[J.C.]

A few years ago cannabis was decriminalized (not legalized) in my local London borough as part of a UK trial.For the first time ever my friends and I could enjoy a little number in the comfort of our own homes without feeling like criminals.This was the right way forward because prior to this I had smoked with A newspaper editor,many lawyers and just about everyone else I knew!!!My doctor even recommended it the day before I started chemotherapy,and what a giggle that was when she said, I don`t how you can get it but I have heard it helps, wink wink!!!(it certainly did too).
The only other drug I tried was LSD once and that was `spectacular`but not something I needed to experience twice.
Any friends I have who are messed up, are like this 100% because of excessive alchohol and/or Cocaine use and certainly not cannabis.
Its not possible to generalize or pre judge about drugs because they are all so completely different. I would never now try a hard drug and for that matter I am not recommending trying anything.Cannabis makes you lazy
and I don`t like wasting time so I smoke it socially and nothing more.
Ofcourse, like everything these days the trial was ruined by a small minority who chose to take the Pis* out of the police by lighting up in front of them in the street !!
Anyway, the worst part is that the tobacco element is bad for your health and the cost is rediculously high because it is illegal ,even tho I suspect that
atleast 70% of Parliament have tried it and probably 20% are regular users,
and hypocrites!!
Also, I have noticed that people who try any drug at a young age are far more at risk for many many reasons.

Cannabis should be decriminalized and also prescribed for certain medical conditions especially post traumatic stress as it blocks out nightmares/dreaming. Also, anyone wishing to give it up should smoke it for two days with a herbal cigarette(from private chemists) rather than tobacco and then there is no withdrawal when you actually stop.
Hard drugs are a big no no,one only need look around to see this is true.

[Sunny_01]

I obviously attended the same school of drugs as Feral did. I was always much more interested in a high than getting stoned! I hated Heroin, I smoked it once and god it was awful. I always much preferred Coke and Speed. I did used to enjoy a smoke as well.

I knew I had problems when like someone else on here I started getting frequent nose bleeds. I put my life change down to meeting my hubby. He helped me realise that I could actually get just as high on life if I believed in myself and my own abilities.

[Z]

- Do you use drugs?

No. A lot of my friends do and I get the effects through passive smoking, depending on how many people are smoking joints.

- Have you ever used drugs, and if so, do you regret it?

See above. I don't particularly like the feeling, I usually get a headache and feel ill, which has put me off ever trying drugs. I know this seems presumptious, but I'm not willing to risk wasting money on a habit like that.


- Do any of your friends use drugs, and if so, how do you feel about this?

A lot of my friends are older than me, people that you might expect me to look up to, but I think being able to watch them waste their money and nearly get arrested by the police for dealing is more of a lesson than actually trying drugs, because I get to see the really seedy parts, where a friend will get the drugs off his supplier and try to sell them on. It's saddening.

- What do you think of people who do use drugs?

As I've said, many of my friends do drugs, varying from smoking joints to snorting cocaine, and I admit that I do look down on them, but I'd never put them down or give an opinion about it in their presence.

- Do you class all drugs the same?

No, smoking joints, as far as I know, is something that isn't even all that addictive, it's nowhere near as bad as cocaine where you can lose parts of your nose and paying outrageous sums for such a small amount.

- What do you think of "recreational drug use"?

"I pity the foo'." But seriously, it's not something I'd want to get into because I've seen some pretty straight-and-narrow people go off the rails, and it all starts with "recreational drug use"

- Do you consider some drugs to be safe?

I'm not well informed, but I think your acids, LSDs and Ecstasy's of the world are relatively safe.

- Would you like to see any drugs legalised/decriminalised?

Smoking joints, it seems to be widely available, and one of my friends even started rolling up a joint in the middle of Costa Coffee and nobody seemed to care.

- Do you class all drug users the same?

Definitely not, I wouldn't ever compare somebody who will smoke marijuana to somebody who's injecting heroin into their veins. It just pales in comparison, you really can't see injection as acceptable.

- Do you think the current methadone program is worthwhile?

In a word, no. It's just as addictive, and it's free, it's great for drug addicts to be quite frank.

- Do you think that kids are well enough educated nowadays about the risks of drugs?

I really don't think we are, schools don't prepare you for peer pressure and friends and your idols offering you drugs, making you feel like you've got no choice. One of my closest friends always said he'd never do drugs "because it messes up your life" and all the regurgitated crap that school tells you, and he's popping Ecstasy every weekend. It's really sad to see your friends go down that path, especially when they were saying the same thing as you "I'd never take drugs" and yet there they are, injecting, smoking, swallowing, snorting... it's just not enough to tell us what drugs look like and "don't take them", I genuinely think we should be put on some kind of course to see who would accept drugs unwittingly.

[~Kizwiz~]

Originally posted by Sunny_01
I obviously attended the same school of drugs as Feral did. I was always much more interested in a high than getting stoned! I hated Heroin, I smoked it once and god it was awful. I always much preferred Coke and Speed. I did used to enjoy a smoke as well.

I knew I had problems when like someone else on here I started getting frequent nose bleeds. I put my life change down to meeting my hubby. He helped me realise that I could actually get just as high on life if I believed in myself and my own abilities.

Apart from the heroin part... which I havent tried but never been offered so i cant say whether or not I would try it.... I'm similar to Sunny...... a high on life is better than any rush you can can from a pill or line.

Thank you Mr Moon (sorry for the love up.... but he's the one who helped me stop my habits)