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Drugs. Be honest..

737 replies

Trivialpursuitofhappiness · 25/01/2021 18:44

Inspired by the white bag thread, it just got me curious. I’m not a journo! Although, I suppose that’s what a journalist would say.. Grin

Have you / do you take drugs? What did you take and why did you?

I’ll be honest and go first, I occassinally use MDMA and I do use coke on nights. But I don’t have kids and I’d stop as soon as I was having them

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Babyroobs · 25/01/2021 22:04

Cannabis once many years ago as a student. It was strong stuff, i have never felt so ill and never did drugs again !!

Purpleberet · 25/01/2021 22:04

Never taken anything but I'm not sure why. I'm not particularly interested and am quite risk averse...if it could be guaranteed safe I might try out of curiosity? I don't have many friends who are into the drug scene, and those that are won't offer drugs to anyone else as a rule.

I think drugs should be legalised, don't see why it should be treated all that different to alcohol.
Weed in particular I see as on par with alcohol, I think it's fine in moderation.

Timeforatincture · 25/01/2021 22:06

Drink a fair amount.

Used to smoke (tobacco)

Never taken illegal drugs. Have never known how to obtain them, and still don't, even if I wanted to.

79andnotout · 25/01/2021 22:08

Not all drugs are fuelling the drugs trade. There are plenty of Liberty cap mushrooms in the hills if you know where to look. No children exploited!

Some drugs trades are worse than others. Obvs the coke industry is horrific. I didn't think about any of this stuff decades ago (although I hated coke anyway), but now I know better I wouldn't do anything unless it was ethically sourced.

I always felt in control whilst taking mdma or ecstasy. No way I can claim the same with booze, the number of blackouts I've had are unreal. It gives me the horrors looking back at the situations I put myself in as a petite, wasted student.

wendywoopywoo222 · 25/01/2021 22:11

I smoked weed, took speed and drank an awful lot of alcohol in my teens and early twenties. Now mid 50s and still enjoy the occasional joint generally around a fire pit. Don't drink much any more.

FangsForTheMemory · 25/01/2021 22:11

Nope, apart from alcohol. Have never smoked either.

HmmSureJan · 25/01/2021 22:13

No, not now. Used to back in my twenties.

Vintagevixen · 25/01/2021 22:13

Smoked a few joints in my youth. Bought a so called tab of acid at Glastonbury as a teen but I think I was ripped off because nothing happened!

That's all - have never done Coke, will never do Coke. Have never done E. I won't do drugs, I just don't have the need, and don't want the blood on my hands from the horrific exploitation of the drugs trade.

MyVoiceIsQuiet · 25/01/2021 22:16

No, never tried any. When I was younger and on the drink I use to take a few drags from my friends tabs for the nicotine rush. That was as wild as I got.

Forgothowmuchlhatehomeschoolin · 25/01/2021 22:17

No because drugs put the fear of God into me - you really don't know what is in them. Haye to not be in control too and someone l know who is on coke is a proper twat when he is high so would hate for anyone to think that of me.

Pinkfreesias · 25/01/2021 22:18

No. I was always too scared. Never even had so much as a drag on a cigarette.

I'd like to try cannabis one day, for pain control reasons. Doubt it will ever happen, though

DuzzyFuck · 25/01/2021 22:20

A bit of coke and a few pills in my late teens. Never really enjoyed the unpredictability of it, so grew up and grew out of it pretty fast.

Since then the occasional drag on a joint or a space cake, I've never been bothered enough to buy weed myself but have lived with people who did in the past.

Metalhead · 25/01/2021 22:21

In my teens and early 20s, I occasionally used cannabis, ecstasy, coke and speed. Never took anything hallucinogenic like acid or mushrooms, and a bad ecstasy trip totally put me off that stuff.

Mintjulia · 25/01/2021 22:21

No.
One puff of a joint when I was 18. Nothing since. I don't smoke. Drink an occasional glass of wine and far too much coffee Grin

WeAllHaveWings · 25/01/2021 22:22

Cannabis as a stupid teen. Thankfully grew out of it, never met a cannabis user who isn't either a loser or boring as hell.

Never tried anything stronger, didn't like the risks.

hellotesting123123 · 25/01/2021 22:22

Yep. Tried most things that aren't the really bad ones. Generally don't enjoy them - mdma is kind of fun but I actually hate the feeling of being out of control generally and get v anxious. So I am either EXTRA sensible on drugs, like an anxious version of myself very focused on being safe and making sure other people are safe, or so high I am unable to be that person. Neither great. Haven't done anything in years.

