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(DIR) Post #AVxvTKRU2O4jBLNCQC by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-05-24T02:09:45Z
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People are being poisoned at unprecedented levels by a drug that's sold over the counter. Surely this harmful drug should be illegal, and people imprisoned if they are in possession of if, even for personal use. Some irresponsible parents even store it so unsafely that their kids get hold of it.Won't somebody think of the children? </sarcasm>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/revealed-the-most-common-substance-in-nz-accidental-poisonings/2DOP5LTCJZGKNDJEHNPNCXLVKU/#drugs #DrugLawReform
(DIR) Post #AVy2tIQ6sTsC7Q3mZU by screwtape@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-24T03:32:49Z
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@strypey
(DIR) Post #AVy31i5bK9dC2yTm4m by datalinkdroid@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-24T03:34:24Z
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@strypey I thought this was going to be about sugar.
(DIR) Post #AVy9PcAbaCRCMbbMiO by mr_sterile@mastodon.nz
2023-05-24T04:45:50Z
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@strypey I often think maybe it would be best if it were only available perscription only still. It's an ugly way to OD if you don't get help in time... something like 8 hours
(DIR) Post #AVyGWIRzzsbauXs34S by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-05-24T06:05:37Z
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@datalinkdroid> I thought this was going to be about sugarIt's like you know me better than I know myself... ; )
(DIR) Post #AVyGmAC4SoXXw5zDrE by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-05-24T06:08:30Z
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@mr_sterile> It's an ugly way to ODMany years ago I had to spend hours sitting in hospital watching a friend drink charcoal paste, after he tried to go out like that :/
(DIR) Post #AVytxMMtR51V5nNVdQ by prabirkc@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-05-24T13:27:27Z
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@strypey You can hardly ban Paracetamol. But you can control the amounts given to children. And sometimes syrups have contaminants- so I do not really suggest syrups as a solution
(DIR) Post #AVzoAkkfgVJhukSn44 by prabirkc@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-05-24T13:31:41Z
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@strypey For older adults care is needed. But it may be difficult to restrict the number around for those trying to poison themselves. Even if you make it prescription only and use child safe containers. Any adult who wants can keep getting prescriptions and build up a stock
(DIR) Post #AVzoAliw4RWSveeuzw by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-05-24T23:57:24Z
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@prabirkcI think you missed the </sarcasm> tag ; )
(DIR) Post #AW14z27VB1ZcgW6E0u by prabirkc@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-05-25T14:40:25Z
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@strypey Oh! 🐸
(DIR) Post #AW1p0brUN4iliVIbz6 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-05-25T23:16:12Z
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@prabirkcThere's probably some culturally-specific subtext to that post that won't be obvious to everyone. It's indirectly criticizing the prohibition of recreational drugs like cannabis. Paracetamol can kill you, but it's sold over the counter in potentially toxic quantities, with no limit of how much you can buy. Cannabis is much less dangerous, but the only legal way to buy it in Aotearoa is as a highly restricted prescription medicine (and before 2020, not even that was available).
(DIR) Post #AW4aIZENyVmOvqzf8q by prabirkc@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-05-27T07:15:21Z
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@strypey certainly missed that. You are correct imho. Of course ganja is rather easy to find here. And only recently read a news item that said it was agreed in one state that it could be used in the incense at temples but not handed out to devotees