Illustration: Ryan Heshka

Freaky high warning: Lately we've been running into lunatics who take Ambien sleeping pills and try hard to stay awake. "It's a dreamlike sort of high," says Josh, 30, from New Jersey. "I usually take twice the recommended amount, then have a coffee or Red Bull to fight off sleepiness. But the first time I did it, I took more than that, went to a bar, and I kept asking to touch people's hair — there was nothing more fascinating than hair. This is what my friends tell me because I didn't remember any of it." Hey, not exactly the euphoria we chase, but to each his or her own.

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