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[Rusty Shackleford]

The first time I took shrooms, I bought them on an incredible trip to Amsterdam I took when I was 19; I remember crying in my hotel room from the intense feelings of euphoria pulsing through my body. The fourth time, I had a bad trip and was mildly depressed for a few months... one of my favorites, but definitely worthy of respect.

I stopped recreationally taking cocaine after I started liking it too much. Used to work in the Financial District in Downtown Manhattan (Battery Park) and the coke there was the best I've ever had... developed a bit of a problem and put it down.

Ketamine is a hell of a lot fun, but like most of the hard drugs not really something you can take, even recreationally... shit'll kill you.

I love pills because they're odorless, colorless, and tasteless... no mess, no paraphernalia, and you always know exactly what you're ingesting. Like a "light" cigarette, I think they're amongst the "safest" drugs. I love alprazolam, hydrocodone, oxycodone, muscle relaxers, skeletal relaxers, mood elevators, and the like. Wonderful with a bit of booze.

I hate Ecstasy because of the "grab-bag" of drugs it entails... and usually it's mostly cheap amphetamines.

Smoked PCP a handful of times, had a lot of fun but stopped because the drug was a little too hardcore for me.

All LSD is fake, BTW: you need a centrifuge to make it and the market isn't strong enough to warrant a legitimate product... at least where I come from.

I smoke weed at least once a day, and love it. I've had salvia a few times but didn't like the high... a bit too intense and confusing.


I also love me some dope from time to time (insufflated, never intravenously) but it's way too addicting to do more than once a month or so.



I also drink like a fish and smoke about a pack a day... and I'm in pretty good health, believe it or not. I love how the average person's perception of a drug user is usually wide off the mark... we come in all shapes and size, professions and what-have-you; the secret is moderation and knowledge... it'll keep the experience fun, and not necessary.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

nope...

never felt the need to even try cigs much less the illegal stuff .

I literally only have maybe 12 beers a year at most .

always felt most people originally tried drugs because of peer pressure .

The only drug I've ever done because of peer pressure was to start smoking. Everything else was an educated choice.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Tried a lot of stuff only to realize I'm a pothead at heart.

Me too. I try to smoke at least once a day, I've never felt it to have any detrimental qualities to it, and I'm pretty sure I'll continue to smoke into old age.

 

[drewskee]

Just weed and (occasional) alcohol for me.

For now, anyway. I do have my curiosities....

 

[pfromptown]

Rusty, does Dope mean Heroin in your neck of the woods? In England it means weed, if used at all.

I've tried everything except that, largely because for a time I knew an ex-smackhead and he told me some awful, awful stories that were designed to scare people off the stuff, and it worked. The same goes for a different guy and Speed, which I'll never touch either. I'm practically through with it all now for health, social and lifestyle reasons (Having to move back home didn't help), but here's what I think as someone who has done his fair share of dabbling:

LSD is absolutely wonderful and will genuinely open your mind. It's not just about the tripping, although that's fun: it's about changing the way you see the world and look at people. Bad trips are a myth. If you freak out at first you will continue to see things that will upset you. If you view the hallucinations as exactly that - hallucinations - and keep reminding yourself that it isn't real then you will be fine. A friend of mine once had a knife held to his throat whilst on Cid and managed to hold it together. It depends on your mentality, and some people just aren't cut out for it. If you don't think you are, don't touch it.

I've always seen shrooms as a step down from LSD, different but not really in a good way. They're much more confusing and I like to know what's going on when I'm getting messy.

Coke, in my opinion, is a drug for arseholes. It's something boisterous people take to become more boisterous and fight (At least in England). Here, it's unfortunately taken off again big time amongst stupid people, and it's leading to a lot of anti-social behaviour. Now and again you can do it with an intelligent person and have a blast but that's an increasingly rare occurrence nowadays, and in general Coke just turns me off.

Ketamine is very popular over here amongst the rave crowd but it always fucks my stomach up and since I've had stomach problems I had to knock it on the head. It's a good laugh and definately worth trying once.

MDMA is surely the best illicit substance out there. There's a misconception about it and people tend to think it's just a party drug. Don't get me wrong, it's great for partying with, but the best times I've had on it have been sitting at home with someone chatting, listening to tunes and watching TV. It sounds boring but I've had some fantastic, life changing experiences doing this. It's better with one person rather than a group: you really feel as though you are connecting with them (Of course it is possible to do this without MDMA, but the feeling of euphoria gives it a rush and a togetherness that you just can't achieve sober). Apparently the name for Ecstasy (of which MDMA is the main ingredient) was originally supposed to be 'Empathy', which would have been a much more appropriate name in my opinion. There's no comedown or next-day sluggishness either. I couldn't advocate it highly enough.

