What drugs have you tried?

[Deleted member 16664]

Am I the only person who thinks weed just.... Isn't that great?! I've had more stoner loser boyfriends than any one woman should have though so maybe that ruined it for me. I've done my fair share, but meh. I don't see the appeal. No judgement here, it's just not for me, and I sometimes think I'm the only person in the world who thinks that way.


As far as my drug use goes these days, downing a few Xanax with a glass of red and going to sleep counts as a wild night for me.

I thought that forever. I had 2 relationships with boyfriends who smoked ALL the freakin' time. I was virtually ignored. The difference is that they were motivated (very successful in life), but I just couldn't handle it. :shock: I couldn't stand being ignored and someone smoking while we did day-to-day things for months at a time. I swore I'd never get into a relationship involving weed ever again. Welllll...I started trying it on my own and I experience a lot of stress relief, but I only use it at night before bed when I don't have to be productive.

 

[motherbrain]

Everyone has different lifestyles.
If you're a sober steve, chances are you're not going to have a good relationship with a pothead. Just like a homebody doesn't mend well with a social butterfly, etc. It doesn't mean living a certain lifestyle is wrong or bad, it's just not for you.

 

[AuroraKnight]

I have a huge caffeine addiction, like headaches and generally feeling like death if I go to long without it, and I'm trying to quit smoking cigarettes (I've been saying that for months now, still hasn't happened)

I've also been on a shit ton of uppers, downers, and stabilizers, all prescription though, can't use them for recreational purposes though because for me to feel anything other than "normal" I'd have to take a large amount, and I'd jut rather not risk it.

I smoke weed pretty much everyday, have since I was 14. Originally it was for the high and because it was what every one else was doing , and then I realized it had a lot more beneficial affects than just a social enhancer. It's helped 10000x more than any prescription I've been on for my various mental conditions, I also have a chronic stomach issue, and I can't eat unless I've smoked for the metabolism boost. I enjoy drinking too, but I can't to it very often because of previously mentioned stomach issue.

I've had a lot of opportunities to try acid, molly, and shrooms, but I've never gone through with it. With the conditions I have I feel like anything that would cause me to hallucinate would be a very very bad thing.

Sorry for the long rambles. Malice Rambles is kind of a thing with me lol

 

[theRileyDaniels]

Weed, but thats it. I dont drink, or even take aspirin. I am one of those people that think Mary Jane is one of the greatest things God gave us.

 

[Red7227]

Am I the only person who thinks weed just.... Isn't that great?! I've had more stoner loser boyfriends than any one woman should have though so maybe that ruined it for me. I've done my fair share, but meh. I don't see the appeal. No judgement here, it's just not for me, and I sometimes think I'm the only person in the world who thinks that way.


As far as my drug use goes these days, downing a few Xanax with a glass of red and going to sleep counts as a wild night for me.

My escape has always been reading. Sitting in the sun drinking tea and reading old religious texts or Turkish poetry was how I used to unwind from Uni when the semester was over. These days I don't have the same access to fantastic old books, but a novel by a favorite author is pretty close. Heroin seemed fraught and rather expensive by comparison.

 

[VeronicaChaos]

Oh jeeze. I've done some STUPID drugs. Let's see.

Coriciden (yes, cough medicine...I was like 16)
Acid
Shrooms
Molly
Ecstasy
DMT
Coke
Xanax
Adderall
Alcohol
Weed
Meth (just once to prove a point to my friend who's addicted...didn't work, and it was the worst experience of my life)
Opium
Nicotine
Caffeine
Salvia (not recommended unless you LIKE feeling like you're in a cacti orgy)
Mescaline
Whippets
2C-I
2C-E
And I'm sure there are others I forgot. Like various pain killers/muscle relaxers.

Although these days I pretty much stick to alcohol and nicotine. Weed very occasionally, but it makes me anxious if I smoke too much. Every year or so I tend to take some hallucinogen. Odd party night with coke here and there, maybe once or twice a year.

