give this a whirl

Author: shrams

src/commands/everyone/drug.js

@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ module.exports = class drugCommand extends commando.Command {
           deleteCommandMessages(msg);
           return msg.embed(createDrugEmbed(tripSit, result));
         }
+        else if (tripresult === 'Problem communicating with the TripSit API') {
+          deleteCommandMessages(msg);
+          return msg.say('Problem communicating with the TripSit API');
+        }
         deleteCommandMessages(msg);
         return msg.embed(createDrugEmbed(tripSit, result));
       });

src/commands/everyone/trip.js

@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ module.exports = class tripCommand extends commando.Command {
      if (!member.roles.cache.has(tripRole.id)) {
      let prettyName;
      getTripSitDrug(args.drugName).then(function(result){
+      if (result === 'Problem communicating with the TripSit API') {
+        return msg.say('Problem communicating with the TripSit API');
+      }
        prettyName = result.pretty_name;
        if (prettyName === 'Cannabis') {
          msg.reply('Please use the baked command for Cannabis next time');

src/util.js

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ const getTripSitDrug = function(drugName) {
     }, function(error, response, body) {
       if (error) {
         console.log(error);
-        reject('Problem communicating with the TripSit API');
+        resolve('Problem communicating with the TripSit API');
       }
       else if (response.statusCode !== 200 || body.err) {
         resolve('Couldn\'t find any results. Is the drug name correct?');