Why do people do drugs?

[KillerMuffin]

Me and the doc had a locking of horns today. He was putting me in for a script? scrip? blip? of the Matthew Perry Special cause my brain is hurting me. I want Tylenol. Because it takes most of the pain away and I don't have to worry about falling asleep and drooling all over myself so utterly embarrassingly. (Hey, the doc is goodlooking. I look like a Qtip, I need all the help I can get here.) Anyway, he told me he'd write me up anything I wanted short of H. He called it H too. Maybe he's not that cute. The reason is because he always asks people who get my procedure done what they want and he'll pretty much write it for them. I asked for tylenol. He says some people have a list right down to the exact milligram and time when they want to take it of prescription drugs they want. Since I'm not a drug seeker, I can what I want.

I've been thinking about this between mindless bouts of back to back Walker Texas Ranger episodes (he does sing in that show). Anyway, Why do people do drugs?

I seriously don't understand this. What makes perfectly healthy people want to kill off their brain cells and debilitate themselves? The pleasure of it? The rush? The high? Peer pressure? Because they look cool with powder on their noses? Is there some need in here that I don't understand?

 

[Mistress]

Sorry but people do drugs because they are jackasses....

Nuff said...I had a horrible childhood because of parents that did drugs...and it fucked me up. So, I have no sympathy for the subject....

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

Well all I can say is......

Texas Walker Ranger dude episodes - back to back - that's what's making yer head hurt. Quit it.

 

[tuirin]

In my opinion people do drugs because deep down they feel empthy and they need something to fill the void.
Hard drugs are real bad they fuck up so many lives theres a big heroine problem in Ireland.

 

[Xander]

One word. Stupidity.

 

[OUTSIDER]

Boredem, stupidity, peer pressure take your pick, but having said all that I've tried a few things in my bad boy days but I never got into them cause I always thought they were a waste of my money and I had lots to do with my time....the devil has work for idle hands.

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

Shit......

I'll never be a "good boy."

You all can eat me.

 

[Angel]

I don't know. No seriously I don't. And I've done some. In high school it was because people I knew smoked weed, and I wanted to try.

It was ok, no big deal, so I didn't make it a habit. Once I got out of highschool I didn't do it at all. Same with getting drunk out of my mind.

Now this past New Years I drank so much I probably couldn't have told you my name if you'd asked. There was mushrooms, acid and more weed than I have ever seen in my life. I tried a little of all three. I was plastered. It felt good.

I think I did it for two reasons. I wanted to know why everyone thought it was so wonderful. I wanted to know what the appeal was of being totally inebriated and high as they were on almost a daily basis. I was ALWAYS ALWAYS the straight one. The one you could count on to drive, or to take the shit away from you when you had too much. I was always the one to do that and for once I wanted to throw all caution outside and see what the big fucking deal was. It wasn't a big deal. I got higher than hell, shit looked cooler than usual and then I was normal again a few hours later.

Also, looking back now the events of the 3 months before had gotten to me and it felt good to just be so blasted as to not think about it. Which is never a good reason to do any drug.

However I tried it, it's over and I won't do it again. I don't understand why people do it ALL THE TIME though. I know people who can't function without a bongload each day. People who work JUST to support their marijuana habit. I don't get it.

 

[Mistress]

Eat you? What a interesting suggestion...

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

A fork and a steak knife.....

And a little piece of my heart......

It's all yours darlin'.

 

[tuirin]

gettin basted can be real fun but never ever try cycle home it only ever leads to pain

 

[Angel]

Your posts lead me to pain.

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

Basted? Isn't that some sort of.......

an Irsih gay term for Mazola Party?

 

[Mistress]

Good Lord leave the poor guy alone Sparky! LOL!

 

[tuirin]

O.K i admit it i am illiterate when gettin a B.J.

 

[DarlingBri]

Sorry, I'm a Post-Reganite "Just Say No" Chick

It's called recreational drug use because it's recreational.

For a lot of people, it's fun.

I am convinced that IV Demerol during labour is the reason women get pregnant in the first place.

I have in my wicked, evil, burn-in-hell past, enjoyed looking at Life, The Universe, And Everthing from various drug-induced vantage points. I've also enjoyed looking at minutia like your average household water tap from psychedelic vantage points.

Most of my drug taking was not harmful. Much of it was interesting, useful, or just plain fun. Sorry, Nancy. I've never robbed a bank, mugged a little old lady, or harmed anyone while under the influence.

Not to sound trite, but... drugs are not bad. Addictions are bad. I speak from experience.

Having said that, I've grown out of the need to experiment with substances and/or my environment in that manner.

However, I still get an occassional hankering for a joint, an E, some whizz or even a line, because they're useful.

But it passes. It's just not me anymore. Hasn't been for something like 10 years. Illegal drugs no longer fit my image of myself.

Still, I'm first in line when they're handing out perscriptions. Medically validated mind alteration is still attractive to me.

