# Are kids using this stuff to get high? Help! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 5, 2001, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-using-this-stuff-to-get-high-help/85528 "2001-10-05T05:49:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-using-this-stuff-to-get-high-help/85528/21 "2022-11-04T23:27:52Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > He is now. He’s the VP for a large distribution company, owns a 750K home. But he didn’t straighten out until his early 20’s and life bitch slapped him a time or two, > > First a 250+ post Pit thread, now a 21+ year zombie. Whatever would you people do without me? 😛 It would be interesting to show him this thread, then ask him what he really was using it for. I think the statute of limitation has been reached on this issue. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-using-this-stuff-to-get-high-help/85528/22 "2022-11-05T00:49:13Z")
> [@Noelq](#): > > It would be interesting to show him this thread, then ask him what he really was using it for. I think the statute of limitation has been reached on this issue. NO! He went through some addiction issues in his early twenties and, as I said, life bitch slapped him a bit. He pulled himself up by his bootstraps and made a success of himself. I am not going to bring up whatever stupid shit he was doing as a teenager. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-using-this-stuff-to-get-high-help/85528/23 "2022-11-05T01:42:45Z")
What did we used to call “thread of the week”? (We’d send nominations to TubaDiva, may her memory be a blessing.) Anyway, this revival would surely be one. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-using-this-stuff-to-get-high-help/85528/24 "2022-11-05T02:33:30Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > “thread of the week”? Threadspotting. (Or Thread Spotting, but I think it was the former.) That was along with Weird Earl’s, which was a weekly link to a webpage that was dedicated to some bizzare or unusual topic. That’s how I discovered PostSecret ca. 2005 – before the first book came out, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-using-this-stuff-to-get-high-help/85528/25 "2022-11-05T11:30:17Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > Threadspotting. Right, right, thanks. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![afields](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@afields](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/afields)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-using-this-stuff-to-get-high-help/85528/26 "2022-11-05T18:07:48Z")
Wow…that’s wild! I was just researching the weird combo of items around my kid’s bed and this thread popped up. I didn’t pay any attention to the date and just assumed it was recent. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-using-this-stuff-to-get-high-help/85528/27 "2022-11-05T20:13:15Z")
> [@afields](#): > > Wow…that’s wild! I was just researching the weird combo of items around my kid’s bed and this thread popped up. I didn’t pay any attention to the date and just assumed it was recent Yeah, the board software will not use the full year in each post, so it’s really easy to see “Oct '01” and not realize it’s from 2001. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-using-this-stuff-to-get-high-help/85528/28 "2022-11-05T23:34:50Z")
I didn’t realize it was such an old zombie until something one of those old posters (who I’d assumed was a newbie) said made me check their join date and I was like “wow!” I miss seeing join dates right there at the top of every post. ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-using-this-stuff-to-get-high-help/85528/29 "2022-11-10T21:42:43Z")
> [@Solomon7t](#): > > So dont think that all kids know if a drug really will get them high or not. Many will just eat anything with a complex name. Its really sad but its true. Always remember…somewhere back in time someone licked the back of a frog to discover it was a hallucinogenic. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-using-this-stuff-to-get-high-help/85528/30 "2022-11-10T22:45:16Z")
> [@afields](#): > > I just found Orajel under m son’s pillow, as well as benadryl and iceyhot. I find lots of interesting stuff when I change his sheets. Something I found that hasn’t been mentioned on this thread, that I’ve seen, is that it can be used to delay orgasms by desensitization of the skin. This makes more sense to me than using it for a high…especially in my son’s case, by what else I typically find stuffed between his bed and wall. Ugh. The self-mutilation makes sense too though. It just depends on what you know about your kid or what else you find. I’ve found a lighter in my son’s room. He doesn’t smoke, cause I can smell that and alcohol like a bloodhound. He likes to have a lighter…I don’t know. I thought they were cool as a kid and I had one, but never did anything with it except hold it up during a concert Welcome to the Straight Dope, @afields! The ritual zombie jokes having been observed, I’ll skip them. I kinda doubt your son is using Icy Hot to delay an orgasm. I mean, it _would_, in the same way a baseball bat to the testicles would. (Or so I assume. I cringed at the mere thought when I read your post.) And if he’s using it to masturbate, as you imply, why would he want to delay his orgasm? Maybe he just has sore muscles? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-using-this-stuff-to-get-high-help/85528/31 "2022-11-10T22:58:16Z")
> [@justmeetee](#): > > Always remember…somewhere back in time someone licked the back of a frog to discover it was a hallucinogenic. Christ on a raft. It was Arizona. I was high. I was thirsty. It was just the once. I feel like that’s going to follow me around _forever!_ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-using-this-stuff-to-get-high-help/85528/32 "2022-11-11T02:31:44Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > He is now. He’s the VP for a large distribution company, owns a 750K home. Probably due to the tough love from his father who nipped his impending lifelong dependence on oral anesthetics in the bud. 😄 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-using-this-stuff-to-get-high-help/85528.md?page=1)