A fan favorite is Jones' ongoing issues with recreational drug use.
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It might help to think of capsaicin as a recreational drug.
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Kratom has long been used as a medicinal and recreational drug Kratom comes from the Mitragyna speciosa plant, which is native to Southeast Asia, where it has a history of use as a medicinal and recreational drug.
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My recreational drug habit escalated, driven by my disillusion with the industry.
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Even Kratom, a recreational drug similar to opioids, has been tainted with salmonella.
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Officials see morphine as a useful painkiller rather than a shameful recreational drug.
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Of particular note is that it is based on ketamine, a recreational drug.
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Like any decent recreational drug, whiteness initially made the Republican Party feel good.
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For some locals, beer is the recreational drug of choice, rather than cannabis.
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We can shatter the misconception that recreational drug use is a victimless crime.
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Of course, these same mood-boosting attributes made MDMA a popular recreational drug.
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The whole idea of recreational drug-taking didn't really start until the 19th century.
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This is not a recreational drug, and there is definitely cause and effect involved.
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Fabric's closing also feeds into the debate about the criminalization of recreational drug use.
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I would nominate the species Ephedra as another candidate for the world's oldest recreational drug.
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He was absolutely an alcoholic for most of my life and a recreational drug user.
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The discussion presents the public with the unpleasant truth that nicotine isn't a recreational drug.
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Pain and Glory Rated R for language, recreational drug use and remembrance of debauches past.
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It is frequently said that photography is a more expensive hobby than a recreational drug habit.
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The gates to fentanyl have now swung open, and there is risk for recreational drug users.
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The nearly three-hour interview did nothing to ease concerns about his reported recreational drug use.
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Investors are wary of his social media and legal battles, attitude toward regulators and recreational drug use.
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Many close to the prolific singer say that he eschewed recreational drug use and rarely drank alcohol.
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Investors are wary of his social media and legal battles, attitude towards regulators and recreational drug use.
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It is also made illegally and used as a recreational drug, often mixed with heroin or cocaine.
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"It broke my heart," says Jennifer, who admits to being a "recreational drug user" during that time.
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Ketamine's antidepressant actions are also the subject of great controversy, but not because it's a recreational drug.
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Despite salvia's terrible reputation as a recreational drug, its effects on the brain continue to be studied.
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Maybe it's the horse connection that means the broader population rarely think of it as a recreational drug.
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Instead, Purdue insisted that the only problem was that recreational drug users were not taking OxyContin as directed.
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Then, we discuss a question that's been on the minds of some recreational drug users: Is cocaine vegan?
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But in Europe and the West, it wasn't until the 19th century that real recreational drug-taking started off.
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But as its popularity grew and humoral theories of medicine receded, tobacco clearly became a recreational drug for Europeans.
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But it's currently taken as a recreational drug, with its users saying it treats anxiety, depression and opioid withdrawal.
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" Professor Kausik Ray, consultant cardiologist at Imperial College London, described caffeine as "the world's most commonly used recreational drug.
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WADA continues to ban the recreational drug while Canadians are preparing to light up without fear of breaking the law.
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Now is not the time to harangue recreational drug users, or start any sort of "see, drugs are bad" dialogue.
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A new survey found that when it comes to recreational drug use, magic mushrooms appear to be the safest drug.
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It is a powerful semi-synthetic opiate derived from the opium poppy and is used illicitly as a recreational drug.
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The prosocial effects of MDMA, which is closely related to the recreational drug ecstasy, is well documented in human subjects.
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Berry advertised his products with postings on forums that catered to recreational drug users, research-chemical enthusiasts and pill addicts.
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Others use tramadol as a recreational drug on account of its stimulant and euphoric effects, or to improve sexual stamina.
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I should imagine it's unlikely to cause permanent damage to the eye from short durations like this, from recreational drug use.
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The two were watching a movie in which one of the characters took fentanyl as a recreational drug and became addicted.
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Still, Johnson is a bit frustrated with the public's perception of psychedelic mushrooms as a recreational drug or "woo woo" remedy.
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Alcohol probably was used for recreational purposes way back—it has been used as a recreational drug for probably thousands of years.
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We've included recreational drug use since the beginning, because it is a real thing that people pay to do, plain and simple.
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They've made their way into all kinds of street drugs, killing numerous recreational drug users who didn't realize what they were taking.
