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Wait, you've got over-the-counter opiates in the US (I assume it's the US)? What?
by grafporno 4y ago
Wait, you've got over-the-counter opiates in the US (I assume it's the US)? What?
- rejectfinite 4y agoThe UK has codeine OTC... you assume. Everyone on the internet is american. Its funny. ahha
- nwiswell 4y agoNot that unreasonable a guess. It's very late in Europe right now (currently 4 AM GMT, perhaps 2 AM when that was posted), and you know YC is an American company... right? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30210378 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30210378
- benj111 4y agoWhy is the ownership structure of YC important? You know how the internet works right? For better or worse, 'american' is the defacto standard on the internet, but please remember that only a small percentage of the global population is USian the in all probability the person you're speaking to isn't from the US.
- hnfong 4y agoThe English (no pun intended) speaking population is more likely to be from the US than the global population. Disclaimer: Not English. Not American.
- benj111 4y agoI would say that the us accounts for less than half of English speaking netizens. UK, Australia, new zealand Canada already add up to a sizeable chunk of the US's population. Then add in 1% of India, or China (I assume some proportion has access outside the great firewall) and you've got a population bigger than the US.
- hnfong 4y agoIf you add up the numbers of the countries you mentioned (together with 1% of India or China), you'll realize that it's smaller than the US population... US: 331.9 million UK: 67.33 million AU: 25.69 million CA: 38.25 million NZ: 5.123 million IN: 1.408 billion * 0.01 = 14m
- benj111 4y agoWell the 1% was pulled out of my arse. Point is some very small percentage of the rest of the world is going to dwarf the US. Yes the US will be the single biggest demographic but less than 50% of the total. I haven't been able to find many solid stats, but eg English language Wikipedia, the US has 22k active editors out of 59k total.
- Acutulus 4y agoSpeaking for the US, yes indeed. Loperamide is technically an opioid and available OTC, though that's rarely a sought after compound unless one is in dire straits. Codeine is available with a pharmacist's approval alone in my state. So while it may not technically OTC by that definition (or is, I don't know how OTC is defined), it can be had without a prescription by visiting a participating pharmacy and simply requesting codeine+guaifenesin. Done it a few times myself.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 4y agoCodeine + cough syrup is so popular in Texas that it spawned an entire subculture dedicated to its use. See DJ Screw in Houston (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Screw https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Screw). Lest you think this is no longer the case - “lean”, as it is known by Houstonites (due to your tendency to lean on things while under the influence) was a major plot point of a recent mostly autobiographical Netflix series centered around Houston that was released late last year: https://www.keranews.org/arts-culture/2022-08-25/houston-oozes-through-the-screen-in-mo-amers-new-netflix-series?_amp=true https://www.keranews.org/arts-culture/2022-08-25/houston-ooz...
- Acutulus 4y agoVice released an excellent short piece on Houstonian screw & slab culture years back. Might still be on youtube! It was an excellent piece at the time, but I haven't seen it in quite a while.
- montecarl 4y agoFor clarity, loperamide, sold under the brand name Imodium, is an anti diarrhea medication. It is an opioid; however, it does not readily cross the blood-brain barrier. It only acts on the opioid receptors in the large intestine and slows the movement of food. In very high concentrations it may get into the brain.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoIf I go to a developing country where I cannot guarantee access to a bathroom, I pop one or two of these every morning to keep me regular.