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Reminds me of the guide book we had in the army, for the company duty officer. (Which is only a title, it's never done by actual officers but by privates and perhaps corporals, just busy work essentially journaling who comes and goes.)
The was a part on "how to recognise drug users" then the vaguest shit imaginable like eating lots of candy and being pleasant to people, something along those lines.
As a former addict with tons of addict friends, the candy part is spot on. Not sure why but addicts consume a lot of candy
People doing lots of drugs are probably trying to escape from something or otherwise self-medicate without realizing it (unless they're "psychonauts", and even then, they might still be running from something). I dunno about you, but eating candy makes me feel good (yanno, until it doesn't). Makes the pain go away.
Just something I've been thinking about after recently discovering the "trans people love weed" stereotype. As a trans person who loves weed, why? Well, it's less dangerous than heroin or alcohol but still numbs the existential pain of being trapped in a body that doesn't feel like it fits. I figure most people who consume drugs habitually probably do the same.
Very much this. I eat sweets mostly not because I like the taste, although sometimes it is, but because it helps feel somewhat better when everything is depressing