I hung out with all the druggies in high school. It was fun at first when I was young but I outgrew it after a few years. It was really sad having to find new friends because my group kept with the drug lifestyle. These days almost all of my friends and acquantences are stoners which kind of sucks since it gives me anxiety and stoners are SO BAD at not passing the bowl. Every time:

Stoner: Hey want to hit this?
Me: No thanks I'm good!
Stoner: *takes hit and passes bowl*
Me: still good thanks! I don't feel like smoking right now.
Stoner: *takes hit and passes bowl*
Me: *Takes hit before realizing it due to habit* Oh god dammit. *Proceeds to have panic attack*

And do they ever remember me telling them to stop passing the bowl due to said anxiety? Not a chance! Fucking stoners. :lol:

 

[AuroraKnight]

Stoner: Hey want to hit this?
Me: No thanks I'm good!
Stoner: *takes hit and passes bowl*
Me: still good thanks! I don't feel like smoking right now.
Stoner: *takes hit and passes bowl*
Me: *Takes hit before realizing it due to habit* Oh god dammit. *Proceeds to have panic attack*

And do they ever remember me telling them to stop passing the bowl due to said anxiety? Not a chance! Fucking stoners. :lol:

My fiance and I are so bad about doing that when we have someone around that doesn't smoke, but doesn't mind being smoke around(if they didn't like it around them at all we just wouldn't smoke) But it's such a habit to pass it to whoever is next to you in the direction opposite of where it came from lol

After I'm told the first time I'm usually good about not passing it, or remembering that I'm not supposed to pass it to that person and change the direction my arm is moving.

 

[JJasione]

Am I the only person who thinks weed just.... Isn't that great?! I've had more stoner loser boyfriends than any one woman should have though so maybe that ruined it for me. I've done my fair share, but meh. I don't see the appeal. No judgement here, it's just not for me, and I sometimes think I'm the only person in the world who thinks that way. .

Me too!

I've tried it a few times and never been massively into it. It's just always been massively underwhelming and not really worth the money I spent on it or the amount of cleavage I had to flash to get some. I tried coke once and my friend freaked out and came home thinking his pants were made of clingfilm. And I've done some questionable stuff with prescription drugs before. During uni I drank basically daily for 3 years and slowed down when I graduated and had no excuse anymore but I'm not so into partying now. I've kind of freaked myself out and decided I really don't like not being in control of myself properly anymore.

Nowadays I just drink far too much coffee

 

[Kitty_Blue]

LSD- my favorite
Weed- I like the feeling it gives me but I don't like the feeling of smoke in my lungs. I'd be down for vegan marijuana brownies!
Adderall- non-prescribed for studying
Alcohol- My parents let me drink, I don't drink much and I really like wine.
Caffiene-vanilla soy lattes are amazing

I would like to try shrooms and ecstasy.

 

[AmberCutie]

Caffeine and alcohol are the only things I utilize. Then some Advil to counteract the overuse or underuse of either.

I've smoked weed a few times in my teens, then again a few times since I've become an adult. With the exception of maybe once, it has made me hallucinate and feel nauseous as all fuck, so I don't enjoy it. For me, it is a complete psychedelic and I don't enjoy that sensation at all.

I am not really in favor of people treating weed like caffeine where it's fine to have all day every day (sorry if you're offended by that) because while I don't feel it's necessarily harmful, it does alter and impair your ability to process thoughts and complete tasks.

Anyone I've known personally who treats it that way lacks the correct motivation and energy to lead a normal life and ends up letting it rule their day to day life to an extent. It also drives me batty when people are perpetually "broke" but spend every spare nickel on weed.

That isn't normal or socially acceptable.

I think it should be legal and treated like alcohol, though.

I'm willing to try it once or twice more in my life. But it would be rare and recreational if I could manage to enjoy it without its uncomfortable effects.

 

[Kickaz]

Caffeine and alcohol are the only things I utilize. Then some Advil to counteract the overuse or underuse of either.

I've smoked weed a few times in my teens, then again a few times since I've become an adult. With the exception of maybe once, it has made me hallucinate and feel nauseous as all fuck, so I don't enjoy it. For me, it is a complete psychedelic and I don't enjoy that sensation at all.

I am not really in favor of people treating weed like caffeine where it's fine to have all day every day (sorry if you're offended by that) because while I don't feel it's necessarily harmful, it does alter and impair your ability to process thoughts and complete tasks.

Anyone I've known personally who treats it that way lacks the correct motivation and energy to lead a normal life and ends up letting it rule their day to day life to an extent. It also drives me batty when people are perpetually "broke" but spend every spare nickel on weed.

