Poll about illegal drugs

Pot
Alcohol
That’s it. I had the opportunity to try others, but I never really wanted to. Something about them didn’t appeal to me - I think it’s that I know I am easily addicted to things (known from the way I “took to” smoking cigarettes) and I didn’t want to take a chance on some drugs.

I have tried belladona and i dont recommend it at all. Sorry I forgot to put that on my list. A friend of mine in high school used to make a tea out of belladona that we spent about 3 weeks drinking. Within that 3 weeks one of my friend walked through his bedroom window. Another somehow lost his pants in public and began cussing at a stranger in the grocery store. And numerous other things you would not want to find out you did when you woke up the next morning. Not to mention that your eyes stay dialated for about a week and you cant focus on anything within five feet of your face. Helluva trip though;)

In high school, there was this amazing football player - he played defense, and he was courted by all the major football schools and eventually got a full scholarship to one of them - I can’t remember which.

Anyway, he was a great player but he ran sooooo slow. Everyone - all his friends, even teachers - called him the Quaalude Kid. Whenever I hear the word, I think of that and become hysterical. :slight_smile:

I’ll try almost anything at least once. Luckily, I wouldn’t classify myself as having an addictive personality; there are some drugs like alcohol and weed I allow myself to use frequently, others I limit myself to special occasions one or two times a year, and some I experimented with a few times and had no problem giving up.

Caffeine (a cup or two every day)
Alcohol (vodka or red wine twice a week or more)
Marijuana (just about every day)
Nicotine(never more than a cig or two every month)
Psilocybin (I’ve tripped shrooms about five times, its been better and worse, always depends on the people you’re with)
Salvia (done it a few times, I love this stuff, it’s a natural mint derivative with short hallucinogenic effects, and its legal!)
Opium (black or red a couple dozen times, smells great and very chill)
MDMA (the first time you try Ecstasy is so good it can be life altering; each consecutive time is less and less enjoyable, I’ve rolled half a dozen times, and I’m just about ready to give it up)
Valium or Xanax (once in a blue moon, but I never mix them with alcohol – it can cause serious brain damage)
PCP (unknowingly, I once smoked weed dusted with PCP, I was high non-stop for four days – it was not enjoyable)
Nitrous Oxide (this shit will turn you into a slobbering dolt, people who take 12 hits in row usually wake up the next morning with their vocabulary cut in half; I’ve done it a few times, but never more than one or two hits at a time)
Ritalin or Aderol (a few times, and never up the nose – speed really isn’t my thing, I like to chill out when I do drugs)
Cocaine (twice, and only two lines each time – very enjoyable but too expensive and I think the risk of addiction is too high to do it even infrequently)
Morphine or Demerol (doesn’t really count because I was having my wisdom teeth removed at the time, but I did really enjoy it; they way I described it to my friends was that you’re so fucking high you don’t care that someone is prying teeth out of your mouth)
OxyContin or Percocet (did it thrice, maybe I didn’t take enough because I didn’t think it was anything special)

I’ve never done any of these:

Quaaludes (just never got around to it, I might try it someday though)
Crystal Meth (like I said, speed isn’t my thing)
Heroin (one day I’ll try it just too see if its really “1000 times better than your best orgasm.")
Special K (I’ve had the opportunity, but at the time bumping shit didn’t appeal to me, I’ll probably try it once)
Crack (no desire now and probably ever)
LSD (I’m very inclined to psychedelic experiences, I love shroom trips, my best friends and I are just waiting for the ideal time to have our very first LSD trip – months of planning will be involved)
Mescaline or Peyote (same as LSD)

erislover– You’re surprised that no-one else has a desire to try belladonna? I’m not!

Most of the other drugs mentioned in this thread have some type of positive effect. Many of the entheogens can have amazing, life-changing effects. But I can’t say that I have ever heard anything positive about belladonna.

Belladonna is in the same family as Datura, Jimson weed, and Nightshade. It is extremely toxic, even small doses can cause coma or death.

Also–Belladonna is not a psychedelic or a hallucinogen–it’s a deleriant. Users talk to people who aren’t there, smoke imaginary cigarettes, and cannot separate fantasy from reality at all. That may sound fun–but from the people I talk to who have played around with this stuff–it is anything but fun!

