The Josh Innes Show - Random Drug Talk

Episode Date: March 19, 2026

This conversation starts with me talking about my new found need for coffee. Somehow, it ends up a discussion about Big Pharma... I don't know.... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Many promotions are available both in-store and online, though some may vary. All right, welcome in. it is all up in this. I drink too much coffee now. And I only have like two cups of coffee a day, but it really just like it does not do well for my stomach. I don't even know if it helps me. Like there are moments where I'm like, I have a coffee and I'm like, okay, I'm zooming right now. Like I'm straight up zooming. But most of the time I just drink coffee and feel like shit. And from what I understand, it actually makes my, it actually hurts my vocal issues. Like part of the reason I become horse, like when I have hoarseness as an issue, apparently coffee is a part of that.

Caffeine is a part of that. I don't want to drink coffee, but I almost do it out of boredom because it's here and there's a kier. So I go in there and I put the little K-Pod in there and get the hot water and then, you know, then put a little cream in it and then boom, I got myself a coffee and I don't even think I like coffee. All I know is that like my insides feel, I've had a horrible food stretch the last three days. Now going on four. First off, let me play a couple commercials and we'll continue. Yeah, I've had a rough go because, you know, dating back to Monday, Monday we go to our favorite tie place. It's called Pies Thai, and I get the Pad Sea-U and it's wonderful. I get it medium heat because if you get it any higher than that, you might as well be

dead. It's already spicy to the point that I'm in tears when I eat it, but I like the pain. So I had that. And then Tuesday was St. Patrick's Day. So I drank a fuck ton of Guinness and stouts and stuff, which I guess also wasn't great for my tumbling. So actually, so Jilly needed to eat before going to the dentist because she got some sort of deep cleaning or some shit. So she got the Thai food again for lunch. So super spicy for lunch. Then you mix in the fact that I had a whole bunch of stouts and shit. And then I ate two corn beef sandwiches at this appearance. I mean, I got my ass handed to me. Then yesterday I'm just feeling awful. Then I drink all this coffee.

I know you have your own issues. But my insides don't feel great. But yet I can't stop drinking it. I don't even think it helps. Maybe that's the bad part is that it's gotten to a point where I'm so used to drinking the shit now. Like I never drank coffee before. And I've done mornings now off and on for the last decade. I've done mornings dating back to July, I guess, 2017.

Dating back to 2017, basically every radio shift I've done outside of the shift in St. Louis was a morning shift. Never really drank coffee. Didn't drink coffee really in Nashville. Any of that. Now all I do, I think out of boredom, I just drink coffee. And I feel like shit. Like, I'm not even feeling like I'm getting the real benefit of the coffee. Like, I'm not jazzed up. I have no extra energy. I don't want to run through a fucking wall. You know, it's like that time I tried to take Adderall. Well, actually, the time I tried to take Adderall. Well, actually, the time I tried to take Adderall was in Philadelphia. And just to show you how big of a scam like medicine and shit is, I went to see this doctor.

I forgot his name, nice Jewish man. And I forgot his name, younger Jewish guy. Don't remember his name for the life of me. But he had an office in Center City, Philadelphia. I might have been Center City. It was somewhere around there. And very nice guy. And I had convinced him that I had ADD.

I'm like, I can't focus and it's impacting my job. But I'd like to try Adderall, please. I think Adderall could really help me because I just can't focus. My mind is off in space. My mind wanders and I'm off in space and I just need to be able to focus. Can you help me focus? My man prescribes me Adderall. And I'm like, hell yeah.

Now it's on. This is going to get me laser focused. I'm going to be locked in. And if I'm not laser focused and locked in on radio, I'll be able to bob home runs because it's a performance-enhancing drug and I will be focused. So I took this shit one time And I remember when I was it because it was a Tuesday Because I was going to the Borgata To do a show at the Borgata

And I took Adderall for this Just to kind of see it was like Adderall I think it was Adderall Something that's you know Adderall like And I took this Adderall And I'm like fucking I took it on the way over there And like I can just feel myself just getting like I wasn't even zoned in

Like I didn't feel like I had I didn't feel like I was like laser focused on anything. I felt like I was just kind of like high, but in like, like I was zooming. You know, like I'm trying to describe what the Adderall made me feel like. And maybe it would have been different had I kept taking it, but I took it one time. So it would make sense that you take something one time. It could have some sort of ill effect. But then I never took it again.

But I took it this one time and I'm on the air and I'm just like, woo. But it's not like it was good that like my brain was focused on something. I was just hopped up. Like I felt like, I mean, I was on speed. That's essentially what Adderall is, right? It's speed. So I was basically on speed. I was like Jesse Spano, saved by the bell.

I'm so excited. I'm so excited. I'm so scared. I just remember doing that show, like just talking 9,000 miles an hour. And I'm like, I don't know that this is the intended effect of the Adderall. I thought the Adderall was supposed to get me hyper-focused on what I'm doing that had me wandering off in space. It really is amazing how you can just

get shit from doctors. Like these doctors do not give a fuck. Other than Dr. Butface in St. Louis who wouldn't give me the Manjaro. I'm like, dude, I have type 2 diabetes. I just need the Manjaro. This guy would give me everything else. He gave me some pills for like what he

thought was like hyperactive adrenal glance. I got all sorts of pills from this fucking guy. But he would not give me the Manjaro. I'm like, I just want Manjaro. I just want to lose weight. I don't care that I'm doing. He's like, well, you know, you're not doing it the right way. I'm like, I don't give a fuck, pal. Do you tell that to people when they have like, like, crippling depression and they have to take, you know, a Xanax or something? Are you like, listen, you should try to

fight through this depression on your own? You're like, no, I'm going to take the fucking Xanax. Do you tell them that? No, but with the Monjaro, you just wouldn't give me the Mujaro. And I remember the line he used. I'm sure I've told you guys this before. But he goes, he wouldn't give me Mujaro. And I was desperate because I'd seen my boss just lose all this fucking weight. And I'm like, I want to be on Manjaro like yesterday. And he's like, no, you probably shouldn't. And I'm like, well, I want it.