That isn't normal or socially acceptable.

I think it should be legal and treated like alcohol, though.

I'm willing to try it once or twice more in my life. But it would be rare and recreational if I could manage to enjoy it without its uncomfortable effects.

My thoughts exactly!

 

[FreyaFeuer]

oh boi

Alcohol - I love alcohol. I started drinking when I was fourteen (which seems super young, it's just the "norm" in my family to start around there) and I drink about once or twice a week. I adore whiskey (although I'll drink any liquor) and wine.

Nicotine - I don't smoke regularly but I do smoke. everyone in my family has had a nicotine addiction at some point in their life, and I don't want to go down that route, so I keep my smoking incredibly minimal (I shouldn't be doing it at all tbh).

Caffeine - I drink a little bit of soda on a daily basis, and I drink coffee when I need it. caffeine can be super helpful.

Weed - I'll smoke it when it's around, but I don't go out of my way and I don't buy my own. I enjoy it, but it's not something I should regularly be doing at this point in my life. maybe when I have my shit more together.

Valium - prescribed for my anxiety disorder. I have a love-hate relationship with it, because I'm more dependent on it than I'd like to be, but it's damn-near necessary for me some days.

Xanax - used to be prescribed for my anxiety disorder, until I ended up completely addicted and overdosing at 16. fuckin' no. those withdrawals were HELL.

DXM - I feel dumb every time I take this. I've only done it three times, and it's been enjoyable all those times, but it feels silly.

Benadryl/DPH - don't use Benadryl recreationally. don't do DPH. don't. fuck that noise.

Tramadol - pleasant, but not worth it.

Ambien - interesting, but again, not worth it imo.

LSD - I've done it once and I loved it. I would definitely try it again when the time is right.

I've mixed a lot of these drugs together which was stupid dangerous at times, and turned out perfectly okay other times. like I drank a little while coming down from LSD, and it was quite pleasant.

I want to try shrooms and MDMA, then I think that's about it for me. maybe I'd try a stronger painkiller than Tramadol sometime.

 

[AmberCutie]

I'm relieved to have even a few thanks on my post because I feel very in the minority to feel the way I do about weed and drugs these days.

I grew up in a social environment (in middle and high school) where it was popular to be violent, drug using, and not caring about living a straight line normal life. And I do feel like a large part of people in society nowadays look down upon those who choose to avoid hardcore or perception altering drugs.

Caffeine and alcohol in moderation, weed occasionally. I find that normal. Prescription drugs to cope with physical and mental/emotional disorders, normal.

Weed all day every day and letting it rule your life and finances: troublesome. Hardcore drugs weekly: troublesome. Prescripts outside of coping with issues and far from what your doc prescribes: troublesome. And if you do these things: fine! But you have to know it isn't the norm, and accept that you won't have the same life as those who live a cleaner life. And I bet a majority of people who do these things think thats a benefit.

And it sucks that they get the mentality that those of us who don't experience these things are missing out on something.

Kinda sucks when ya feel like being on the more straight and narrow lifestyle is the minority. It's scary to me.

 

[Gen]

And it sucks that they get the mentality that those of us who don't experience these things are missing out on something.

Kinda sucks when ya feel like being on the more straight and narrow lifestyle is the minority. It's scary to me.

I feel you so much on this (and wanted to say so, not just thank, because I really agree with a lot & wanted you to know, haha)!

 

[AllisonWilder]

This thread makes me feel like such a square. I didn't do anything harder than cigarettes and the occasional stolen beer until I was 20ish. My friends always sort of treated me like I was innocent and fragile and weren't willing to 'influence' me that way. :roll: I did smoke a decent amount of weed in my very late teen's-early 20's and briefly had a love affair with valium and tramadol when I injured my back at 22.

I can count on one hand the amount of times I've done anything harder than Tylenol, cigarettes or alcohol in the last 6 years though. I'm just not that into it.

 

[MintyFlowers]

Tried weed a few times because I am a "don't knock it till you try it atleast thrice" type of person and it isn't for me~ Panic attacks every time. >:
Other than that? Nothing else really, I think. But... prescription drugs like vicodin for wisdom teeth? Lol. Oh, and occasional alcohol~

On the topic of drug regulation, I would like to see it regulated similar to the way Portugal does it. http://content.time.com/time/health/art ... 46,00.html
Mostly just push for recovery/helping those who have addiction, rather than "stop it."

