POTENT-ially Danger-US  ***

“Halo!” Me again (see 10/11 for different spelling, similar UK? affect)

Blackouts - Also experienced as power outages, our increasing reliance on so-called power plants, (e.g. "canna-bliss") which come at the most inconvenient times, but not without warnings, cautions...

Liable..."Can cause drowsiness, among other temporary, conditions..." So say the product liable-lists out there...obligating those peddling all this stuff...of unproven value...warnings that are printed in plain sight (assuming strength of readers) on the container (as in our bods, will bio-degrade, after the contents are consumed)...and in plain English, Spanish, Greek (thus, the fine print to make sure all are covered)...

Caveat Empty: A good clause, giving pause...Depending on amounts ingested, the resulting blood concentration, respective half-life could, especially if combined with another compound that increases the potency of the first…cut yours, in half…

Taking hold, getting old: As in a condition that in any subcategory of health care, considered an insidious process ("subtle, gradual in onset, but nonetheless harm-full") once it gets inside you and us all-together. A substance that, depending on how sub-stantial the amounts, in addition to not being “healthy for pregnant women” and those considering such a dramatic change of life, regular ingestion of tobacco products in any form along various forms of THC (“whacky tobacky”), especially if consumed with ETOH, can age one, and all prematurely, result in premature...births. And speed what's termed "normal aging" -- in shortened form -- senescence, which proceeds, if not properly attended to, premature...mortality...  

Capping it all off: What we now, come to find, in the form of what initially was called "child proof" -- just in case, those under the influence didn't bother to "keep out of reach of children". Are also experienced by the most experienced, also known as the most veteran among U.S. -- "senior proof" -- targeted at the group who, despite all their experience, through no fault of their own, may forget on occasion, otherwise not have on their readers, when combined with just a touch of arthritis, may find these "newfangled" med containers a bit difficult to "uncork"  (as in a string of Xpletives)... 

Clear the airways: First and last...as in basic First Aid…the first thing newborns experience in order to get out their first scream...and the last thing we hear before they put us under, for various procedures. Sounds like a logical approach and while at it, can we clear the air of all this mist in our midst, that seems to be carrying a dis-stink-tive smell of skunk, into my house, up my nose, making me lightheaded…

US 2! As 222-1222...the 1-800 hotline for Poison Control, which is likely to be getting super-hot these daze...given the amounts of UGH-noxious stuff, calling for "free, expert, confidential advice for poisonings of any kind..." Which can more easily result from combinations of ingestions of what first appeared to be harm-less, one which may, in chemical and health language, come to help...to enhance the action of the other...

POTENT-iate: It's not too late…

***My first official exposure to this term was during our son’s first wrestling match, when the official  interrupted, put the match on pause, in order to untangle arms and legs that were precariously placed, potentially…a condition I came to encounter many times sense, across domains...