Middle-aged professional women doing drugs on the weekend

[Snookerfan]

Is this common now? I was invited to a house party Saturday night and snow was being done quite openly, there were also Mary Jane vapes and Ecstasy passed around.

These were mainly mothers with adult grown sensible families. What is going on, am I totally not with it?

Was it always this way or is this scene infiltrating a different demographic now?

We always knew people like this did this, but was it this open and accepted?

I didn’t partake, still a great night.

The differences between alcohol and drugs like heroin/crack:

• the vast majority of people manage to consume some alcohol without it taking over their lives.
• even among those who drink more than they should, many are "functioning" and hold down homes and jobs

Heroin addicts (& other opioids like fentanyl), crack users, meth heads, tend to wind up homeless & completely unable to care for themselves, work, or handle the demands of normal life (like children). The highly addictive nature of the drugs means people resort to crime & prostitution to get a fix.

I can't possibly see how these drugs can ever be legalised.

Where were the keys kept?🤔

This has got Daily Mail researcher written all over it.

in fact there was an article on there last week using very similarly odd vocabulary. The kind that only exists in newspaper articles

I knew plenty of people using coke and ecstasy when I was in my 20s. Don’t know anyone doing them now in our 30s.most have small kids now though.

I don't know; a quick Google suggests county lines is used for weed and mdma as well but how prevalent it is vs coke etc I'm not sure.

This is the sort of nonsense my daughter's upper class friends would spout when they were teenagers, thinking that they would impress people and sound grown-up 😂Is it still the school holidays?

I know 😊

Ha I try and avoid caffeine after lunchtime. You're a rebel to me!

Same 😂😂

there were also Mary Jane vapes

A what?

I guess I don't pop down to Vape Nation and ask for one of these. 🤷‍♀️

The key difference is that drugs are illegal so to get hold of them people are supporting an often violent and exploitative supply chain.

In response to OP, no it's not normal amongst my friends.

@bluh

I don’t care if people drink or don’t drink, take drugs or don’t take drugs. It just screams uneducated to cry about the difference when there isn’t one

The supply chain is hugely different.

Kids aren't getting involved in county lines to get wine or beer or spirits to the end user are they?

And the middle class mums and dads who 'dabble' would be horrified if it was their kids getting sucked into county lines.

It's really hypocritical.

Plus those who compare cannabis to alcohol use aren't comparing like to like. One glass of wine isn't as harmful as one spliff. People compare it to being alcoholics.

Ah yes because only young unprofessional men can have fun

Three glasses? Absolute madheads.

YANBU. I think it’s becoming more common in some circles, not in others.

Personally I think it’s selfish and very socially irresponsible - illegal drug use, particularly cocaine, has an awful impact on working class kids, women, leads to other crime, has ruined South America etc. Makes me laugh when leftie newspaper writers go on about “social injustice” when I know for a fact many such journos do cocaine at weekends.

I was at a party recently; I went to bed about 2am after which ketamine came out and the hostess called a coke dealer to the house. I had no problem telling my friend exactly what I thought of this behaviour the following day.

Time was, most people would be horrified at the thought of associating with criminals or having drug dealers come to their house. I still am.

Sadly we live in very different times today.

Back in the 90s and 00s, there were two groups: those who drank to excess as lads and ladettes, and those who did clubbed and did drugs, mostly ecstasy and similar. The two groups barely met.. I was part of the former gang and it’s interesting to see that many still drink to excess and in some cases, are reformed or binge alcoholics now. (I only socially drink now but am unusual).

So to answer your question, you’re seeing the grownups from this era, reverting to type. You’ve just stumbled into the “other half” of the equation that was always there.

🤣

This is one area where the millennials and Z Gen have got it right by the way.

Ha me too - switched to decaf tea recently!

Hilarious? It’s not hilarious to hate kids and vulnerable adults being exploited by drugs gangs and innocent people being killed in crossfire. You need an urgent reset of your moral compass.

I agree. I did laugh at “snow”. Mary Jane is used by Gen Z ironically.

Anyway, they are tragic, clearly, and no, everyone isn’t having a ridiculous crisis like this. My DC are mid twenties. My friends are all quitting the Pinot Grigio and taking up Peleton and Mounjaro. 9:30 bedtime.

You need superior quality friends.

Ridiculous.

Not in my circle, I wouldn't be friends with people who did this.

I’ve known this to happen (though on a slightly more discreet level) at children’s parties. Some of the mums were school governors (local private school).

edited to clarify that some of the mums took coke during children’s parties.