KM, get some Darvon or Percoset from your friendly doctor if you don't have an addictive personality. It's a very mellow way to view the world. If you don't like it, send it here. I'll save it for a rainy day and whack cramps on the ass with it.

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

Wow! Bri?

Are you married? You just might be the girl for me....

Whoop! Allready got one - seemingly very much like you.

 

[DarlingBri]

Spark

I'm spoken for, hon

Mr Bri is the most normal, together guy you'll ever meet. Doesn't even smoke. He's still intense, thought provoking, and sexy as hell.

Makes me consider what you need to get through the day in a whole new light.

Answers on a post card, please.

 

[Isolde]

Speaking for myself I can see where the attraction is. I am on prescription pain killers and have been for years due to the fact that I have a rare medical illness and one of the side effects is severe pain. No there is nothing they can do about it but treat the side effects.

My brother who also has it is on morphine and he is only in his late twenties. The sight of him going through withdrawals is enough for me to put off taking the damn things until I absolutely have to...while I still have that choice in my life.

But when I take them I can see why someone might want to feel this way. Even though I hate the out-of-control feeling they give me I do realize that the the fact that they pretty much make you not even aware of your problems would look like a perfect solution to some.

As a doctor once told me-Pain meds dont make the pain go away they just make you not care that it is there. And that goes for more than just physical pain.

 

[Guest]

Most people take drugs to escape reality.
If ya can't deal with it.... do something to get away from it.


Personally I never did drugs...but I had a lot of friends who did..... and that was enough to convince me...

That and the fact that my brother when he was fifteen, got some messed up shit and it caused him to have seizures and then at eighteen he had brain surgery to remove the brain tissue that was dead. Its a miracle he made it thru...

 

[Wizard]

Let me start by saying this......I smoke a little weed now and then and I see it no diffrent than having a beer, after a day of work ..
When I smoke, I smoke at home...and don't go anywhere I hit a pipe once or twice.....don't hardly get high just a little to relax after a long day maybe....

Some of you folks know I also have had a couple kidney transplants.....When you have kidney failure you can drink much of anything cause you will fill up with fluid and DIE..
I was only aloud 32 ounes a day and dialyized every two days.....I ask the transplant team could I smoke to clam my stoach down and the told me they couldn't tell me to go ahead and do it...but It would only help me...I live in a large city knowen for some of the best transplant surgeons in the world.....
I have talked on the threads before about this.....just cause you smoke a little pot now and then don't make you a druggie.....
If you started asking you would be suprise who many do...The guy at the bank in your town....The hairdresser....The local Lawyer....There all over...

You can have your opinion....and I'll have mine.......

 

[Wizard]

Oh yea and I find it hard to belive that not one of you folks have a beer or mixed drink they kill brain cells ya know....

 

[KillerMuffin]

I dun need to do drugs or get drunk to get high. I get to do that naturally, butchers brain cells too. Getting a little defensive there Wizzie? Why is that? I asked a question out of curiosity and I have every intention of not saying anthing else terribly interesting on the subject, other than a nice, thank you for responding.

 

[RonG]

At the risk of making all human behavior seem like bad math, the purest answer to why folks take drugs is that they assess that the current benefit of taking them outweighs the long-term risk/cost of using drugs. Typically, long-term costs and lower probabilities are underestimated by people. As examples, I would cite the lottery, insurance deductibles, and drugs.

If drugs killed a high percentage of users quickly, people would choose not to use them. But they don't - the cost is often not borne for many years or never. Some people can use drugs and accomplish about what they would have without them. Others get seriously fucked up and waste their lives. Since it comes down to probabilities and not certainties, folks make choices.

Another way to look at it - running out into traffic on an interstate is sure to create a rush of adrenalin on a par with any chemical. But the negative cost is more immediate and tangibly (darn right certain) understood. So most people don't do this.

So, now for an opinion: If we really wanted to reduce the consumption of drugs in the US, the path forward ought to be to educate the consumers about how to realistically make these types of decisions. The fear approach (with reduced criminalization) isn't working well and the War On Drugs is too riddled with corruption to effectively stop the importation. So, improve the schools and present clear facts about the real health and social impact and we just may get to a society that is not negatively affected by drugs.

 

[Wizard]

No one had the balls to speak up and I see things from a diffrent point of veiw.....See the way I think of it it is reaitly...
I "know" alot of the ones that do smoke and many would be suprise....
Defensive yes cause everone comes off like there all sweet and inocent......But to me it is just as harmfull as drinking.....Me myself I think ganbling is bad for you.....it is and addiction and can runie your life but that too is ok in this world...
We all see thing diffrent , and I wanted to respectfully disagree with many on this issue.
I know many that have smoked pot for years and I don't belive pot is a gateway drug either.....Thats a cop out...the same willpower to say no to pot can be used to say no to coke or anything else....I used them in the past too but haven't in at least 15 years but I know what they are and what they can do.....
All what you make out of it.....As I said I don't see anything diffrent as if someone had a beer at home....
Thats just how I feel.......