Amber: I think you're on the mark. Smoking in moderation is great, and has shown to be very beneficial for people. However, growing emotionally dependent is a whole different beast, and one should seek help if they find it debilitating, or interfering with their daily lives.

 

[AshleyMarks]

I have tried Coke, Xanax, meth, Oxycontin, and weed. I still smoke weed once in a while. I haven't done anything other than weed and Oxy for my tooth pain since 2005. I only used Oxy to get through pain prior to tooth extraction. I did not get addicted. That's all that I have done really. I smoke cigs regularly and I drink alcohol mostly in social settings.

I grew up around potheads and cig smokers. You know which one I do now on the regular. Hahaha.

 

[PunkInDrublic]

I am not really in favor of people treating weed like caffeine where it's fine to have all day every day (sorry if you're offended by that) because while I don't feel it's necessarily harmful, it does alter and impair your ability to process thoughts and complete tasks.

Anyone I've known personally who treats it that way lacks the correct motivation and energy to lead a normal life and ends up letting it rule their day to day life to an extent. It also drives me batty when people are perpetually "broke" but spend every spare nickel on weed.

That isn't normal or socially acceptable.

This is kinda how I feel about people that drink everyday. The people I know that drink everyday live paycheck to paycheck and are just fuck ups in general. Know plenty people that get high everyday and lead normal lives. Lucky to not know any stereotypical stoners I guess. Would think that drinking everyday would be worse for you but who knows, a lot would have to deal with how the person reacts to it.

 

[AshleyFox]

I am not really in favor of people treating weed like caffeine where it's fine to have all day every day (sorry if you're offended by that) because while I don't feel it's necessarily harmful, it does alter and impair your ability to process thoughts and complete tasks.

That was very well put! I agree with your whole post, and I think that people who treat weed the way you so eloquently put in your post might need to reevaluate. However, I do smoke every day, but for me it helps manage symptoms of my auto-immune disease that have put me on permanent bed rest and took away my ability to drive. It helps with my nausea, seizures, and constant pain. Sometimes I can't even hold my fiancee's hand because I'm in so much pain, but if he passes me the bowl and I hit it then suddenly 15 minutes later and BOOM - I can hold his hand without grimacing in agony. I know that I'm not the norm either, but I can't help but see the numerous benefits to me lighting up every day. It helped me quit smoking cigarettes and I definitely feel better about smoking a bowl than having a drink. While alcohol is my friend, I'd rather be in less pain and a better head-space from some earthy greens than to feel sloppy and sick.

But also note, too much weed can make you feel SUPER sick. So I do try to limit my intake so I don't end up counteracting what I was trying to accomplish by smoking in the first place.

 

[XxXIndiXxX]

Everyone has different lifestyles.
If you're a sober steve, chances are you're not going to have a good relationship with a pothead. Just like a homebody doesn't mend well with a social butterfly, etc. It doesn't mean living a certain lifestyle is wrong or bad, it's just not for you.

I don't recall saying anything that implied I was a "sober Steve" :lol Thanks for the prime example of stoner logic though. Sorry. :lol:

And I kinda disagree about different types not being able to have good relationships. For example I'm more on the homebody side and the best relationship I ever had was with a social butterfly. He got me socialising a bit more than usual and I taught him it's ok to chill at home without 20 other people hanging around once in a while. Doesn't work all the time but stuff like that can be a good balance.

I thought that forever. I had 2 relationships with boyfriends who smoked ALL the freakin' time. I was virtually ignored. The difference is that they were motivated (very successful in life), but I just couldn't handle it. :shock: I couldn't stand being ignored and someone smoking while we did day-to-day things for months at a time. I swore I'd never get into a relationship involving weed ever again. Welllll...I started trying it on my own and I experience a lot of stress relief, but I only use it at night before bed when I don't have to be productive.

This. Oh dear god, this. 100% relate to the being ignored bit. Wow. And I honestly think if it's working for you as stress relief that is awesome. Wish it had the same effect on me, the last few times I tried, I laughed a bit, probably had a rambling conversation about the universe with whoever was closest to me and then threw up and passed out. :shock: Yeah just not for me, and I deal with that fine.