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"Until there is more research, recreational drug use will continue to be met with skepticism or outright discouragement from doctors," he says.
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Each round, one team is assigned the affirmative view — say, "Recreational drug use should be legalized" — and the other team, the negative.
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Late Thursday, Musk smoked marijuana and sipped whiskey during an appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast — fueling concerns about his recreational drug use.
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But by the 1970s, people realized it could also be a recreational drug if snorted in powder form to create a psychedelic high.
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Previously, recreational drug use was a problem because it inhibited your productivity—now, under neoliberalism, you can pursue pleasure only if you're consuming.
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"They would prefer not to stock a recreational drug," says Alejandro Antalich, vice-president of the Centre for Uruguayan Pharmacies, a trade association.
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"These include managing hydration, meals times, fatigue and sleep, as well as avoiding recreational drug use including excess alcohol, whilst traveling," said Ali.
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But just this year, a version of another recreational drug—ketamine—was approved as a treatment for difficult, non-responsive cases of depression.
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Late Thursday, Musk smoked marijuana and sipped whiskey during an appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast — adding to concerns about his recreational drug use.
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Families with children, families avoiding strong content, families comfortable with recreational drug use, and everyone in between who can tolerate cartoons and fun. Why?
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But it is also used as a recreational drug - sometimes known as Special K - and can lead some people into addiction and drug abuse.
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But about its use as Special K...Ketamine continues to gain popularity as a recreational drug, especially in Southern China, UK, and even Kenya.
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" (The word "poppers" is slang for the recreational drug alkyl nitrite.) Walters cocked her head to the side and looked shocked as she asked, "Grope…?
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These plants might have their uses (in the case of belladonna, as a recreational drug), but none of them will do shit to treat Zika.
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But a recreational drug legal in many places and generally well thought of, not to mention a massive and growing business — that's beyond the pale.
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Although people try overanalyzing recreational drug and alcohol use, at the end of the day, it's as simple as craving a night to let loose.
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Magic mushrooms, the psychedelic drug that can help treat anxiety and depression and could help with addiction, are the safest recreational drug you can take.
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Fentanyl is a synthetic pain medication, which is up to 100 times more powerful than morphine, and has been used increasingly as a recreational drug.
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A comedian and former Celebrity Apprentice staffer has accused Donald Trump of recreational drug use and inappropriate behavior toward young women while filming Miss Teen Universe.
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SpaceX is a pivotal launch provider for both NASA and the US military, and both of those government entities either prohibit or discourage recreational drug use.
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While the psychologists anticipate general dissatisfaction with the idea that a recreational drug could be used to treat alcohol addiction, they are committed to their plan.
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The jury heard portions of Cosby's prior testimony where he admitted to giving women Quaaludes (a strong sedative and recreational drug) before having sex with them.
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Among recreational drug users, there are also individuals—some of whom might call themselves psychonauts—dedicated to trying out all sorts of chemicals... in their vapes.
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But based on the experience of 120,000 people included in this poll, if given the choice of recreational drug — mushrooms seem to be the safest bet.
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But over the past few decades most have relaxed their enforcement of those laws, fining or warning recreational drug users rather than sending them to jail.
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And in Britain, where deaths from recreational drug use have also galvanized the national conversation, pill testing has been implemented on a trial basis since 2016.
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Shareholders could either to sell at 420 or hold shares & go private But some of Tesla's board members are reportedly worried about Musk's recreational drug use.
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In this picturesque multicultural port city less than a three-hour drive from Seattle, marijuana is as much a recreational drug as a state of mind.
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Natural opiates sourced from poppy plants, like opium, have been consumed on the continent for centuries -- both as a painkiller and smoked as a recreational drug.
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It completely changed my career trajectory, personally starting me on the path to recreational drug use and a deeply held conviction that all drugs should be legalized.
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Forty-five years after the drug war was declared by President Richard Nixon, the United States leads the world in both recreational drug usage and incarceration rates.
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Despite ketamine's reputation as a recreational drug, doctors have been prescribing it off-label for years to patients who have not responded to antidepressants and other treatments.
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Mitchell Gomez: All recreational drug users, regardless of the substance they use, should be trained on the opiate overdose drug naloxone, and should never be using alone.
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The drug drama was multi-faceted as many criticized the choice to test Jones for, and publicize his use of, a recreational drug while out of competition.
