FILE 01Nicotine
Severe
Nicotine
vapes · e-cigs · pods · pouches
Legal and everywhere, and one of the hardest habits to shake once it starts.
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CH1 · DOPAMINE
01Alcohol
0%
of Gen-Z binge drank in the past year
29%regularly down 6+ drinks in one sitting
02Other drugs
0%
had used cannabis by age 23
32%had tried cocaine, ketamine or ecstasy
+ the hitdepletion~90d recalibrate
01NICOTINE
What nicotine actually costs you.
Four numbers on nicotine. Every one is sourced, so you can check it yourself.
01Latency
~0s
to reach your brain
Inhaled nicotine reaches the brain in roughly ten seconds. That speed is a big reason it's so easy to get dependent on.
02Prevalence
0.0%
of US high schoolers vaped in 2024
That's down from more than five million teens in 2019, though vaping is still the tobacco product teens use most.
03Onset
1–2d
for some teens to lose control
Some of the most at-risk teens report losing control over their use within a day or two of first trying it.
04Cost / yr
$0
spent on vaping in a year
Roughly what a disposable every two days adds up to, at about ten dollars each.
EST · run your real numbers in the calculator
03THE DATABASE
↳ open full database →Harm Reduction Database
Source-cited profiles of the substances people actually run into. Each one covers the effects, the risks, the money, and how to lower the harm if you use.
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FILE 06Empathogen
Moderate
MDMA
molly · ecstasy
Profile in progress. Serotonin surge, comedown, and spacing.
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