We should have mandatory drug testing for TD’s and Senators.
Is this a new policy to be implemented? I suppose it would get people back to the office
One of the perks of remote working is being able to take it in peace
Many small one’s too, now don’t be thinking it’s not in every walk of life in every social group. Just like cannabis, just like drink, coffee and tea, not to mention the prescription ones, uppers, downers, mood stabilisers.
Many folk medicating themselves or being medicated by others. Wonder what’s wrong.
Its literally everywhere. You can get cocoaine faster than ordering pizza nowadays. And I’m not just talking about Dublin either, it’s insanely easy to get coke delivered to you anytime, day or night.
I can’t open the article. Are we meant to be doing it work too??
Why are people in small workplaces being discriminated against?!
Government: Ok hands up everyone who hasn’t taken cocaine?
Public:………………..
Government: sorry if you didn’t hear me correctly put your hands up if you HAVEN’T taken cocaine.
Public: We understood you the first time.
Great idea
Now that’s an election promise I can get behind.
I thought power was his drug 🤔
Have you experienced the average corporate environment? You’d have to be on drugs.
Productivity through the roof lads!
You are in pain
Take your life, take your life with cocaine
But I am who I am
So I do what I can, when I can
But I can’t really do a damn thing!
So fine this day
All your problems has gone away
But tomorrow, when you wake up
All your problems are back to stay
Your life, a game
Turn it up, turn it up with cocaine
And everytime that you live is a time when you feel
And the only time you heal
🎵🎵🎶
Including the Dail
Cocaine is a helluva drug
One of my first jobs in the film industry as a trainee was when I came on the truck in the morning was to have lines and cold beers ready for the team before they started.
Alan I’m all over the coke Kelly….
These articles make me feel like im either doing too much cocaine, or everybody else is doing way more than me.
I’ve only taken cocaine twice.
The entire banking industry runs on it sure
I have controversial opinions on this I know, but I’ll say it yet again: I *strongly* suspect that the prevalence of “recreational” use of illegal stimulants in Ireland specifically is gigantically correlated with (a) high rates of undiagnosed ADHD or depression due to massive barriers and waiting lists for assessment, and (b) the fact that the mainstream antidepressants carry the not-often-talked-about side effect of ruining sex, making people likely to give up on taking them after a few months and seek out alternatives.
Just my two cents. The former problem could be resolved if GPs were allowed to dispense ADHD medication rather than having to refer patients to massively oversubscribed clinical psychiatrists with waiting lists sometimes up to several years (not their fault, they’re working as hard as they can, there just aren’t enough of them for our population!). The latter could be resolved if newer antidepressants lacking the side effects of blocking natural euphoria and causing anorgasmia were more widely known about and prescribed – Deprynl (Selegeline / Emsam) and Buproprion (Wellbutrin) coming immediately to mind.
Obviously many people take drugs because they just want to be off their face. But many others take them, maybe even without realising they’re doing this, because they have an underlying neurochemical issue that needs treatment, and the recreational drugs which are far easier to access than prescription meds actually get the job done.
Cocaine’s mechanism of action is extremely similar to the most mainstream treatment for ADHD (methylphenidate), it differs only in its magnitude and rapid onset of action. How many people who take it on a daily basis in reality just have issues with their brain’s dopamine transporters and should have been diagnosed with ADHD as children?
I’ve always said the same thing about alcohol. Many people over-drink not because of culture, peer pressure, or physical dependence from alcoholism, but because they have issues with depression or anxiety which alcohol very effectively masks for a short time, without the side effects or significant barriers to treatment in terms of actual medication for those issues.
If anyone who is opposed to recreational drug use is really serious about ending it, I’d argue that addressing the widespread phenomenon of undiagnosed and/or untreated mental health issues and neurochemical illnesses should be the main priority. Trying to simply cut people off from their self-medication through criminalisation etc just isn’t going to work, if they truly do have issues that require medication based solutions and you don’t provide them with an easily accessed legitimate alternative. They’ll just fight harder and harder to get their drugs illegally regardless of the barriers you put in their way.
My boss gave me feedback that I was low energy on early morning client meetings and I needed to improve. I’d take a little bump before each meeting. I think he knew what was up because after about a week he’d have a 1 hour prep call where we sat together and he’d just give me coffee
Oh, no, not cocaine. God, what am I on about. No, what d’you call them. Raisins
Why is Alan Kelly making cocaine his cause celébre?
