Middle-aged professional women doing drugs on the weekend

That was me and my friends when l was 30’s / 40’s . Then l got into recovery and got sober and the thought of it now disgusts me ! ( yes l am like a reformed smoker ! ) what l never bothered to think about was the link between us and young boys being seduced into a dangerous life life of crime to supply many so called “respectable” people with a few lines at a party etc . It’s illegal at the end of the day and the normalisation of casual drug taking is ( as l was ) hypocritical when l looking down on people involved in the daily stabbings and issues in gangs in the UK thinking it had nothing to do with me. Just my opinion and not personal to anyone here who partakes , but yes OP you are not unreasonable to think it’s not ok.

ew.

Cant bear drugs. But I’ve never been cool. Grew up with an alcoholic and a stoner. My sister does everything up to horse tranquilisers. She’s currently parading on the internet half-naked and gurning. It’s not a good look and not an avenue I’ll ever want to pursue.

say no to drugs kids (ladies).

Euw. Find new friends.

It's this educated professional crowd that do it most in my experience!

I'm a middle aged woman and the only drug I take is the occasional ibuprofen. And vitamin D and C. Does that count? My current drug of choice is yoghurt with honey and walnuts.

You mean Child Sexual Abuse material. They are images of a crime in action not pornography. That term is deeply offensive to survivors. https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/child-sexual-abuse-material

But on your point I agree. The devastation caused by the cocaine supply chain, from children and adults having limbs blown off in the mined coca fields to children groomed into county lines operations and so much more along the way.

That intelligent, middle class adults are doing coke at parties in their 40s/50s while no doubt monologuing about all the charity work they do as if there’s no consequences to their fun is sickening.

Unfortunately we live in a society of increasingly stupid people who don't care if their kids end up orphaned because they're dead from an OD in hospital.

Natural selection.

Sounds good. Post the address before you go to the next one?

I think you should choose some different friends.

Thank you🙏😊
The prices are comparable to those on the black market, so I wouldn't say it's legalised for the very rich, more like the black market and the medical market are in competition with each other.
(And lets not forget it's easy to grow your own for free)

I agree with you 100%, TheiceBear, nothing wrong with growing a little bit and someone who does that is far from inferior to anyone else, never mind drunks who can be far more objectionable than weed smokers.

I stand corrected. I'm uncomfortable with it. I don't care about cannabis personally, but do think it indicates a huge move towards a two tier health system. So it's legalised for the very rich?

The surprising part is that you find it suprising. I do hope you made your excuses and left.

You are completely wrong.
Private prescriptions are very easy to obtain, eg https://releaf.co.uk/

Personally I think that someone who grows a small amount of weed for personal recreational use is not morally insuperior to someone who gets pissed every weekend. And I think people who think otherwise are hypocrites. I’m not missing key points at all. Not once did I say I think it’s fine to take class A drugs in comparison to alcohol.

I don't dispute that alcohol is harmful. I really agree actually. But you're missing key issues. 1. Alcohol and drugs are closely interlinked. 2. Drugs are - like it or not - illegal. While this remains, bad people are profiteering and users are complicit in enabling county gangs, environmental terrorism and murder. There's an ethical and moral argument, which there simply isn't with alcohol.

4pm!!! I worry about that after midday 😂

My post was angry because it is something that angers me. If it doesn’t anger you then that’s on your conscience and no concern of mine.

It is a stereotype that you are describing I repeat, it is a pretty accurate stereotype of the sort of people who act like their shit doesn’t smell, before shovelling coke up their noses with their professional friends though.

You also made comments earlier that working class middle aged people don’t brag about taking drugs at the weekend. Which isn’t true.and which you seem to have forgotten you said Why would you think I’d forgotten I said it? Would you like me to give a précis of my posting history every time I reply to you to prove I remember my own posts? And as I also said, drug abuse occurs in every section of life, but she refers to a politician, a magistrate and a teacher. How many of the guests there would you be willing to bet live on a council estate or work in minimum wage jobs? How many supermarket workers etc spend their working weeks acting like they are pillars of the community before shoving coke up their noses? The entire thread, and all the similar threads that pop up on here from time to time are always about professional, middle class people taking drugs at social events. Can you really not see the hypocrisy there? Are you friends with a single person who openly admits to not giving a shit about the environment? Or people trafficking? Or social issues in the UK?

I’m not offended, I just thought your post was angry and silly and presumptuous And you’re welcome to think that. I think something quite similar about your posts. But I’m pretty sure that we’ll both sleep soundly tonight without letting it bother either of us too much.

You don’t work in social services then,

I disagree with that as a general statement. Some drugs are worse than others. Alcohol is a drug. And a very harmful drug at that.

Sorry still don't feel sorry for the little shits.
Obviously getting pregnant at 15 is not a crime it's my business and I've never harmed anyone else unlike these "kids" who get so much sympathy on this thread the same kids who beat up other kids just for looking at them, cause so much trouble no one can walk through town centres past 6pm and have hospitalised old people. 95% of these kids knew exactly what they were getting into.

I think you'll find the main difference between a teen mum and a teen involved in county lines is you'd be safe in a room with me when I was 15

A private prescription for very specific medical uses, that's very rarely granted. That's hardly the same. It's not like you could go to a GP and get it because you wanted to get high, is it? You'd need a specialist consultant who'd provided cannabis oil.

Cannabis is not legal for recreational use, you can however easily obtain it legally if you get a private prescription. A private prescription is very easy to obtain.
I appreciate you don't agree with me but I would say that it's de facto legal for recreational use given how easy it is to obtain for medical use.

It’s not nearly as bad as drugs.

It's not legal, it's a class B drug. I actually think drugs should be legalised but not for the middle classes to piss about on. Instead I think it's so drugs profitering could be eliminated, county lines reduced and environmental terrorism suspended - although I admit I have a rudimentary knowledge of all this. I also think there's huge scope to help people hooked on drugs like heroin, which - let's face it - does kill vast numbers. Needle exchanges etc would be a start. Frankly I couldn't give a fuck about middle class people shoving coke up their noses at 45 and thinking they're edgy because of it.