drug use

[BCSparkyGirl]

feel bad being the only one to admit i have taken other drugs when i was young...i am honest,though....i have no fear in admitting anything i have done

don't. Until I found out I was pregnant, I was on a 4 year "lost" weekend. Had alot of fun. Now the party is over, but I will still have the odd toke once in a blue moon.

now I use pharmaceticals when I require them. (pain management)

It amuses me to this day, I had to go in for stitches once and the doc had to use about 8 or 9 shots of freezing cause my drug tolerance was higher at the time.......

As long as you understand chemicals and your ability to handle them, I say there is nothing wrong with recreational drug use. Same as with alcohol. If you can't handle it, don't do it.

[Kyeste]

I've been on lots of prescription medicines over the years. Anti-depressants, SSRI's, birth control, pain killers, iron pills, allergy meds, etc. Currently just birth control, several iron pills, an SSRI, and heavy duty pain killers (that I rarely take because I am comfortable with pain). I hate taking medicine, but I'm always prescribed it! Would love to switch bodies with a healthy person! Any takers?

Also I'm rather fond of extra strength Advil for Migraines. Never gets rid of my migraines, but it does help me handle light better. Tylenol does nothing, it's like candy. Oh, and I have been known to take Gravol to help me fall asleep.


Never did any recreational drugs, nor had any desire to. Never saw the appeal of them. Plus, I'm anaphylactically allergic to pot. So badly allergic that if someone touches me after touching the plant I will react.

I am fine with terminally ill patients smoking pot, provided it's nowhere near me. I hate, hate, hate allergic reactions. A lot. One major reason I'm against drug use (and my father, he was always a hundred times more abusive when drinking or doing drugs).

[madchives]

feel bad being the only one to admit i have taken other drugs when i was young...i am honest,though....i have no fear in admitting anything i have done

shoot, didn't i admit to grass, hash, coke, speed, and heroin?
i see you shaking your heads - and saying no wonder
medically i've been on antidepressants and anti-anxiety meds,
quite a while ago - quit taking them.
when my mom died i tried celexa, (i think), once - had a terrible reaction,
(top half of my body got really hot), phoned 911.
they wanted me to go to the hospital, but i didn't.
(had to sign form saying i refused to go).

[madchives]

Does Coke made by Coca Cola count?

haha, used to have a bit of cocaine in it

[madchives]

I've been on trazadone, cipralex and ativan. I was on percocets two year ago after surgery. Both percocets and ativan got me high. Trazadone I learned the hardway not to mix with pot (what a trip! haha).

I however, don't really think the options are appropriate for this community. I highly doubt anyone on here is the type to abuse drugs, but that's my opinion.

Personally I don't like the idea of going back on my anti-depressants, I may need too, but hopefully I can just work through my problems and deal. I don't like the idea of relying on them. However, I'd go back to ativan to help with my panic attacks (I was prescribed like ten at a time and to only use them when I was "desperate").

A good book to read is Death by Prescription. At least I think that's what it's called. The author's 14 yo dd was prescribed pills for a stomach issue. One of the side effects ended up killing her. He takes partial responsibility in not comprehending all the side effects and what not. But it's a critical look at the way big Pharma pushes drugs on us via dr's. To be fair also, I only read the first few chapters...(really want to finish it though)

',,,at this point, jared was snorting thirty to forty percocets a day
and still topping that off with a few oxy,,,,'
this is when jared was 'a highly functioning addict' working as the
assistant to a major book publisher in boston.

'in three short years, between 2002 and 2006, the number of americans
using painkillers nonmedically grew by over 3 million people, at last count
that total number was 32.7 million'

quotes from 'pill head'

how many canadians? and wondering if it's that easy here/there
now.
joshua lyon who wrote pill head, started on pills, as a magazine
writer, who noticed how easy it was to get them on-line.
he wrote an article about getting valium, xanax and vicodin
easily and delivered.
when his editor phoned him worried about him having the pills, joshua
said he'd flush them - he didn't.

[sheetsofemptycanvas]

I smoke pot when I was younger, I'll admit that. I was always too afraid to try anything else!

[coupon girl]

no recreational drugs-ever

did have perocet for a knee injury 2 years ago -wow strong stuff

[etown]

Now I dont take anything...seldom take pain relievers.. but in my youth...

I did hash, pot, and LSD. Did mushrooms once, and tried coke once...
That was 20+ years ago....

[Sally888]

[QUOTE=BCSparkyGirl;3484460]
It amuses me to this day, I had to go in for stitches once and the doc had to use about 8 or 9 shots of freezing cause my drug tolerance was higher at the time.......QUOTE]

I needed that many for both kids for stiches. I had both of them pain med free but for after I wanted the freezing for stitches. I have always had a high drug tolerance, and I wasn't on "lost" weekends I think it depends on the person?

[vibrantflame]

feel bad being the only one to admit i have taken other drugs when i was young...i am honest,though....i have no fear in admitting anything i have done

Oh no don't feel bad! I think a lot of people experimented when they were young. I won't say I wasn't tempted to try it, but I think if I had that it would have lead me down a bad path, so that's why I never tried any thing.

[jayne_a]

I never experimented with any drugs when i was younger. I was always too scared to try. As i got older and saw some of the things that happened to friends i'm very glad i never did. (i went down the alcoholic road instead) I haven't drank in years, and as far as pain killer's go, I have 2 perscriptions for my back (an old injury) that i almost never take b/c they are addictive. (My back has been hurting really bad for the last 2 days and i still wont take one, it's gotta hurt a few more day's before i will take one)

[gracesmommy]

i've never experimented with that stuff, not my cup of tea but i wouldnt judge someone who has. my brother, who really truly is a good guy, got mixed up with the wrong crowd was a dealer and is now in prison. im not proud of that but that's the path in life he chose

[madchives]

knowing my selection, was awful - i'm sorry
may have been an interesting thread, but,,,
(oh shoot - i remember a mod helping me out
with poll options - in another thread)
hi there

[Goldengurl25]

I'm not ashamed to say I use to smoke weed on a daily bases. Until I found yoga and breathing exercises, marijuana would help with my anxiety and stress...which at the time were causing me some bad problems. I had taken the drugs that the doctor gave, but that put me into depression...so weed was my answer. I figure if you can be responsible when smoking marijuana than there no reason why you shouldn't smoke it.