Do I quit for good?

[Cookie2]

Hi guys!  So I hope this question isn't too controversial.  I've been searching the web endlessly with very little results.

I've been diagnosed as celiac very recently.  I know that gluten in even the smallest amounts is harmful once you go gluten free, though up until this point I've had very few symptoms.  However, I have a friend who claims to be celiac for the past nine years (she's never been formally diagnosed so I don't know), and every weekend, her and her bf do a lot of cocaine.  When I go over to their place I will do a very small amount about once or twice a year.

I went to a website that tests street drugs and spits back what's actually in them.  I found cocaine is often cut with glutamine (but I imagine they're using l-glutamine since it's more available, which is apparently safe?) and the one that really got me was 'unknown carbohydrate'.  Now this could mean anything, right?  It could be a wheat carbohydrate or a vegetable carbohydrate?  

So my question is -- do I give up my once, twice a year indulgence?  Is 'unknown carbohydrate' and 'glutamine' too risky?  My friend who claims to be celiac never gets 'glutened' by cocaine but then again, I don't know if she's actually celiac as she's never actually been formally diagnosed.  Do I warn her of what she's putting into her body?  I'm fine if I can never touch it again... I've had my fun, but I really want to know.

I would appreciate any and all insight.  Thank you!

[Scott Adams]

Pure glutamine is an amino acid that is considered gluten-free, and safe for celiacs. Of course there could be other ingredients in there that aren't safe, as there is no regulation on the ingredients used in illegal drugs.

[Call me Sammy]

“So my question is -- do I give up my once, twice a year indulgence?”

100% YES.

But not because of the potential that it may contain gluten, but because it could contain FENTANYL, a synthetic opioid that can be 50-100 times more potent than the opiate MORPHINE. (FYI: Heroin is another drug known to be laced with fentanyl.) What this means is that despite ingesting a “reasonable” amount of cocaine during one of these once- or twice-yearly “indulgences,” you could suffer a fatal overdose (in other words, you could die) from the substance used to cut the cocaine, which in this case would be fentanyl. 

 

 

[Ivana]

On 11/5/2021 at 7:26 PM, Cookie2 said:

Do I warn her of what she's putting into her body?

I think that for your friend the issue of possible gluten traces in cocaine (if she is a celiac), is minor compared to the issue of her regular indulgence in cocaine. If we speak of warnings 🙂