do Not Have a Drug Problem (nautil.us)

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[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 1 point 3 months ago* (2 children)

NDMA among lovers

I am assuming the professor said MDMA and the journalist messed up here, so I tend towards blaming the journalist for the other errors.

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[–] DougPiranha42@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Maybe. Nevertheless, characterizing heroin and opium as social lubricants sounds insane to me, even if the core thought (not every substance use habit is a problem to solve) is valid.

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago

Yeah, I never felt particularly sociable when I was on the nod, though I sometimes did it in company.

But that was heroin. Opium is another kettle of fish, despite their chemical kinship.

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