In college, one of the guys who lived in my dorm went through a period where he did a lot of this stuff. I ran into him one day at the grocery store. We talked for a while…he told me about his method of making tea from the plant. As we started to wind down our conversation, I began to realize that* he thought we were in his apartment!* Whoa! This plant really does scramble your brain!

So before you decide to experiment with belladonna, I really suggest you do more research on it. Read a bunch of the trip reports on Erowid. I’ve never heard of anyone having a good time on this stuff. Most drugs you can at least get something out of…but this stuff seems worthless IMO.

But if you decide to go through with it–proceed with caution, and please make sure you have a trip-sitter with you the entire time!

alcohol, pot, hashish, cocaine, crystal meth, LSD, mescaline, mushrooms, crack, opium, MDA, and heroin (smoked, not injected)

Hash
Grass
LSD
Ecstasy
Cocaine
Mushrooms
Speed

Would probably do stronger if offered but not seeking anything out.

It was in the form of a very large pill, about twice the size of a multi-vitamin, but I still think it was probably LSD because the high had qualities peculiar to LSD and amphetamine that I have always associated with “artificial” drugs, as opposed to qualities experienced using “natural” drugs, such as mushrooms and marihuana. On the other hand, I have seen results from double-blind tests in which neither subjects nor testers could differentiate between LSD and mescaline, so I just don’t know.

I have always wanted to try belladonna, but probably won’t now that I am making an active effort to stay drug and alcohol free.

Oh, let’s see:

Alcohol, but I’m at a weird stage where it takes the same amount to get me drunk as it does to give me a nasty hangover, no wiggle room. So I try to avoid it now. I often go on 1, 2 or 3 month sabbaticals from the stuff. And in Prague, that is hard to do where beer is cheaper than cola.

Nicotine, ugh, glad I don’t do that anymore.

Caffeine, though I’m only drinking tea these days though, so it’s a lot less.

Codeine (Tylenol-3)

Amhyl Nitrate ( clinical grade poppers - I delivered medical supplies for awhile, these are prescribed for cardiac stuff and cyanide poisoning. 30 seconds of rolling on the ground hysterical laughter. Most other poppers are nitrites and not nearly as fun.)

Smoke-smoke-smoke-smokin da weed, smokin da weed when life is good and steady. I quit when important things come up. I only smoke a fraction of what people normally do as well - 1 hit, maybe 2. 1 gram a month average.

Hash, hash oil; once each.

Mushrooms a few times- tons of fun, but wouldn’t want to do them regularly.

Prescribed sleeping pills (tried Rohypnol once- wowzer! Do NOT mix it with alcohol!)

Not really wanting to try anything else. Planning a trip to A’dam this summer- whoo-hoo! Um, er, uh, just to see the flowers mind you. And to throw donuts at Coldfire! :wink:

-Tcat

Chiming in.

Done:
Alcohol (Fun but ruinous.)
Niccotine (Lame but pleasantly addictive.)
Marijuana (Lovely, always. Wish I still knew somebody who could get it.)
LSD (Fun, I guess, but quite a bumpy ride.)
Nitrous Oxide (Lame: “Look I’m losing consciousness! Whee!!”)
Psilocybin Mushrooms (Like LSD but not as much fun.)
Some kind of Speed, sold to me as Ecstacy (Sucked. I was awake for three days.)

Not Done, would have:
Ecstacy

Not Done, wouldn’t have:
Everything else. I have an addictive personality and crappy willpower.

For the record, prohibition sucks and doesn’t work and someday somebody will figure that out (AGAIN).

Yes, I’ve spent many an hour at Erwoid. If I have to hear how cool DMT is one more time at that website I think I am going to go nuts. :smiley:

::shakes head::

Anyone else worried by the sheer size of these lists, and the number of people saying they’ve done these? I’m not judging any of you here: I’m fully for legalisation of most of these (if only because that way standards can then be imposed, preventing ‘bad’ drugs causing more deaths), and it’s fully a personal choice. But I’m sure it can’t be healthy to do all these…

Besides which it occurs to me that confessing to breaking the law on a publically accessible message board isn’t exactly what one would call a bright idea. Think about it. Even if you haven’t mentioned your name in your profile, or ever on the board, how hard do you really think it would be to find out your names, RL identities, etc if someone put their mind to it? All it takes is one person investigating drug crimes to find this thread…

Just my thoughts on the subject. Sorry if I sound preachy.

