yes. by staying in europe

when you stub your toe you get heroin

anti homeless bench with an ad on it, one of the most American things I have ever seen

that very much depends on your country. here in the Netherlands every supermarket/pharmacy sells them, and they usually have them at school/office administration desks for free.

in France however, paracetamol isn’t even otc 😭😭

yes, but if i know i broke my finger, and it has a cast around it, why should it keep hurting???

back in the ooga booga days there weren’t any casts, so it’s pretty logical that it shouldn’t keep hurting, but if I already know i broke my finger and can’t move it, I think it’s okay to use pain killers to stop the pain.

yes. Pain killers (if you take way too many) can be incredibly bad for your liver, and (while almost impossible with paracetamol and ibuprofen) you can become ‘immune’ to them, making them work less/not at all.