Topic: stimulants

The list of deaths from the practice is long and oddly prestigious, featuring celebs such as John Belushi and Chris Farley, among many others.

…if the ground is now shifting to other drugs, then what are we doing in response to that?

There’s an ongoing search among users for ways to either improve the high (which escalating tolerance threatens to steal away) or suppress the withdrawal symptoms.

That’s not so different from any number of celebrities who’ve died of accidental overdose in the years since the War ended.

The FDA usually comes down on the side of protecting patient access, while the CDC favors greater restriction on availability.