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But some of the recreational drug users I spoke to didn't completely rule out the idea that very bad stuff could, in fact, be good for you.
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Then, in a New Jersey suburb in 1962, a 19-year-old recreational drug enthusiast named Howard Lotsof laid hands on 500 mg of powdered iboga root.
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Fadiman goes so far as to emphasize that taking psychedelics in the context of his guidebook is not a recreational "drug experience," but rather a spiritual one.
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She tells Tai what to wear and eat, how to talk and exercise, who to have a crush on and what sort of recreational drug habits are acceptable.
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In New York, Trump's liberal home state, Governor Andrew Cuomo plans to legalize the recreational drug (medical marijuana is already legal) and establish an Office of Cannabis Management.
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Most Oxycontin addictions struck recreational drug users who snorted or injected it—which bypasses the time-release mechanism and makes it into a short-acting, fast-hitting drug.
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Recent years have seen authorities in major Chinese cities step up their efforts to crack down on recreational drug use, including spot drug tests at bars and nightclubs.
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Supporting people to take action around drug use behaviours is to be encouraged, but for me many of the most serious recreational drug risks are beyond individual control.
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Stewart wrote that Epstein said he possessed "potentially damaging or embarrassing information, including details about ... supposed sexual proclivities and recreational drug use," for some of the notable people.
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But within this, recreational drug users, social dealers, and nightclubs were far less of a crime problem than alcohol, a drug which few officers had a problem with.
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But he was also grateful that he wasn't in jail or a hospital—that a modern approach to recreational drug use had helped him out of a jam.
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The tags are about being ethical—knowing that acquiring your medication or your recreational drug doesn't fund the dealing of hard drugs, sex trafficking, or other real crime.
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While that's not exactly the end of the world — an estimated 55 million US adults use marijuana — some board members are reportedly concerned about Musk's recreational drug use.
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MOSCOW — Demonstrators rallied in Georgia over the weekend over an issue new to street protest movements in the former Soviet countries: a demand to legalize recreational drug use.
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I viewed Johnson as a candidate who could force the conversation on many important progressive issues that are largely being ignored like recreational drug reform and copyright reform.
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If dating a smoker or recreational drug user is out of the question for you, make that known in your profile to attract the right types of people.
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Authorities in major cities, including Beijing, have been known to carry out spot drug tests at bars and nightclubs in a bid to clamp down on recreational drug use.
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The tragic death on Sunday of a previously healthy man in a French clinical trial might seem like it has little to do with recreational drug use in America.
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Dr. Gerard Alderliefste is an expert in the field of addiction and works for a Dutch information line for people suffering from chronic medical problems after recreational drug use.
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In recent years we've tackled cutting-edge cures, sidelined communities, mental health, and of course recreational drug use—delving into global health issues and matters of personal wellness alike.
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Government-funded anti-drug commercials tried to scare kids away from recreational drug use, while warning parents about the horrible things that would happen if their kids started getting high.
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Joseph Palamar, another of the study's authors, said bisexual people also report higher levels of recreational drug use than gay or lesbian people - a significant risk factor for opioid misuse.
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Naturally, the sports world adopted this playbook, according to Griffith University Professor Ross Coomber who wrote a paper on how recreational drug use policy has affected athlete drug use policy.
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Is Congress really okay with the creation of another for-profit industry focused on marketing and selling a recreational drug, given the track record of the alcohol and tobacco industries?
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It is interesting to note that it was also widely used as a recreational drug in countries like Ireland and Poland, where it was used as an alternative to alcohol.
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At the age of 35, the silent generation experienced health shocks that were traced back to the Vietnam War and a rise in recreational drug use, according to the report.
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So perhaps the removal of a psycho-active substance from the context in which it originally served a useful purpose has something to do with the emergence of a "recreational" drug.
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On Tuesday, 19-year-old Cincinnati Reds prospect Ian Kahaloa was suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball for a second violation of the league's drug policy for recreational drug use.
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Alcohol is the world's oldest recreational drug for good reason: It's astoundingly simple to make and the right doses of it send you into a state of elation like no other.
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Voters in Denver, a city at the forefront of the widening national debate over legalizing marijuana, have become the first in the nation to effectively decriminalize another recreational drug: hallucinogenic mushrooms.
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I'm a yoga teacher and have been interested in a variety of eastern philosophies and things on the fringe of whatever is mainstream and I've always been a recreational drug user.
