# "illegal drug interactions" thread should not have been closed **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 7, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegal-drug-interactions-thread-should-not-have-been-closed/444338 "2008-04-07T17:02:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegal-drug-interactions-thread-should-not-have-been-closed/444338/1 "2008-04-07T17:02:14Z")
**Gfactor** , I would respectfully suggest that the thread on dangerous interactions between legal and illegal drugs should not have been closed. The FAQ on the Straight Dope Rules seems to indicate that a question about illegal/legal drug interactions would be okay. As originally posed by CK Dexter Haven: > [@](#): > > **You may discuss the effects of drugs,** but not where to obtain them. Limited discussion of past use of drugs is OK, but discussion of current use is not. Please include a disclaimer that the drug is illegal in the US. See: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7696990#post7696990](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7696990#post7696990) (Bolding mine). A question about drug interactions clearly seems to be a factual inquiry into the effect of a drug, not a question about how one obtains or uses an illegal substance. IANAM (I Am Not A Moderator), but it seems to be both within the letter of the rules, and something the mods should permit from a policy standpoint. I mean, if (hypothetically), taking Tylenol while using LSD makes your liver explode, and a Doper Doc knows that, don’t we _want_ the OP to know this? Drugs may or may not be “bad”, but I think we can all agree that knowledge about _especially_ dangerous uses of drugs is a good thing - and that’s all the OP is asking for. Please, please, please - reopen the drug interactions thread! (living at: [Anywhere to find out about medicine interactions with illegal drugs? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=462853)) ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegal-drug-interactions-thread-should-not-have-been-closed/444338/2 "2008-04-07T17:15:06Z")
I closed it based on this part of the rule that you quoted: > [@](#): > > Limited discussion of past use of drugs is OK, but **discussion of current use is not**. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7696990#post7696990](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7696990#post7696990) This sentence from the OP put it over the line, in my opinion: > [@](#): > > I just moved, and as it turns out one of the roommates has access to LSD, which is something I’ve always wanted to try. [Anywhere to find out about medicine interactions with illegal drugs? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=462853) Had the OP merely asked for sources of information about drug interactions with LSD, I would not have closed it. For that matter, if someone wants to start a new thread that asks questions about those interactions, I will not close it. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegal-drug-interactions-thread-should-not-have-been-closed/444338/3 "2008-04-07T17:21:46Z")
[QUOTE=Gfactor] I closed it based on this part of the rule that you quoted: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7696990#post7696990](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7696990#post7696990) This sentence from the OP put it over the line, in my opinion: [Anywhere to find out about medicine interactions with illegal drugs? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=462853) Had the OP merely asked for sources of information about drug interactions with LSD, I would not have closed it. For that matter, if someone wants to start a new thread that asks questions about those interactions, I will not close it. [/QUOTE] Fair enough - thanks, **Gfactor**. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegal-drug-interactions-thread-should-not-have-been-closed/444338/4 "2008-04-07T17:44:53Z")
Here is the new thread: [LSD interactions with legal/illegal drugs? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=462864)