Ecstasy is just MDMA with a load of horse shit mixed in as well to cut it. No thanks, I'd rather stick to the real thing!!! I will very occasionally still drop a couple if the time, place and people are right, but it has to be a very special occasion. And I can't have anything planned for at least two days afterwards.

I was a habitual pot smoker for around five years, the middle three of which saw me smoking every day and the middle one of which I was smoking around 20 spliffs a day (And we put tobacco in our Js too unlike you Yank wimps!). It was a very happy time of my life but I sincerely regret it: the damage it has done to my brain and my lungs (I'm an asthma sufferer, and I don't need anyone to tell me how stupid I was) is more than palpable and it remains to be seen how lasting it will be. Only now, around six months after giving up, am I started to feel myself getting sharper and less hazy in my head. I wish to buggery that I'd stuck to casual smoking (Which I would still recommend) but I have an addictive personality and when you're a pothead it seems as if there's no other way to live life, so I suppose I learned a valuable lesson by over indulging - that life on its own can make anyone high enough, and you never need a drug to get by, you just think you do.

I still like a drink but more to relax at home or with my Girlfriend rather than going out to bars and clubs. I just feel I've outgrown that shit now I guess.

Rusty, I've had lots of friends like you; indeed it was guys like you who helped me get into taking drugs in the first place: intelligent, sensible and most importantly knowledgeable people. They're the best kind of drug takers because they know their limits and know each drug inside out, which is obviously much safer. However I would say that for every person who thinks druggies are all useless, grandmother raping degenerates, there's a drug taker who thinks that drugs are harmless, that they're invincible and will carry on doing it forever, like I used to. Maybe you will, and if so good luck to you, but to be honest it's quite a naive attidude (Although I'm sure you're not a naive person generally) and one can only really see that with hindsight, once they've given up. I would never dream of saying you don't know what you're doing, but just be aware that one day they might not feel as good as they used to, and when that day comes, it will suck 🙂

 

[Skipadeedoodah]

😵

LOL No worries. If it came right down too it I'd probably be too scared anyway 😛

 

[tdmeets1]

I've tried coke once and I didn't like it.
I'd love to try shrooms and acid at least once.

Other than that...alcohol and weed are wonderful. 🙂

I never understood the appeal of coke. Whenever my friends want to throw down on a bag of it I pass.. It just turns everyone into assholes.

Shrooms and acid on the other hand, are wonderful experiences with the right people in the right setting. Acid especially requires a certain state of mind and a great deal of emotional maturity. Alcohol and weed are good all-purpose fun-enhancers.

 

[Dave2112]

I smoke weed like fat kids eat cake.

 

[Mephistopheles]

All LSD is fake, BTW: you need a centrifuge to make it and the market isn't strong enough to warrant a legitimate product... at least where I come from.

That's quite a daring statement. I know a few chemists who actually make the stuff themselves, and having done some labwork in my time, I can tell you that obtaining a centrifuge is not that big a deal. (unless it's an ultracentrifuge, but I don't think 150.000 g's are necessary) Stealing one for instance works fine. It's still a complicated process but with the right equipment and skills you can make it work.

The only drug I'm currently doing is LSD, and the occasional bit of weed but that's legal here so not much of a deal.

I've done a number of different things, not sure if I can remember everything I've taken so far. Let's see.

Shrooms, MDMA, amphetamine, coke, ketamine, dextrometorphan, DMT, salvia divinorum, mescalin, kratom, GHB, truffles, laughing gas, 2c-b, ephedra and I've snorted a couple of Xanax when I was on a holiday in the US when I was 16.

Having tried those things I must say I strongly prefer hallucinogens, LSD being my favourite. Used to have a great connection, the guy was really high up the food chain which guaranteed a fresh supply of highly pure and cheap drugs. Thing is I don't have the time for it nowadays.