And for the record in my original post I wasn't saying ALL pot smokers are losers, If I recall correctly I said I'd just happened to date a couple who turned out to be that way. Like I said, I just think it's "meh", I have no problem with people who do it, I just don't get what the big deal is but I guess that's fine. Lots of my smoker friends don't get why I love wine, so we're even I guess! Lol

In a few weeks I'll be in the bush having a reunion with old friends, probably 80% who are still smokers. We all get on great because they also don't judge and don't make a big deal out of it like they're the coolest kids in school. Hope no one calls me a sober Steve :lol:

 

[XxXIndiXxX]

I've smoked weed a few times in my teens, then again a few times since I've become an adult. With the exception of maybe once, it has made me hallucinate and feel nauseous as all fuck, so I don't enjoy it. For me, it is a complete psychedelic and I don't enjoy that sensation at all.

Sorry for double post but OMG I just saw this. Amber I hallucinate too. Like full on seeing things that aren't there type hallucinations. I didn't know for a while that wasn't exactly normal and all I can really find is that it may have been laced with something. But for me it happened enough times, with smoking different amounts, and came from so many different sources that I just don't buy that as an explanation for it happening almost every time. No one else I ever smoked with had the same thing happen. Even the people like me who didn't smoke regularly. Can anyone explain why this would happen? Are people like Amber and I just not wired to deal with smoking weed or something?

 

[motherbrain]

Caffeine and alcohol are the only things I utilize. Then some Advil to counteract the overuse or underuse of either.

I've smoked weed a few times in my teens, then again a few times since I've become an adult. With the exception of maybe once, it has made me hallucinate and feel nauseous as all fuck, so I don't enjoy it. For me, it is a complete psychedelic and I don't enjoy that sensation at all.

I am not really in favor of people treating weed like caffeine where it's fine to have all day every day (sorry if you're offended by that) because while I don't feel it's necessarily harmful, it does alter and impair your ability to process thoughts and complete tasks.

Anyone I've known personally who treats it that way lacks the correct motivation and energy to lead a normal life and ends up letting it rule their day to day life to an extent. It also drives me batty when people are perpetually "broke" but spend every spare nickel on weed.

That isn't normal or socially acceptable.

I think it should be legal and treated like alcohol, though.

I'm willing to try it once or twice more in my life. But it would be rare and recreational if I could manage to enjoy it without its uncomfortable effects.

Honestly I think it's different for everyone. Weed never makes me feel nauseous or impaired or nervous, but I know a lot of people have consistent experiences like that. I have MDD and General Anxiety and weed is the only thing that helps me feel normal. I've been on many different prescription medications and they always made me jittery and more depressed. My life has only improved since I started smoking weed. Personally I feel like I need to smoke to calm myself down, otherwise I'm honestly psycho. I live in Washington, it's legal here, I hardly ever have to pay for it too.
Like I said, it's a lifestyle that works for me and others like me, but not everyone metabolizes THC the same. I hate the feeling of alcohol in my stomach a lot of the time, it doesn't sit well with me, but I understand that most people get a different and more pleasant effect from it. Just cuz it doesn't sit well with me doesn't mean no one else should drink to whatever extent they want. You know?

Like, I'm really not trying to fight with anyone (it seems everyone is attacking me on here :? ) or bash anyone. I seriously :love9: all you girls. I'm simply just trying to say everyone is different and there's nothing wrong with that!

 

[VeronicaChaos]

I think it's important to remember that everyone metabolizes drugs differently, and has completely separate experiences from them. I have friends that smoke all day every day and are extremely motivated, high-energy, and it's hardly even a thing in their life other than the fact that they're always high. I could never do that. I also know people who can drink caffeine all day and I can't do that either. I twitch and get shaky and my heart races and I wonder why on earth others would be OK with feeling that way all the time, but then I realize they don't, that's just how I feel on it.

One frustrating thing, however (perhaps I'm a hypocrite?) is when I did meth with my friend. I wanted to show her how it feels to have someone you care about do something like that. I reacted horribly on it and couldn't stand it, but her reasoning was "well, YOU shouldn't do it, but I react fine to it, so I'm going to continue to do it. But you shouldn't." Is it hypocritical to have a "to each his own" viewpoint when it comes to some drugs but not others? Where do you draw the line?