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On another occasion, I was the first to leave a bachelorette party and, upon my departure, one of the ladies told me not to be so judgmental about recreational drug use.
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In the eighties, we can presume the average footballer's piss was 80% unfiltered real ale, hence making traces of recreational drug use almost impossible to determine even were someone to have tried.
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That means declining to prosecute subway fare beaters, recreational drug-related crimes, resisting arrest charges (especially when they are not attached to more serious allegations), loitering, and among many others, sex work.
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The Netherlands has moved a step closer to regulating the production of cannabis in bid to remove a grey area that has stymied the country's famously relaxed approach to the recreational drug.
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The paper reports the mix of ingredients stems from factors such as an increased number of recreational drug users and a harsher drug policy making it difficult to import the correct ingredients.
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That might surprise non–New Jerseyeans expecting local luminaries of color to be in support of a bill that was as much about ending a racist drug war as recreational drug use.
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As First Lady, she chose not only to lead with her distinctive style and poise, but also to take a stand on tough issues, such as the prevention of recreational drug abuse.
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While inside the home, Russell told police that he ingested two packages of Kratom — a substance made from a tree that is used as a recreational drug, according to the sheriff's office.
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Here was music not as a text to be read nor a recreational drug to be consumed for mood management, but as an audible process of coming-into-being and fading-away.
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However, Mr Hamilton was already 31 years old when he signed the pact, and also had a long history of alcohol and recreational-drug abuse, as well as a penchant for nagging injuries.
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Speaking to CNBC in London last week, Fox pointed to Colombia, parts of the U.S. and Canada as examples where relaxing the government stance on personal recreational drug use had yielded promising results.
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Many other times the draft slide, real or not, occurs for more cynical reasons, whether it's an injury that bodes ill for long-term production, insidiously vague "character concerns", or recreational drug use.
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Concern has been growing about crime in Amsterdam, a city of 800,000 people where recreational drug use has long been tolerated by law enforcement and an underworld of dealers and suppliers has flourished.
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Now I understand why disaffected Republicans would find the Libertarian message appealing, although many in that party will have to look the other way on issues like abortion, national defense and recreational drug use.
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But whereas in the geriatric West recreational drug use is falling and many night clubs are closing, in Africa's capitals it appears to be growing, both among the new middle class and the poor.
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He suggests that the scare story in "Go Ask Alice" contributed to the launching of the war on drugs, which led to the crackdown on recreational-drug sales and produced a wave of incarcerations.
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One frontrunner, Michael Gove, has seen his leadership bid hit by revelations about past cocaine use, leading to increased scrutiny on all the candidates, with some admitting to recreational drug use during their university years.
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Still, it's more popular as a recreational drug in the UK and southeast Asia than it is in the US. Ketamine is now also being used to treat depression, OCD, and other mental health conditions.
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He passed away at North Devon District Hospital early on Saturday morning, May 27, after allegedly taking a recreational drug at a venue in the resort town of Ilfracombe, on the Southeast coast of England.
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Each of the 33 baseline studies identified large numbers of SNPs that had positive or negative effects on a particular trait: extroversion, heart disease, height, body fat, age at menopause, recreational drug use and so on.
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On Weediquette, we cover a lot of different stories—stories about medicine and recreational drug use—and this story is about how pot has always made it easy for law enforcement to go after vulnerable communities.
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And they have locked us into a regulatory system in which no recreational drug that wasn't favored by or known to 19th century colonialists—regardless of whether it does anyone any harm—can ever be approved.
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Voters in Denver, a city at the forefront of the widening national debate over legalizing marijuana, will decide on Tuesday whether to be the first in the nation to effectively decriminalize another recreational drug: hallucinogenic mushrooms.
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But given ketamine's long-standing reputation as a recreational drug—so notorious that users talk about entering a "K-hole" after taking it—you might have some questions about what exactly makes the FDA-approved version different.
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But Karim Mostafi, a spokesman for the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, which oversees recreational drug policy in the Netherlands, said in an email that he could not comment on the legality of the show.
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As a 20-something techie in San Francisco, he's submerged in a work-hard play-hard environment, where recreational drug use is an accepted norm by people who are simultaneously obsessed with data, devices and their health.
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He cited Cosby's admission in a 2005 deposition that he had obtained Quaaludes, a sedative that was a popular recreational drug in the 1970s, intending to give them to young women in order to have sex with them.
