Full luxury.

  • Dasus@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Lol because there’s no side effects / risks / addiction potential in sedatives/hypnotics?

    Mm, yes.

    I use weed and Ambien for sleep (not both all the time, but you get it) and while I Ambien suits me very well, I can see the abuse potential and know a lot of people who choose to avoid it due to all manner of behaviour. And very often nowadays, what is prescribes for slight insomnia is something like a small dose of seroquel, which is practically poison compared to weed. Originally it was meant only for the most severe manic schizophrenics and bipolar patients. Then they started pushing it “a little” and despite being fined for hundreds of millions for bad marketing practices, it’s still pushed a lot.

    “Take a sleeping pill”

    Why not cannabis? Smoking is unhealthy, yes, but herb vaporisers are pretty innocuous as delivery mechanisms.

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      7 months ago

      Sleeping pills last longer. Why get up and smoke when you could be asleep?

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        7 months ago

        If you wake up at 4 am and have to get up at 6.30, taking a hit and being able to go back to bed instantly and wake up in a few hours is much more practical than taking a sleeping pill, waiting 30 min for it to kick in and then not being able 2 hours later because the half-life of sleeping pills is at least 6 hours (for ambien) to 8-12 (imovane and most benzos) to 20+ hours (quetiapine, mirtazapine).

        So that’s why