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by kriskrunch 1832 days ago
I've known many users over the years, many OD while others decay over a few years.

One customer in particular used ketamine heavily. Due to a string of poor decisions, he was on federal probation and subjected to random drug tests.

He determined two drugs were not detectible by the tests at that time: ketamine and GHB. And he frequently consumed them. I remember him stumbling around my store, sipping caps of G every so often... sniffling behind tall pallets to suck up another key bump.

Over a year or so, he developed severe problems with his bladder, but wouldn't / couldn't stop his drug use, even after I broke it down to him plainly; "Bro, you are killing yourself."

From what I can tell, users don't keep track of doses, or much of anything. Their objectives are short term in nature: get high asap.

I suspect any such article that provides hard numbers like what you want will provide guestimates at best.

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So we can improve the data by regulating the supply chain, serving sizes, and points of sale

Doesnt seem to support enforcing varying levels of prohibition