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They want to escape the burdens of government oversight—taxation is theft, schools are government indoctrination camps, and recreational drug use is a victimless crime—but they must be careful to respect Mexico's own multilayered, often unspoken rules.
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The president's older brother, Fred Trump Jr., died of alcoholism-related complications in 1981, a death that the president has frequently cited as a reason why he does not drink and has not engaged in recreational drug use.
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Business executives, entrepreneurs, Ivy League students—pretty much anyone with some degree of wealth and status who desires it can get a prescription that allows them to engage in what would otherwise be labeled as recreational drug use.
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"Recreational drug users who cut or manipulate a fentanyl patch and ingest, inject or smoke a gel form of the drug should be aware that a fatal overdose can occur," York Regional Police adds in its press release.
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In the last four months the prolific Dutch producer has dropped two albums under two separate aliases, a new remix for Baba Stiltz, as well as a Cyberzine and DJ mix devoted to ambient music and recreational drug use.
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The following records flesh out his brutal new sound, all while Future gasps and gulps down lyrics that describe a life equal parts recovery from heartbreak, recreational drug use, and fraught anxiety over the traditional hip-hop fantasy life.
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But as the federal government slowly considers whether to loosen regulations, it will have to decide whether to treat it as a medicine a doctor can prescribe, or a recreational drug that anyone with the proper permit can sell.
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He ended up being banned from athletics for 18 months after a dope test showed traces of the recreational drug as his life went into such freefall that he felt he ended up only "five percent away" from death.
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"There's not a lot of funded positions around overdose prevention, especially among the recreational drug user crowd and those who go to EDM events," says Chloe Sage, who has been working at ANKORS' West Kootenay office for the last 12 years.
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It was a stark warning and a further sign from authorities around the US that the opioid crisis had reached a second threat level: that fentanyl had seeped out of the opioid world and into America's mainstream, recreational drug market.
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While shooting deaths are rare, alarm has been growing over crime in Amsterdam, a city of 800,000 people where recreational drug use has long been tolerated by law enforcement, creating an underworld of dealers and suppliers that sometimes fuels violence.
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On Saturday, the Moscow police formally charged him with attempting to sell a "large amount" of drugs including mephedrone, a recreational drug and cocaine, Pavel Chikov, the head of Agora, the nongovernmental organization providing his legal representation, wrote on Telegram.
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His lawyers say that prosecutors are ignoring that quaaludes were once a popular recreational drug known for their capacity to create sexual arousal — "disco biscuits," his lawyers labeled them in court papers years ago — and not a date rape drug.
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"If you compare male and female pain patients or cannabis-dependent users, any sex differences you find may be confounded by environmental factors such as social influences on medical or recreational drug use," says Tom Freeman, senior academic fellow at King's College London.
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Two substances, MDMA (the recreational drug most commonly known as Molly or ecstasy), and the psilocybin (the psychedelic substance) in magic mushrooms, share similar therapeutic traits, says Ben Sessa, a clinical psychiatrist who has researched the two substances at Imperial College, London.
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And they resemble the changes seen in people who take ketamine, an anesthetic and recreational drug that has been retooled in recent years as a fast-acting, if still experimental, antidepressant that some research has found can quickly tamp down suicidal thoughts.
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At least, this assumption, dating from the 1950s, has led to the approval of generations of antidepressants, from the first tricyclic compounds like imipramine (Tofranil) through Prozac and its successors to the newest chemical hope on the block, the recreational drug ketamine.
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Boutheîna El Alouadi, 24, a Tunisian rapper and breakdancer known by her stage name Medusa, seemed more optimistic about the new law's potential to ease the burden on recreational drug users, particularly a provision that offers community service as an alternative to prison.
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In the hairdresser&aposs case, her doctors believe toxic chemicals in the hair treatments she was preparing caused her methemoglobinemia, since she didn&apost have a history of recreational drug use or any recent exposure to antibiotics, two other classic causes of methemoglobinemia.
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Across the country, not-for-profit groups that often cater to recreational drug users—such as Toronto's TRIP, Montreal's GRIP, and AIDS Network Outreach and Support Society (ANKORS) in the southeast region of BC—still seek alternate sources even after receiving public health funding.
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"It likely reflects some contributions from at least two factors: one is increasing potency of opioid supply with a spike in illicit fentanyl in recent years," LaRochelle said by email, referring to a fast-acting, highly potent prescription opioid that's become a common recreational drug.
