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Young People Are Tripping on Benadryl–and It's Always a Bad Time

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substance abuse

youth culture

health risks

The article discusses the trend of young people misusing Benadryl for its hallucinogenic effects, highlighting the associated health risks, and the HN discussion points to an archived version of the article.

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chasing0entropy
7h ago
When I was younger I used to get into these articles talking about a TikTok, Facebook, or myspace(lol) group with 27 members an ambitious author found while intentionally searching for it. There are a zillion "xxxx challenges", to imply there's a pandemic of Benadryl abusing kids roaming Walmart to pocket bottles of pills in search of scary hallucinations is ridiculous. 1. Stronger drugs are easier to get around the back side of most Walmarts. 2. The whack a mole banning drugs "for the children!" is dumb. A handful of Ibprofin and a certain otc laxative taken at the same time will make you hallucinate also. Ban those and kids will just ask reddit for another combo to trip on.
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