Generation Xanax

[blondie]

I know just too many ladies using these for stupid reasons. One lady couldn’t handle being a passenger in a vehicle on a busy road, so would take a pill pre car ride. I had a dentist offer me Ativan when it was clearly her who had anxiety related to confidence with one of my tooth extractions (no longer my dentist, btw).

[Mik]

Hate the benzos. Even when I was 18 they would stay in your system for a long time.

[blondie]

Never taken any.

[jon-nyc]

Seems like gummies will crowd these out. At least with younger folk.

[blondie]

@jon-nyc You're probably right. And gummies seem safer. Never done these either.

[Jolly]

75% of young women are on mood altering drugs.

At least another 20% should also be taking them.

[Doctor Phibes]

I've been known to take a mood altering substance from time to time. It sure beats wasting your life watching cable TV.

Nobody ever lay on their death bed saying 'I wish I'd watched more Fox News'. Well, nobody I want to talk to, at least.

[Klaus]

@jon-nyc What are gummies?

[blondie]

@Klaus .. gummies are THC cannabis edibles.
I’m actually looking forward to the day when I will consume them … like for pain, euphoria, bedridden, all that.

[Klaus]

Ah! About a year ago I made some space cookies. Very bad experience.

Also, THC may calm you down, but I don't think it works against real anxiety and depression.

[blondie]

@Klaus I had a bad experience years ago (likely laced with something). Since then, it’s been no drugs, no alcohol, except for short stints with pain killers postop, etc. But with end stage cancer, heart disease, chronic pain, even Alzheimer’s … yup, I want to be high as a kite. I’ve heard multiple people praise cannabis for this.

[jon-nyc]

When my mom was dying home hospice basically kept her high on morphine for her final days.