(I'm just playing Devil's Advocate a bit here; I think meth is terrible and I would love nothing more than to convince my friend to get clean.)

 

[BiancaBaker]

Caffeine and alcohol are the only things I utilize. Then some Advil to counteract the overuse or underuse of either.

I've smoked weed a few times in my teens, then again a few times since I've become an adult. With the exception of maybe once, it has made me hallucinate and feel nauseous as all fuck, so I don't enjoy it. For me, it is a complete psychedelic and I don't enjoy that sensation at all.

I am not really in favor of people treating weed like caffeine where it's fine to have all day every day (sorry if you're offended by that) because while I don't feel it's necessarily harmful, it does alter and impair your ability to process thoughts and complete tasks.

Anyone I've known personally who treats it that way lacks the correct motivation and energy to lead a normal life and ends up letting it rule their day to day life to an extent. It also drives me batty when people are perpetually "broke" but spend every spare nickel on weed.

That isn't normal or socially acceptable.

I think it should be legal and treated like alcohol, though.

I'm willing to try it once or twice more in my life. But it would be rare and recreational if I could manage to enjoy it without its uncomfortable effects.

Honestly I think it's different for everyone. Weed never makes me feel nauseous or impaired or nervous, but I know a lot of people have consistent experiences like that. I have MDD and General Anxiety and weed is the only thing that helps me feel normal. I've been on many different prescription medications and they always made me jittery and more depressed. My life has only improved since I started smoking weed. Personally I feel like I need to smoke to calm myself down, otherwise I'm honestly psycho. I live in Washington, it's legal here, I hardly ever have to pay for it too.
Like I said, it's a lifestyle that works for me and others like me, but not everyone metabolizes THC the same. I hate the feeling of alcohol in my stomach a lot of the time, it doesn't sit well with me, but I understand that most people get a different and more pleasant effect from it. Just cuz it doesn't sit well with me doesn't mean no one else should drink to whatever extent they want. You know?

Like, I'm really not trying to fight with anyone (it seems everyone is attacking me on here :? ) or bash anyone. I seriously :love9: all you girls. I'm simply just trying to say everyone is different and there's nothing wrong with that!

I agree w. u @motherbrain I have had panic attacks my whole life- LIKE really bad. Marijuana is the only thing that makes me normal and I barely take my anxiety medicine- WHICH i feel is WAY better to smoke pot than that a prescription. Marijuana has lots of positive attributes and I wish people would be more open minded about it since it helps people with so many terrible diseases. I live in MA and in 2 yrs it will be completely legal here. It is legal here for medical; I live a very healthy life style as well. I run 3 miles a day- I compete in two 5k's a year : I eat pretty healthy and don't ever drink or even take tylonal. I also agree that everyone is entitled to there own opinion & there really is nothing wrong with having different opinions!! OH i also do not drink caffeine anymore since it affects my anxiety and if i do its very rare now.

 

[PunkInDrublic]

Is it hypocritical to have a "to each his own" viewpoint when it comes to some drugs but not others? Where do you draw the line?

Not sure but it is hilariously hypocritical when people that drink everyday try to pretend herb is worse for you. Every drunk I know does this. I figure they do it to feel better about themselves but I can't help but laugh when they do it.

 

[AmberCutie]

Is it hypocritical to have a "to each his own" viewpoint when it comes to some drugs but not others? Where do you draw the line?

Not sure but it is hilariously hypocritical when people that drink everyday try to pretend herb is worse for you. Every drunk I know does this. I figure they do it to feel better about themselves but I can't help but laugh when they do it.

I think it has to do with the stigma that weed still has. It is only now becoming legal in very limited areas, and it is still treated very differently than caffeine or alcohol which are and have been legal for such a long time now.

I have a feeling that in the coming years (I feel it's going to take at least another 10 or 20) it'll start to be treated more and more like alcohol as it becomes more widely legal and thus accepted.

Also, I don't feel that weed is worse for people than alcohol. In fact I'm totally in the thought that long term, it's healthier to be an herbie than an alchy. But right now it has a social stigma that makes it more difficult for people who are getting high constantly every day to get jobs and be accepted than it may be for someone who drinks privately every evening. There's no testing at job interview time to see if you have had alcohol in the last 14 days or however long weed stays in your system. And I know that many people CAN and do function perfectly fine when they smoke, but society isn't at a point yet where all employers will accept that and stop testing for it.

