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Even in the most bigoted, assholiest, most Republican courts, what could possibly be the legal grounds for this?

First open White House Dinner…

Nobody saw me hire a very expensive PR firm

It’s highly objective and can be different from person to person. I’ve simply expressed my own opinion and it’s highly relevant to my personal use cases.

As a different person, your perspective can be very different as your own opinion on the matter.

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I have four advanced degrees, and after spending nearly $1 million on my education, I still can’t get a job. I make a pittance doing freelance gig work on the Internet working from home.

Seriously, kiddies, do some research before you invest in a degree(s) that could easily be worthless. No one likes a broke know it all

I’m serious: I know 95% more than anyone I will ever meet, and that gets me nothing but a boatload of disappointment and student loan debt.

Boo

Once upon a time, there was a place called gay.com. When they didn’t know how to lie yet.

he’s so hot, I will do literally anything for him

Has it smashed up all of the bus stops yet?

They cover this shit in undergraduate psych. I mean, come on…

All I was trying to do is draw a very basic distinction between a medical or scientific or clinical pursuit of taking chemicals (I took a Tylenol because I had a headache), and a more “other“ pursuit (I smoked a spliff to get high), which could cover a lot of the more specific examples you have cited, but I think you understand the point I was trying to make

like I said, there can be mixed usage. it’s doesn’t have to be one or the other… ok, maybe I was unclear on that point. it’s complicated and depends a lot on person experience. it’s highly subjective.

for example: say my back is killing me, so I smoke a bowl to ease the pain. OH NOES! I’M STONED! I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t also enjoying being high, and anyone who believed me would be an idiot.

in that scenario, my usage would be mixed because the intent was medical, but I’m also enjoying being high.

another example: say I’m having a nasty panic attack, so I smoke a bowl to alleviate the freakout. while I will technically be high, I’m not really enjoying anything about the experience. what I really feel is like taking the panic attack and turning the volume down from an 11 to a 2 or a 3, making it manageable. and, while I’m high, I’m not really enjoying myself at all.

does that make more sense?

sure… so do i… although, I’m guessing not for the same reasons you do 😁

So much easier just being gay, just sayin’

😛

edit: sorry, guys– I shouldn’t be joking about other men’s balls 🤪

And always get your shit from a trusted source

oh, I mean, it dipped way down in the news for a few cycles, but people were still talking about it, and now it’s popped back into the news, especially since former AG Pam Bondi has, since getting fired, has decided that she can now ignore her Congressional subpoena to testify before the House Oversight Committee regarding her fuckup with the release of the Epstein files.

This is very transparently evasion and contempt of congress (a crime). How congress decides to proceed from here is anyone’s guess.

and now the dog is dropping bombs in the cat box

GWAR!

exactly. lots of recreational drugs are being tested for medical uses. cannabis is famously being used for a broad range of medical uses.

but my point is that I can take CHEMICAL-X for its intended purpose or for my own purpose, and there’s a difference between the two. one is medication, and one is recreation– and yes it’s possible to take it for a mix of both reasons.

whether I get it from a pharmacy or someone at a party is irrelevant (for the context of this conversation).

The intent of the provider is irrelevant. It’s about how it’s being used.

For black market hormones, that’s HRT and is obviously medical. i’m not sure I would call the performance-enhancing athlete recreational because they’re not doing it to get high. That’s also medical, but shitty medicine. like I said, it’s not about the source, it’s about the usage.

With your caffeine example, that’s clearly medication. Using a hallucinogen in that manner? That sounds recreational to me. although psilocybin is in the experimental and pre-clinical stages for being used to treat epilepsy, which would clearly be medical.

edit: for those who might object to my classification of spiritual pursuits as “recreational”, let’s just call it “recreational (or other)”, but its sure isn’t medical.