And he's like, well, you know what you could do is just go out and buy crack from the person outside. It'd be about the same thing. I'm like, you eat shit. Eat shit, Dr. Buttface. So I went back to my boss. And I'm like, who's your doctor? And he gave me the guy's name.

And this guy, maybe the jankiest human that's ever walked the face. of the earth. He had like three different office buildings. He bounced from office building to office building. The one I went in like, dude had like a fish tank, but it was empty. There was water, but no fish. And it was like tons of algae and shit just floating in this fish tank. No fish at all. Like the lady didn't even have me on like the list for an appointment. I go in, I go through all the blood work. I sit down with this guy and he's like, oh, like, while I kept coughing and shit. He was clearly sick. And he goes, all right, so what do you think you need?

I'm like, Manjaro? He goes, good. What do you want? Like, how high you want to go? You want to go the highest? I'm like, yeah? It's like, good. Well, first, I think he put me on like 10 or something.

Like, we worked our way up. You know, I want something to look forward to. But, like, dude, it's amazing. Like, the medical field is so beyond fucked up that you can just walk in and be like, hey, I think I need Manjaro and the doctor's like you know better than I do All right get this guy Manjaro

And then when I'd have to call and make an appointment I'd get sent to I'd be like outsourced somewhere Like I'd be talking to some guy like in Bangladesh I'm like bro I'm just looking to make an appointment in St. Charles Missouri Like who are you And like why am I calling somebody

at like a call center in Bangladesh But yeah, the medical field is wild in that way because, like, I know somebody who's in the medical field. And when I hear some of the shit that this person does, I'm like, you realize that, like, that's not the way this should work. Like, you should not get bonuses based on the, like, I've talked to these medical people. And they're like, oh, yeah, like, I get bonus, you know, based on, you know, like, you know, from some of these pharmaceutical places based on how much of their drug I prescribe. And I'm like, how the fuck is that right? Like, what if these people don't need this shit? Like, obviously, I needed Manjaro.

I had type 2 diabetes. And now I've lost weight and I feel wonderful. So I needed it. But not all the time do people need this shit. So you mean to tell me you make money based on the fact that someone comes in and says, hey, I think I need this. Like, how do I know that you're prescribing me this because I need it? Or you're just trying to make a buck. And I'm obviously not explaining something you don't already know.

That's how, like, the opioid crisis started. You know, you'd start getting in with some of these, you know, these, you know, these, what was it, oxy cotton. And these doctors would get in bed with oxy cotton and start, you know, prescribing shit to people who didn't need oxy cotton. It was going to get them highly addicted. And then before you know, those people can't get high off that anymore, they're doing fucking crack and meth and everything else.

But all these doctors were getting the kickbacks from it. They're getting bonuses and shit from, you know, big pharma and shit. Like, how do we trust anybody? How do we as people trust anybody? How do we trust the insurance? Why is insurance so fucking much? You know, why is insurance so much? Why is auto insurance so much?

How do we trust people? But particularly if you, the medical field is the one that's the most fascinating. The prescription drug field is the one that's the most fascinating. Because I went to a dentist. So I was going to a dentist at one point many, many years ago. And like I might have gotten a cleaning or something. Doctor literally goes, hey, do your teeth hurt? I'm like, yeah, I guess a little bit.

He's like, you want some pain pills for that? And I'm like, yes. I think I would. And I'm prescribed hydrocodone for that shit. Not like a high-end aspirin. Not like, hey, here's some, you know, whatever. No, it's not an ibuprofen, you know, extra strength, 800 milligram tablet. This dude prescribed me hydrocodone because I got a teeth cleaning.

And then every time I would go back, I was like, ow. And be like, yep, think you need some more hydrocodone, pal. Like, I was just stocked with hydrocodone. Now, fortunately for me, and I guess this is a hashtag blessed situation, while, yes, I have my vices, most notably my vice would be gambling and it's cost me a whole shit ton of money. And if I could, you know, go talk to the kids at the schools, I'd probably tell them, you know, don't get involved in this racket because I could probably still have a lot of money if not for the fact that, you know, I'm a degenerate that's set tons of money on fire gambling. But, you know, if I could tell the kids that, I'd say, hey, don't do as I do, do as I say. Don't gamble, you know? But that's probably my biggest vice that's cost me the most money, right?

I mean, it's not probably it is. You know, like, I'm fortunate in that, like, I like, I like, I like, I like, I like, I'd like tomorrow they were like, don't drink beer ever again. I'd probably be like, okay, like, I don't have to. Like, I don't wake up every day needing alcohol. I don't wake up every day needing to drink wine or something. I'm not like, you know, Eddie Van Halen walking around backstage with just a full bottle of wine all day. Like, I'm not someone that's addicted to alcohol.

I'm not addicted to foods. I'm not addicted to cigarettes. I'm not addicted to coffee. I'm not addicted to nicotine. I'm not addicted to caffeine or any of this shit. Obviously, gambling is a very bad vice for me. And it's been bad for me for the most part. But getting ready for a game means being ready.

ready for anything, like packing a spare stick. I like to be prepared. That's why I remember, 988, Canada's suicide crisis helpline. It's good to know, just in case. Anyone can call or text for free confidential support from a train responder anytime. 988 suicide crisis helpline is funded by the government in Canada.