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If that were true, I'd expect gabapentin, which is a GABA analogue, to be far more popular. I'm guessing it isn't as simple as that though.


It is popular. The street name for gabapentin and Pregabalin is “Bud”. It is addictive.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3404313/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/gyz49y/the-strange-drug-kill...

GABA analogues are just metabolized a lot in the gut and do not get into the brain as easily as triggering the release via dopamine and serotonin agonists.


Beer is Bud.

Cannabis is Bud.

Now pills are Bud?!?!?

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot…





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