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		burnished on May 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Heavy marijuana use increases schizophrenia in men... That analogy doesn't quite fit because as alcohol increases in purity it reaches a point where it starts to damage tissues it comes into contact with. A better example would be 4loko when it introduced caffeine, which is contrary to the point you were trying to make.

callalex on May 4, 2023 [–]

The equivalent to your example would be gummies with added caffeine content to counteract the sleepy effects, which was the same reason 4loko did it. The Everclear example still stands.

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