I know myself well enough to know I don't have an addictive personality / would never let myself do them with any more regularity than every couple of years. Which is why I allowed myself to try. Some friends used to do them every weekend. Never appealed.

I don't get high and mighty about people that do them occasionally (how could I), though I do wish that people would stop acting like alcohol isn't a drug. There's a huge amount of problem drinking around that does untold damage compared to the odd night on mdma. It's also a slippery slope for some into regularly doing cocaine etc, as most people tend to do that on nights out (I hate it).

Dontjudgeme101 · 25/01/2021 22:23

@YouShouldLeave

No!

Never have, never will.

Same here.
EstuaryBird · 25/01/2021 22:24

Weed, speed and LSD in the early 70s. Only very occasional weed since then.

MaLarkinn · 25/01/2021 22:24

i smoke weed regularly. if you knew me in real life you’d never guess.

Bets2801 · 25/01/2021 22:27

Yep..I did a lot of drugs when I was in my late teens / early 30s. Actually got myself into a bit of a mess with it but fortunately came out the other side :)

I regret doing them...except for psychedelics (magic mushrooms and lsd). Sounds cliche but doing these for the first time changed my life and was some of the most intense and important experiences of my life. It actually stopped me doing all other drugs and made me clean myself up. Other drugs were escapism...psychedelics are big fat reality check in your face!

The only thing I’ve ever done that was more intense than lsd was child birth! I’ve not done any drugs since and I wouldn’t....maybe psychedelics again on a rainy day once my DD is an adult but wouldn’t touch anything else with a barge pole.

Bets2801 · 25/01/2021 22:28

Meant to say late teens / early 20s!

BooBahBoo · 25/01/2021 22:29

Other than drinking and smoking (then onto vaping), no.

In my uni days I worked in a club and I saw far too many young ones come in while enroled at uni and other courses... within 6 months nearly all of them had dropped out. Some are still working there (a job with no stability, zero hour contracts, fuck all hours and management who couldn't give less of a fuck about you). Their lives have just stopped. They just revolve around drugs, drinking, house parties and rolling into work still half cut at 10pm. It's really sad.

That being said, no one was forcing drugs onto anyone. It was quite easy to say 'no' as long as you had your head screwed on. A lot of them thought it would be a better way to fit in, but it really didn't need to be that way.

The only time I really hit the roof with the drugs at work was when I went home for the weekend to see my family. Cue a text from my friend (also anti drugs) coming back to our house to my ex-friend and ones from work doing lines of coke off the coffee table. I have never been more angry and disgusted. It's one thing doing drugs, but it's another thing bringing it into someone else's bloody home. Myself and my friend were actually in the application process for two graduate schemes at the time. Both in professions where drug use is career ending. I couldn't believe anyone would put their selfishness and cringing aspiration to 'look cool' above our lifelong career options.

Those who didn't get into the drug scene all graduated and/or moved onto better jobs. Most of us have bought houses, had kids, got engaged/married, etc, now.

I also dated an ex drug dealer (didn't know this until we'd already been dating a few months, we broke up a few weeks later) and he was an absolute asshole. Drugs are just vile and they really fuck people up.

Not that bothered about weed use but anything else is just a big fat no, imo.

Alfiemoon1 · 25/01/2021 22:31

Nope never done any of them have smoked cigarettes and drunk but that’s as wild as I have been

HippoOnMyRoofEatingCake · 25/01/2021 22:32

The attitude to drug taking in western culture strikes me as bizarre when the brits are a nation who love a drink. Alcohol’s up there with the most damaging/addictive drugs

I wouldn't like to be one of the youngsters I've worked with who've got psychosis from smoking weed. I don't know the medical research, but clearly the same drug that can help with epileptic conditions can have a very powerful effect on the brain long-term. Alcohol is predictable, usually short-term and controllable - the British problem with it isn't on the whole shared by our European cousins

This is such a textbook nonsense answer that I almost thought you were being satirical to prove the point of the PP you were replying too.

"Other European countries don't have the same problem the British do with alcohol" is one of the most-oft repeated and easily refuted arguments ever written. Alcohol causes serious short and long term health and social problems in nearly every country in the world, including all of Europe.

Puffalicious · 25/01/2021 22:33

bungaloid

I know it's a silly sentiment, but I feel a bit sad for people who haven't got smashed on MDMA with their mates at a great club night. I've tried most stuff except heroin, and it's all been pretty fun. When you're young with no real responsibilities, why not. I'm intending to get back on it when I'm 70+ with no more responsibilities again.

I'm totally with you on ALL of this! We probably crossed paths on some sweaty dancefloor here or in Ibiza.

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