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Turns out the recreational drugs were never good for you. Is there a single recreational popular >100M user drug that’s good for most? Maybe coffee? It’s a sha

Turns out the recreational drugs were never good for you. Is there a single recreational popular >100M user drug that’s good for most? Maybe coffee? It’s a shame there are so many with reduced brain function and IQ. Next thing will be shocking studies showing regular shroom usage is bad too, lol. It is a shame we are in a post truth society. People burying their heads in the sand.

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Gigachad 2y ago
>Maybe coffee? Creatine as well. But yeah, pretty much all the rest of them are bad for you.
- HPMOR 2y ago
  Creatine is not a drug.
  - Gigachad 2y ago
    The definition of drug is quite wide reaching. It isn't a food, it isn't inert, has a very measurable impact on the body, and the stuff you buy in a powder is far more potent than what you'd find in food. About the same as caffeine. Just doesn't have mental effects.
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iforgot22 2y ago
Coffee isn't good either. Probably a lot less bad than weed, though. And it's always brought up, "why is X illegal but coffee isn't?"
- amazingamazing 2y ago
  Ha. You’re right about that. Coffee can create some weird heart issues, so I think you’re right.
- tombert 2y ago
  I don't drink coffee because I think it tastes gross, but I've certainly had my fair share of caffeine from energy drinks and Diet Coke. I'm pretty convinced that caffeine masked the more obvious symptoms of sleep apnea for most of my adult life. I think I was getting very bad sleep but since I had always drunk lots of Diet Coke I was able to ignore the symptoms. I've gotten treatment for my sleep apnea (using the mouthpiece), and I'm caffeine free now, so I think I'm getting better sleep, but who the hell knows what kind of brain damage I have ended up with because I didn't take it seriously.
2OEH8eoCRo0 2y ago
https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/is-coffee-good-or-bad-for-your-health/ https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/is-coffee-good-or-bad-for-your... > “The overall evidence has been pretty convincing that coffee has been more healthful than harmful in terms of health outcomes,” said Frank Hu, chair of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
numpad0 2y ago
Basically everything performance enhancing is bad because that means use is rewarded yet there's always the cost. This explains why not-yet-banned-for-centuries substances like alcohol, coffee, tobacco, sugar, salt, skydiving, whatever, are preferred over drugs; use is detrimental, so those problems self correct to some degree.

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Gigachad 2y ago

>Maybe coffee? Creatine as well. But yeah, pretty much all the rest of them are bad for you.

HPMOR 2y ago
Creatine is not a drug.
- Gigachad 2y ago
  The definition of drug is quite wide reaching. It isn't a food, it isn't inert, has a very measurable impact on the body, and the stuff you buy in a powder is far more potent than what you'd find in food. About the same as caffeine. Just doesn't have mental effects.

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iforgot22 2y ago

Coffee isn't good either. Probably a lot less bad than weed, though. And it's always brought up, "why is X illegal but coffee isn't?"

amazingamazing 2y ago
Ha. You’re right about that. Coffee can create some weird heart issues, so I think you’re right.
tombert 2y ago
I don't drink coffee because I think it tastes gross, but I've certainly had my fair share of caffeine from energy drinks and Diet Coke. I'm pretty convinced that caffeine masked the more obvious symptoms of sleep apnea for most of my adult life. I think I was getting very bad sleep but since I had always drunk lots of Diet Coke I was able to ignore the symptoms. I've gotten treatment for my sleep apnea (using the mouthpiece), and I'm caffeine free now, so I think I'm getting better sleep, but who the hell knows what kind of brain damage I have ended up with because I didn't take it seriously.

2OEH8eoCRo0 2y ago

https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/is-coffee-good-or-bad-for-your-health/ https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/is-coffee-good-or-bad-for-your... > “The overall evidence has been pretty convincing that coffee has been more healthful than harmful in terms of health outcomes,” said Frank Hu, chair of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

numpad0 2y ago

Basically everything performance enhancing is bad because that means use is rewarded yet there's always the cost. This explains why not-yet-banned-for-centuries substances like alcohol, coffee, tobacco, sugar, salt, skydiving, whatever, are preferred over drugs; use is detrimental, so those problems self correct to some degree.