How many of you have tried coke?

[Lilllypad11]

I’ve never ever been into drugs. I won’t touch them. Mainly bc I have anxiety and ocd. But I’ve been out with my mates who love to do coke when we’re out, and I always say no, but last time I was genuinely tempted to just try a little bit.

If you’ve tried it what’s your experience. Worth it or nah?

@HeadDeskHeadDesk

Also, I don’t know the statistics but my purely anecdotal experience is that my teenage children and their mates do way less drugs than my friends and I did in the 90s. They also drink less than we did, and none of them smoke (though lots vape).

That's my experience as well.

It's not a cheap drug. Most people would struggle to fund a life ruining addiction. One night can set you back a couple of hundred pounds.

Grow up. It's a disgusting drug that turns people into nasty pricks.

Do you have children?

I think lots of teenagers and student aged people have seen the damage binge drinking and drugs have done to the people ten or twenty years older than them and don't want to follow in their footsteps. There is a whole 'Straight Liner' movement among lots of young people now. But the drugs are all around them if they want them, that is the difference. When I was their age I honestly wouldn't have known where to find drugs even if I'd wanted them.

I think the worst offenders for recreational drugs (perhaps other than weed) are the age group older than the kids, but younger than me, so anything from late 20s to mid 40s. They are the ones who will drop a line of coke as readily as buy a glass of wine.

Completely identify with all of that. Coke in particular turns people into insufferable twats who think they are interesting but are just loud and socially dominant. I am naturally risk averse and I don't see any huge benefits in doing coke or anything else for that matter, that make those risks worthwhile.

Oh gosh, yes, this is what my friend is like. She’s become so self-centered and boring! And she doesn’t even realise it.

She used to really care about her friends, now she just doesn’t care