 

[Jagermeistered]

^ Who are you? 😛

 

[chicago]

Coke is retarded. Seems like unless you're Charlie Sheen, you're going to just be paying out the ass for some Similac that the dealer pinched out of and then realize you could have gotten the same high from about five espressos. It's bullshit. And that post-nasal drip thing you have the next day? Gross.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

I wouldn't compare the high from quality coke to five espressos... although the way it makes you feel the next day (and the eventual crash the night before) certainly keeps me away from it.

 

[CurtWild]

My drug days are long behind me, although I do take the occasional vicodin or muscle relaxer.

 

[chicago]

I wouldn't compare the high from quality coke to five espressos... although the way it makes you feel the next day (and the eventual crash the night before) certainly keeps me away from it.

Maybe the handful of times I did it, I just got really shitty coke, or maybe it doesn't affect me the same way it does other people. Either way, it's probably for the best that I didn't ever enjoy it.

 

[Mephistopheles]

Maybe the handful of times I did it, I just got really shitty coke, or maybe it doesn't affect me the same way it does other people. Either way, it's probably for the best that I didn't ever enjoy it.

People seem to experience a boost in confidence, turning most of them into arrogant self-centred pricks. As for me I mainly noticed (yes, the coke was pretty good) that I felt sober instead of drunk, and I was a lot happier in my state of alcoholocaust.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Love "alcoholocaust".... yeah, when you're drinking coke pretty much just keeps you straight.

 

[Radiohead 7140]

How many milligrams were you prescribed, Crystal? For me, a little booze and 2 mgs has me feeling on top of the world... 4 mgs and I won't remember anything that happens for the next 12 hours and I'll sleep for 16.

Funny how you prefer Clonapins to Xanax... whenever I fucked with Clonapins it always felt like "baby" Xanax.

dude - 2mg's at once is a LOT of xanny, especially with alcohol. 4 mgs is absurd. and i'm not preachy, i fully support drugs (even though i don't really do them anymore).

I am however considering doing a little Molly at a music festival this weekend. I only tried it once 7 years ago and apparently took an enormous hit so it freaked me out a bit, so I'm hesitant. Maybe will just stick to the weed (or shrooms should they be floatin around)

 

[tklee88]

I've smoked weed and drink alcohol. I like both haha. That's as hard as I go.

 

[Radiohead 7140]

I've smoked weed and drink alcohol. I like both haha. That's as hard as I go.

you have?

 

[jc10113]

I smoke weed all the time but it doesn't effect my studies or my workouts, it actually enhances them 🙂

 

[onemancna]

guess I get to be mom. I dont mind the notion of coke, heroin, pot. But popping xannies and hydrocodone is just retarded unless its a medical reason. Ive worked in the medical field for seven years now as a nurse. What you dont see popping pills is the big picture. yeah, morphines fun and can cause hallucinations. Lortabs are relaxing, but chronic use is gonna reak havoc on you down the road. If you ever get seriously injured, those pills wont work when you really need them to and nothing will touch the pain. I had a cna who popped them by the handful. she was in a carwreck a few years back and now morphine wont stop the pain. She has to go in and get spinal blocks to try and ease it up some. so mary jane, coke, heroin, LCD go for it. but reconsider a xannie or hydrocodone.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

I can't imagine how anyone (much less someone with medical experience) would extoll the virtues of notorious street drugs like coke or heroin over pharmaceuticals.... I mean, seriously. You always know exactly what you're getting, and it's much easier to ration and control one's use with pills than it is with much harder drugs; Xanax aside (that and alcohol are the only two drugs that can kill you if you stop taking it [don't argue, folks, look it up]), painkillers are so much safer than most drugs.

Besides, if anyone is chewing pills by the handful, I doubt their chief concern should be worrying about the pill's effectiveness after a hypothetical injury, you know?

 

[totoforhire]

I smoke marijuana often but I don't partake in any other illicit substances. I also don't drink or smoke cigarettes. My favorite thing to do while high is going on long, late night bike rides with my dog. While riding I listen to podcasts and enjoy the night. I also absolutely love being tickled while high.

 

[totoforhire]

Maybe the handful of times I did it, I just got really shitty coke, or maybe it doesn't affect me the same way it does other people. Either way, it's probably for the best that I didn't ever enjoy it.

I've tried cocaine a few times and it has always made me feel tense and angry.

 

[ShiningIce]

Tried Coke, it was stupid. Tried shrooms twice it was great. Stoner till I die. That's no secret. Tried E twice that was also great. Interested in the Spirirt Molecule, Salvia, Peyote, mescaline etc etc I'm a timid psychonaut.