Recently, on a segment with Anderson Cooper on CNN that aired one week into the overall excitement after legal adult cannabis sales had started in Colorado, famed addiction medicine specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky expressed shock about the oft-cited figure that 1 in 11 people who ever use cannabis becomes dependent.
Have you ever had stomach upset and then taken some Pepto-Bismol or Kaopectate? Maybe you felt better, but that day or the day after, something really weird happened. The next time you had a bowel movement, your stool was black or even maybe it was even green. Taking these medications can have this effect. It is caused by the active ingredient - bismuth subsalicylate.
You may be thinking youâve eaten something strange, or that you are having an allergic reaction! This is actually not a rare side effect of Pepto Bismol however â read on to find out why your tongue is black!