I taught a science fiction class in the 1970s. The story is in a collection printed by Scholastic books. A guy is allergic to gum that everyone chews to get high on.
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I found a short story that matches this theme: “What to do Until the Analyst Comes” by Frederik Pohl. Perhaps it was in an anthology?