 

[LacieLaPlante]

-Marijuana
-Ecstasy/MDMA
-Mushrooms
-LSD
-Research Chemicals DOM and 2c-i

I had a great experience with everything but 2c-i.. youch, I felt like my brain was growing too big for my skull. Weirdest feeling ever. Very sound-based trip. We played with noise by "bouncing" music off the walls and turning stairways into piano stairs. Great fun, lots of head pain. And awkwardness with my friends.

Also, I don't feel that weed is worse for people than alcohol. In fact I'm totally in the thought that long term, it's healthier to be an herbie than an alchy. But right now it has a social stigma that makes it more difficult for people who are getting high constantly every day to get jobs and be accepted than it may be for someone who drinks privately every evening. There's no testing at job interview time to see if you have had alcohol in the last 14 days or however long weed stays in your system. And I know that many people CAN and do function perfectly fine when they smoke, but society isn't at a point yet where all employers will accept that and stop testing for it.

Weed can stay in your body for up to 1 month!! Every other hard drug can be out of your system in three days, but weed is there to stay. People who legitimately need marijuana to function (cancer, autistic, epileptic, chronic pain/stress, anorexia) will have to stay off their medicine for a good 3 weeks to get a job that requires a drug test. And let's be real, most jobs require drug testing these days, even a janitor job. Patients who have had their recommendation for years have no legal course of action mostly because of just how hard it is to regulate.

The difference between being "high" and having THC in your system that day is incredibly different. Long time users often find themselves almost perfectly clear after smoking once, when a new user might find themselves flat on their ass. The long-time user would need to smoke a lot, lot more to even begin to reach the high a new user might reach. So, testing is really iffy. 100mg of thc to a new-user and a long-time user would not produce the same high, so how could you test for it? What would be the standard, who is too high and who is effectively sober?

 

[Red7227]

Is it hypocritical to have a "to each his own" viewpoint when it comes to some drugs but not others? Where do you draw the line?

Not sure but it is hilariously hypocritical when people that drink everyday try to pretend herb is worse for you. Every drunk I know does this. I figure they do it to feel better about themselves but I can't help but laugh when they do it.

I have a friend who has just come off six weeks of chemotherapy and says she has no interest in alcohol any more. She thinks this is unusual, while I have been saying for a while that anyone who drinks a minimum of a bottle of wine and a couple scotches a day is an alcoholic, even if she is not getting drunk every night. She is one of the most stable people I know and does just drink because she wants to, but it is an addiction in her case and I am very happy she has cut back for whatever reason.

 

[XxXIndiXxX]

Like, I'm really not trying to fight with anyone (it seems everyone is attacking me on here :? ) or bash anyone. I seriously :love9: all you girls. I'm simply just trying to say everyone is different and there's nothing wrong with that!

I need to say sorry, it did kinda look like I was having a go at you, I was up late and not really thinking when I was typing. I do that a lot, lol. Sorry for coming across as being bitchy, I didn't mean to x :love9:

ETA: Maybe I need some weed to chill out :lol:

 

[Heather]

I really don't like alcohol, so I practically never drink it. I hate having to pee every 2 seconds, I hate hangovers, and even if I don't drink enough to be hungover the next day it's still crazy dehydrating. Being buzzed or drunk just makes me feel like an idiot. I also really don't like hanging out with people who are getting drunk. Drinking culture in general just makes me so uncomfortable. I feel like a minority sometimes in that sense, because I feel like alcohol can be more dangerous than we, as a society, relate to it.

I'm sure a lot of what I prefer has to do with my body chemistry, though. Alcohol and I just don't do well together. Cigs too - those give me migraines. But I love weed. It has me think about a lot of things in new perspectives and loosens me up. I treat it kind of like "having a glass of wine" at night, but not every night. If I did it too often it would totally fuck with my productivity and I'm not down with that.

LSD I'm very curious about. I know about a handful of people who have taken it and they all had life-altering experiences. I don't know if I'd ever do it though. DMT too - something I'm 95% sure I'd never do, but it is so intriguing.