DawgTalkers.net Forums DawgTalk K-9 Consensus Doper Poll

Pretty simple, if you have done it, even once---the answer is yes.....

Hace you used any of these: multiple choice
	Marijuana
	LSD
	Mushrooms
	Peyote (mescaline)
	Ketamine
	Methamphetamine
	MDMA (ecstacy)
	Cocaine
	Crack Cocaine
	Heroin
	Other opiates (vicodin, percocet, oxycontin, loratab, etc.)
	Raw Opium
	DMT
	2 C-B
	PCP
Votes accepted starting: 06/21/11 11:12 PM You must vote before you can view the results of this poll.

you can't vote if you've done none.

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Hace you used any of these:

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That's racist.

Who is the other cocaine user here, besides Derden? lol.

not to nitpick, but this poll was set up incorrectly. There should be a yes or no option for each drug. That will give you a better representation of DT drug use.

Who the hell is going to cop to using " hard " drugs ?

I did 3/4 of those by the time I was 19. Not proud of it but I was young and stupid..... completely stupid.

Never really understood how anybody could get addicted to drugs though.I have never been addicted to anything but cigarettes. I just did it because the crowd I was hanging around with was doing it and made it seem so great and harmless. Didn't take me long to realize they were idiots.

The only thing on that list I could come close to saying yes to is second hand marijuana.. never smoked it but I've been at parties and other places where it was done.

I don't care if people haven't used......just wanted to get a cross-section of what people on here have used in the past.

This isn't a have or haven't used poll.....its more of a what had you used in the past type poll.

Just seeing where some folks level of experience was with specific substances.

I think I used Oxycontin when I had my wisdom teeth out ... but I don't think that counts....

Everything else? nope ...

You probably got oxycodone....generic for percocet.

I doubt you would get oxycontin---that is usually prescribed for severe cranial spine injuries, or cancer patients.

haha good point ...

well... that's a little "turd in the punchbowl" imo

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Why someone would brag about doing illegal drugs, I don't know.

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Who is bragging about doing illegal drugs?

I've tried a bunch of them.

They weren't really my cup of tea. I tried cocaine a few times, probably 10 years ago, didn't see the big deal, i hated that drip you get, it was more annoying than anything else. I only really did it because a friend of mine's older sister was extremely hot and always asked me to come up to her room and do a line with me (Ya I know, cut me some slack I was 18). I tried speed once around the same time and thought that was a lot crazier than cocaine. Only once though, putting stuff up my nose was never my thing, I think because doing it that way makes it seem like you're doing something incredibly wrong, lol.

I did acid twice and didn't like it. Had a pretty bad experience the second time. I absolutely hate the feeling you get the next day, you have this awful guilt trip hangover where you feel about as worthless as you can possibly get.

Never tried crack or heroin, just reputation alone kept me away from those.

I was a weed smoker, but have laid off the last 12 months, too much going on with my job and the possibility of me being hired on (they do hair tests which they check the last 90 days)

Other than weed, I think the only drug I tried that I actually enjoyed was mushrooms. That stuff was crazy, you end up just talking about the most ridiculous things, and laughing all night. Not something you can do every weekend though.

Tried weed as a kid. I didn;t particularly like it, and didn't try it again. My friends were like "Oh man this is good *stuff* ...." ... and I said ..... "What's it supposed to do?". lol

I am taking morphine right now for my back. I have been resisting bumping up the dosage, but I may have to because the pain is getting almost unbearable at times.

Other than that, my recreational drug use was limited to alcohol.

Obviously, I have used a lot of these, most of them actually. The only one's I haven't tried are PCP, Crack, and 2C-B....their are some other exotic chemicals that I haven't listed that are also off my radar--but whatev....

I went through phase's will a lot of them. Loved Coke for a few year, from like 18-23---then grew sick of the horrible feeling you get coming down off it.

I messed with really pure crystal around 23-24, before the supply got busted, and that was kind of cool---but after 3-4 days with no sleep while trying to live a semi-normal life, I would often crash out and say, no more of that. But then a few months later I ight get the urge to get crazy again.

I absolutely loved shrooms and acid. I did 'em a lot in HS. At one point I had a group of people that all ate acid together all the time, and people thought we were a borderline cult. I still really believe that acid has some useful qualities, eating it and examining your life, or the world around you---thinking about where you are in the universe---its actually some really heavy stuff at any age. I last used it about two years ago, and I think that throughout my life I would pick it up at different times. Cuz examining your life at 18, 25, and 35 all lead to different perspectives.

I am a firm believer that psychedelics are useful with regard to really get another perspective on your life.

I had a love affair with ecstacy when I was dating this girl, and she loved X, and so did her friends.....and Ketamine was always floating around the party scene at this time too. Like from 18-21. Once I stopped seeing EM, I stopped using X. Makes you really happy though. It basically floods your brain with serotonin, the mood chemical that makes us happy. So its like everything in the world is the most amazing, loving, softest, most beautiful thing ever. And you want to tell everyone about it....sober people will really think you are a fruit.

Heroin and opiates let you float through your day....started really getting into synthetic pharms at like 23, and then hit heroin really hard at 27. Great feeling, its like you are in and out of this dreamy state for hours upon hours---then you wake up the next day really wanting more---then that grows to needing more---then you have a $300 dollar a day habit and it becomes your number 1 priority---everything else comes second.

I will probably pick up weed again eventually---I never liked to really smoke a lot. maybe a toke here and there---not everyday, not every week, not every month. But maybe a few times a year, getting stoned and playing some video games or something is fun.......maybe if I ever move somewhere where its legal.

