# Doper's who've never done dope? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 2, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495 "2002-10-02T03:29:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bafaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bafaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bafaa)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495/41 "2002-10-02T20:51:06Z")
I drink alcohol and smoke the occasional cigar but that’s about it. Not that I have any moral objection to illegal drugs, I’ve just never used them. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495/42 "2002-10-02T21:50:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Legomancer \* > \*\*By the way, we’ve had this thread before and eventually someone shows up and gets upset because all the “goodie-goodies” are patting themselves on the back. \*\* If I am remembering the same thread you are (of course, your memory is probably better than mine 😉 ), people got upset with the smug condescending attitude of a few posters – Paraphrasing (and probably exaggerating), “I’ve never done drugs and I think anyone who does is a moron and they should all be jailed because they are scum”. There is such a thing as a recreational marijuana user who can hold a job and still be a productive member of society. Some people got upset with the wide brush used by a few people, not at the “goody-goodies”. You don’t want to do drugs? Peachy-keen with me. Your body, it’s your call. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495/43 "2002-10-02T21:59:58Z")
Male, 39. I don’t smoke anything, don’t use illegal drugs, don’t drink any alcohol more than a few sips at very wide intervals. I know what I’m like without those drugs; I _really_ don’t want to multiply my problems by using them. As for drinking alcohol at university? > [@](#): > > I mean, you had to, or you’d get expelled… This didn’t seem to apply for me, either at university or at college. 🙂 Of course, I suffered the usual insistent boors who offered me something and found it difficult to take ‘no’ for an answer. But they eventually did. Of course, I’m Canadian, so my mileage definitely varies. It’s metric, for one thing… ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495/44 "2002-10-02T22:01:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Are there any Dopers who have never “experimented”\* with dope? I’ve never ingested anything more prurient than alcohol, and sometimes I wonder if I’m the only person in the world who’s this pure. I’ve never done dope. Or tobacco, and only twice any kind of liquor stronger than white wine. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495/45 "2002-10-02T22:04:57Z")
Never done it. Of course, I’m only 15. ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495/46 "2002-10-02T22:09:19Z")
Me neither. There’s a high rate of addiction in my family - you’ve all heard about my cousin and the over-the-counter drugs. I’m especially worried about how I’d react to alcohol - I’m certain that I’d use it as a way to escape problems. Heck, I have enough trouble with caffeine as it is. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495/47 "2002-10-02T23:51:52Z")
The worst I’ve ever done is walk through a cloud of marijuana smoke at an outdoor concert five years ago. I’ve never smoked, and I’ve only gotten drunk a half dozen times or so. Lately, I’ve cut back on caffeine. I used to have a soda a day-- now it’s about once a week. My life is more boring than ever! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495/48 "2002-10-02T23:59:55Z")
I can honestly say that I’ve never either experimented or done drugs in my entire life. I’m so dull. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495/49 "2002-10-03T00:06:49Z")
I’ve never experimented with drugs, not a drinker or smoker either. ---
**Author:** ![Spooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Spooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spooky)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495/50 "2002-10-03T00:15:38Z")
You know, it’s nice to see that I’m not the only person who has never smoked pot. I’m a thirty-seven year old female, I like beer (way too much, I think), I smoked Marlboro Reds for one year (quit cold turkey), and I’ve never done an illicit drug. Don’t get me wrong, I certainly have my “vices”, but for some reason, illegal drug use is not amongst them. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495/51 "2002-10-03T00:20:12Z")
**Bosda** here. No booze, no cigs, no dope (small d). Neither now, nor ever. ---
**Author:** ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495/52 "2002-10-03T00:33:48Z")
Never done any drugs, though in college I had plenty of opportunities to do so. I do like to drink 😉 Interestingly, or perhaps not, I am in favor of the complete and total legalization of all drugs. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495/53 "2002-10-03T02:01:30Z")
Fascinating. This thread’s still open. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495/54 "2002-10-03T02:09:32Z")
No, never done illegal drugs. Just have never had the desire. Also do not smoke or drink. Again, never had the desire. For that matter I don’t even drink coffee. Tried it once in my early teens and hated the taste, which permanently put me off wanting to try it again! ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495/55 "2002-10-03T02:17:06Z")
Add me in as another whose most depraved dip into the world of vice is a glass of wine. Nothing illegal, no marijuana, I don’t even like painkillers. I do like my caffeine, though. Mmm, caffeine. ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495/56 "2002-10-03T02:47:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by monica \* > \*\*Never done it. Of course, I’m only 15. \*\* Ditto here. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495/57 "2002-10-03T04:57:34Z")
I’ve had a multitude of opportunities to try every drug imaginable, and been under severe peer pressure, and never tried - not even once. I just was not interested. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495/58 "2002-10-03T06:21:03Z")
Do the unavoidable fumes of pot smoke at Tom Petty concerts count? Otherwise, no, I have not ingested anything besides the rare sip of alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![Ziactrice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@Ziactrice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ziactrice)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495/59 "2002-10-03T14:59:59Z")
I’ve never smoked, legal or illegal, or tried any illegal substance. I did take my husband’s codeine prescription once when I was sick, and got busted on the employer’s drugscreen (which thankfully, I was allowed to retest on a few days later when I explained). The one time I _think_ I was exposed to second-hand marajuana fumes in a junior high school bathroom it made me sicker than a dog. To this day, I cannot stand the mere odor - and I have encountered it on people’s clothes, under incense, etc. - it still makes me sick if it gets stronger than mere whiff. I visited Jamaica, and had rum there. It was very good stuff. The ‘gange’ and the ‘shrooms’ everyone kept offering me were not something I wanted, much to the offerer’s continual amazement. (Of course, I also turned down propositions for more, um, personal entertainment from almost everyone male for a week, too. I was supremely puzzled until I finally figured out WHY I was suddenly Marilyn Monroe’s prettier sister…) I can’t claim any special virtues - I will drink, although not too much, and I’ll never drive under the influence. I am careful but not chaste. I just hate what drugs do to people; I don’t even like to take prescription painkillers when I need them, and stop as soon as I don’t. Give me life, neat, please. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495/60 "2002-10-03T16:02:42Z")
I’ve never smoked a cigarette, or tried illegal drugs. I sip wine occasionally at Mass. I could run for publci office! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-never-done-dope/130495.md?page=4)