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We should have mandatory drug testing for TD’s and Senators.
Is this a new policy to be implemented? I suppose it would get people back to the office
One of the perks of remote working is being able to take it in peace
Many small one’s too, now don’t be thinking it’s not in every walk of life in every social group. Just like cannabis, just like drink, coffee and tea, not to mention the prescription ones, uppers, downers, mood stabilisers.
Many folk medicating themselves or being medicated by others. Wonder what’s wrong.
Its literally everywhere. You can get cocoaine faster than ordering pizza nowadays. And I’m not just talking about Dublin either, it’s insanely easy to get coke delivered to you anytime, day or night.
I can’t open the article. Are we meant to be doing it work too??
Why are people in small workplaces being discriminated against?!
Government: Ok hands up everyone who hasn’t taken cocaine?
Public:………………..
Government: sorry if you didn’t hear me correctly put your hands up if you HAVEN’T taken cocaine.
Public: We understood you the first time.
Great idea
Now that’s an election promise I can get behind.
I thought power was his drug 🤔
Have you experienced the average corporate environment? You’d have to be on drugs.
Productivity through the roof lads!
You are in pain
Take your life, take your life with cocaine
But I am who I am
So I do what I can, when I can
But I can’t really do a damn thing!
So fine this day
All your problems has gone away
But tomorrow, when you wake up
All your problems are back to stay
Your life, a game
Turn it up, turn it up with cocaine
And everytime that you live is a time when you feel
And the only time you heal
🎵🎵🎶
Including the Dail
Cocaine is a helluva drug
One of my first jobs in the film industry as a trainee was when I came on the truck in the morning was to have lines and cold beers ready for the team before they started.
Alan I’m all over the coke Kelly….
These articles make me feel like im either doing too much cocaine, or everybody else is doing way more than me.
I’ve only taken cocaine twice.
The entire banking industry runs on it sure
I have controversial opinions on this I know, but I’ll say it yet again: I *strongly* suspect that the prevalence of “recreational” use of illegal stimulants in Ireland specifically is gigantically correlated with (a) high rates of undiagnosed ADHD or depression due to massive barriers and waiting lists for assessment, and (b) the fact that the mainstream antidepressants carry the not-often-talked-about side effect of ruining sex, making people likely to give up on taking them after a few months and seek out alternatives.
Just my two cents. The former problem could be resolved if GPs were allowed to dispense ADHD medication rather than having to refer patients to massively oversubscribed clinical psychiatrists with waiting lists sometimes up to several years (not their fault, they’re working as hard as they can, there just aren’t enough of them for our population!). The latter could be resolved if newer antidepressants lacking the side effects of blocking natural euphoria and causing anorgasmia were more widely known about and prescribed – Deprynl (Selegeline / Emsam) and Buproprion (Wellbutrin) coming immediately to mind.
Obviously many people take drugs because they just want to be off their face. But many others take them, maybe even without realising they’re doing this, because they have an underlying neurochemical issue that needs treatment, and the recreational drugs which are far easier to access than prescription meds actually get the job done.
Cocaine’s mechanism of action is extremely similar to the most mainstream treatment for ADHD (methylphenidate), it differs only in its magnitude and rapid onset of action. How many people who take it on a daily basis in reality just have issues with their brain’s dopamine transporters and should have been diagnosed with ADHD as children?
I’ve always said the same thing about alcohol. Many people over-drink not because of culture, peer pressure, or physical dependence from alcoholism, but because they have issues with depression or anxiety which alcohol very effectively masks for a short time, without the side effects or significant barriers to treatment in terms of actual medication for those issues.
If anyone who is opposed to recreational drug use is really serious about ending it, I’d argue that addressing the widespread phenomenon of undiagnosed and/or untreated mental health issues and neurochemical illnesses should be the main priority. Trying to simply cut people off from their self-medication through criminalisation etc just isn’t going to work, if they truly do have issues that require medication based solutions and you don’t provide them with an easily accessed legitimate alternative. They’ll just fight harder and harder to get their drugs illegally regardless of the barriers you put in their way.
My boss gave me feedback that I was low energy on early morning client meetings and I needed to improve. I’d take a little bump before each meeting. I think he knew what was up because after about a week he’d have a 1 hour prep call where we sat together and he’d just give me coffee
Oh, no, not cocaine. God, what am I on about. No, what d’you call them. Raisins
Why is Alan Kelly making cocaine his cause celébre?
Just a bit random