Since my mid twenties I had a rule with weed, one or two hits and I am good. Too much smoke makes me really start over-analyzing things, and it just isn't fun anymore. One or two pulls and I am good with it....

Thats my history.

PCP and crack always seemed too crazy crackheaded for my tastes. i have been around crack smokers, and people using PCP---no thank you.

i guess thats one of the places where I said no to drugs...

I am not really bragging---but I do think that the experiences are worth something. I mean, those experiences are something I will always have, and when other folks reference times like those, I will know intuitively what they are talking about.

It gave me a good perspective on what drugs are really about, the highs and lows, and I wouldn't trade that away. Its something that you can't get from reading a book, or watching a movie. And I do believe that it has kind of altered my perspective with regard to spirituality, politics, and values.

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I am not really bragging---but I do think that the experiences are worth something.

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Yep....time in jail and/or prison.

Last year at this time you were bragging about smoking weed during a 3 week vacation to Hawaii. This year you are whining about possibly going to jail over drug paraphernalia. You should get a clue.

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I mean, those experiences are something I will always have, and when other folks reference times like those, I will know intuitively what they are talking about.

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And how will that help you with a life skill of any kind? What is the value?

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It gave me a good perspective on what drugs are really about, the highs and lows, and I wouldn't trade that away. Its something that you can't get from reading a book, or watching a movie. And I do believe that it has kind of altered my perspective with regard to spirituality, politics, and values.

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I get a perspective as well from seeing inmates go through withdrawal. I see their parents, wives, husbands, kids come in to jail to visit with painful looks on their faces. I see it when I read in the newspaper that a former inmate (or anyone for that matter) died of an overdose. I see it when reading jail commitments where a user stole off of his grandmother to support his habit. I have seen it and just saw it two days ago while escorting a Pennsylvania State Police trooper to interview an inmate who smuggled in 25 Klonopin up his ass when he came back to jail for the 13th time.

Yep........perspective.

You sound as if you believe drugs might be a detriment...

To ansewer derden's question: I've tried weed (I'm not saying I still smoke but I'm not saying I don't, either haha);
As for LSD, I haven't done it since 1998, had a bad paranoia trip and won't ever do it again. Every other time I tried it, I just laughed a lot, drank beer after beer, always had a great time, never hallucinated or got paranoid until the last time). Never again.

In 1994, I tried coke, which was my only time. Sweet indeed, but expensive and I wouldn't want to develop a coke habit.

Never tried anything else, wouldn't do any pills, I've seen what crack does to people and no effing way would anyone get me to do that.

Pot only back in the day.

If people want to kill themselves with drugs, who the hell cares?

Unfortunately, a lot of innocent people usually get hurt on a drug abuser's road to self destruction, and the taxpayers generally get left paying the bills.

I wasn't talking about innocent people.

I know ... but there are always innocent people around drug users. There are mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, friends, co workers, neighbors, and so on. Very often it seems like these are the people who suffer because of the actions of the drug user. Drug users cause damage to people and property ..... depending on the drug, they can become thiefs and abusers .... they can abandon their children for hours .... or days ...... and bring drug addicted children into the world because birth control is one drug they refuse to use.

Rarely is it the drug user him/herself who bears the brunt of the horrors of drug use. They are often so disconnected from reality that it is those who love and care for them who are left to feel their pain instead.

Yes, I agree with most of that....but I guess I'm missing your point.

I might have posted this poll...If I was a teenager.

You said "If people want to kill themselves with drugs, who cares?"

My point is that there would be a lot of people who would care ..... and who get hurt badly, mentally, spititually, or physically while drug users are trying to drug themselves into an escape from reality.

Children Find Parents Unconscious After Overdosing On Heroin
June 23, 2011 9:29 PM
(Source: Washington County Jail)

Reporting Mary Robb Jackson

FINLEYVILLE (KDKA) — State Police and paramedics were called to a home on Lutes Road in Finleyville, Washington County, because two little boys believed that their parents were dead.

Wally Ferry, 45, and 26-year-old Kimberly Miller are the parents of two boys, ages 6 and 7.

“They need taken care of the proper way,” Rose Ferry, the boys’ grandmother, said. “They don’t need to be around parents with problems.”

When the call came in to 911 dispatch around 8:30 p.m. last Friday, on the other end of the line was the voice of a 7-year-old child stating that he found his parents in the upstairs bathroom dead.

Ferry arrived to find the house filled with emergency personnel.

Wally Ferry and Kimberly Miller were discovered lying on the floor of the bedroom and adjoining bathroom. According to police, both were unconscious. Nearby, police found a baggie containing 11 syringes.


Once revived, Miller said they had overdosed on heroin.

“I said, ‘Shame on both of you, shame on both of you,’” Rose said. “ ‘You put these children’s lives in jeopardy.’”

The 7-year-old left a note for her. “Please read. I love you grandma. I always will. Do not forget to call. Save up money so we can live with you.”

The boys are now in the custody of Children and Youth Services. Their parents remain in the Washington County Jail.

Ferry and Miller will stand trial on drug and child endangerment charges.

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BURDEN ON SOCIETY

I realize that there are very sad things that can and do happen surrounding drug use/abuse.

I wonder....overall, who costs society more -- drug users or alcoholics?

There are plenty of people who are drains on society. Some are lazy, some are crazy, some take drugs, some drink too much.

If you are using that argument for keeping drugs illegal, it is weak. See above.