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Reunited by a mysterious package after a long estrangement, Harold and Kumar, those kings of recreational drug use played by John Cho and Kal Penn, search New York for the perfect Christmas tree after Kumar accidentally destroys the decorations of Harold's father-in-law.
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According to the 2017 Global Drug Survey, mushrooms are the safest recreational drug to use and those who take them are the most sensible and prepared out of all drug users, but using them can result in bad trips for some people, particularly those with psychosis.
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Exaggerating the presence of fentanyl within the country's hugely widespread recreational drug scene may be a well-meaning strategy for health agencies, or a way of trying to reduce the public's demand for drugs by the police, but ultimately it could hinder more than it helps.
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Breaking from the cycle of depression isn't as easy as recognizing the symptoms, but includes diligent work, which Rue, by rejecting recreational drug use and opting for SSRI intervention, has to figure out after literally sitting with it for a long—and unglamorized—time with her illness.
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But they can tell us this: Amphetamine, amphetamine derivatives (like MDMA), and synthetic molecules are incredibly stable and resistant to degradation, says study author Fernando Caudevilla, aka DoctorX, an illicit drugs expert heavily involved in Energy Control, an international project dedicated to recreational drug use safety.
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Despite its cannabis origins, CBD is not marketed as a recreational drug, but almost as its opposite: as a corrective to the ill effects of alcohol and even marijuana itself, which makes it catnip for hard-charging professionals who need to be fresh for a 7 a.m.
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And although recreational drug use is not encouraged during breastfeeding, Kraft said there may be situations in which a mother may breastfeed while on medically prescribed stimulants,"if there is compelling reason to do so for the health and well being of the mother," he said.
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It&aposs such a problem that Blue Cross Blue Shield defined mental health as millennials&apos "health shock" in a recent report — and compared its effects to those the Vietnam War, recreational drug use, and the AIDS epidemic had on previous generations of the same age.
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Based on interviews with 47 Tunisians, the HRW report describes arbitrary searches of homes, overcrowded prisons where recreational drug users are packed into cells with dozens or hundreds of hardened criminals, and young Tunisians being beaten by police if they are even suspected of smoking zatla, or marijuana.
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But many of the people dying of fentanyl overdoses don't even realize that's what they're taking, according to health authorities and cops who are warning recreational drug users that they're at risk of dying when they take drugs like oxycodone, ecstasy, heroin, MDMA, and cocaine, all of which could be laced with fentanyl.
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A federal judge in 2015 released excerpts from a deposition Cosby gave in Constand's civil case in which Cosby acknowledged having obtained Quaaludes, the brand name for a sedative widely abused as a recreational drug in the 1970s, with the intent of giving the pills to young women in order to have sex with them.
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This article is in no way a advocating for the misuse or abuse of marijuana as a recreational drug, but an attempt to voice the concerns of some of the great men who have lost their lives and left their families without loving fathers following horrible health issues — everything from head trauma to widespread painkiller abuse.
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More infamously, in smaller doses, it can also be used as a trance-inducing and hallucinogenic recreational drug, with colorful nicknames like Special K or Vitamin K. But starting in the 2000s, researchers began finding evidence that very small doses of ketamine could also help people with depression and suicidal thoughts—and in a different way than how other antidepressants work.
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They did not want the rapid societal change of the 1950s and 1960s that included the Supreme Court–ordered school integration, the civil rights movement, and the rising political power of black people, as well as the social unrest brought on by protests against the Vietnam War, recreational drug use, and a women's movement that championed sexual liberation and the increasing use of birth control pills.
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While it's fun to wonder whether or not a generation really is defining itself with a high that makes you feel as if your head is bonging around in a thunder drum for a few seconds, the relentless publicity of laughing gas as a recreational drug is a minor hindrance for Ravi Das, a neuroscientist at University College London who has uncovered an extremely serious use for it.
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In a way, this is a kind of golden age for the aspiring recreational drug user: putting aside the public health consequences of a market flooded with mass-produced speed, painkillers and anti-anxiety meds, and putting aside as well the cost (in terms of cartel violence, punitive War on Drugs sentencing measures, etc.) of our country's readily accessible store of coke, heroin, MDMA, weed, and experimental Chinese research chemicals, the fact remains that there are more options out there than ever for those who're looking to get (responsibly!) fucked up.
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