Have tried:

Marijuana - Have enjoyed this plant for some 26 years. I can’t say enough good things about this wonderful weed.

Hash - Enjoy it…but haven’t seen it since the early 90’s

Hash oil - A couple times in the late 70’s…haven’t come across it since

LSD - blotter, microdots, and liquid form…but not since the late 80’s

Opium - have happened onto some of this a few times…most recently mid-90’s

Mushrooms - Tried them for the first time a few months ago…but I do have a funny story about almost being shot by a farmer in the late 70’s while in an attempt to harvest them

Coke - Probably about a dozen times in the past 25 years…never paid for it though…I realized the first time I did it that I shouldn’t allow myself to use it regularly

Various Amphetimines - Mostly “blue and white specks”…but, my last usage of amphetimines (about 7 years ago) was legal - the “phen phen” diet pills

Various Downers - Qualudes, or “714s” (both Rohrer and Lemon) in the 70’s and 80’s. Also tried "blue tips"and “placidyl”. Have tried tranquilizers Valium (roach 5’s and 10’s), Xanax, and various muscle relaxants.
Have NOT tried:

Heroin - No frickin’ way dude…no freaking needles

Crack - No frickin way dude…especially since I have had the displeasure of knowing at least 2 people that totally destroyed their lives with this stuff…bad jit

Ecstacy - Haven’t had the opportunity. I’m not sure if I would do it or not.

Peyote, Mescaline - Haven’t had the opportunity. Might try it if available

Salvia - No opportunity yet…but I’m intrigued. I will probably eventually add this to my tried list.

Not sure:

Meth - I snorted something said to be “crystal Meth” once in the 70’s

PCP - Ingested something puported to be PCP once in the 70’s

Fuck the po-lice
Seriously though…I don’t recall seeing anyone in this thread confessing to manufacture or trafficing of these illegal substances.

If it ever gets to the point where the government starts going after people for past use of illegal drugs, then I imagine I’ll share a cell with Dubya…and I bet he can get the really good shit.

I don’t think many of us heads are worried, kitarak; most states have statute of limitations.

Besides, how do you and the police know we’re telling the truth?
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Hmm… lessee…

Pot
Hash
Psilocybin
, many times
LSD, many times
Ecstasy
Mescaline
, which was relatively weak
DMT (very glad I got a chance to do this one…)
And technically it was illegal for me to drink alcohol when I first did, so… alcohol.

Coke(snorted, smoked), Meth(snorted, smoked), Mesc, Shrooms, Acid, Pot, alcohol, Valiums, Amphetamines(aderralls), Ritalin, Ketamine, GHB, Salvia, Ecstasy, MDA, Morphine(snorted), Assorted other Opiates, Opium, Hash, DXM, 5-Meo-DIPT. that’s all I can think of right now. Don’t worry though, I don’t do that anymore:)

Banana peels and margaritas.

GRRRRRRRRR! I finally give in because this thread has been on the front page for like 3 days. . . .
marijuana, acid, shrooms, coke, meth, meth, more meth, alcohol, marijuana, valium, xanex, and other various pharmeceuticals, ecstasy, opium, dex (YUCK!!!), marijuana, heroin, and i think that’s it. really, just a typical teenager that was a little too curious about altering my state of mind. good thing I just smoke weed and occasionally drink now, but oh the memories. . . . :smiley:

did i leave anything out novacaine?

I used alcohol illegally when I was 18-21. I continue to occasionally use it (legally, now) about once every couple of months on average.

I have smoked weed to the point of being stoned about ten times (mostly in college, and a couple of times since)

I tripped on acid once.

I would probably do acid again if it came up, and the circumstances were right, and I’d be interested in psilocybin mushrooms as well, but I have no plans or strong motivation to pursue their use in the forseeable future.

Every thing else (cocaine, speed, heroin, etc.) is right out!