# Round 2: The Rob Ford Drug Survey: What have you tried? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 19, 2013, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235 "2013-11-19T04:38:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/1 "2013-11-19T04:38:49Z")
In light of Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s admissions of drug use, I’m interested in knowing what most people of his demographics have experimented with. He’s late 40ish I believe and our crowd here should be fairly representative of that age group. This will be totally confidential; just answer the poll and move on if you wish. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/2 "2013-11-19T04:44:42Z")
How come you dropped speed from the other list? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/3 "2013-11-19T04:45:13Z")
There are a few more that aren’t on your list. I had a very interesting few years in college. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/4 "2013-11-19T04:46:31Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > How come you dropped speed from the other list? Someone suggested speed and meth were the same. I have no experience in this particular field. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/5 "2013-11-19T04:47:56Z")
Whoops. Didn’t see codeine down at the bottom. Does prescription count, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/6 "2013-11-19T04:49:11Z")
And you probably should have specified which drugs have been used for recreational use rather than for medical purposes…for example, anybody who’s had surgery has probably had an opiate painkiller in post op. Just sayin’. Oh, and back in the dark ages when I tried ‘speed’, it was a dexamphetamine, not a methamphetamine. ---
**Author:** ![yawuntz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/7 "2013-11-19T04:55:20Z")
DMT is chopped liver? ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/8 "2013-11-19T05:03:14Z")
Crack is wack and opiates are nasty, the rest I tried in my 20’s. No MDMA, speed etc makes it an incomplete list. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/9 "2013-11-19T05:09:52Z")
> [@sisu](#): > > Crack is wack and opiates are nasty, the rest I tried in my 20’s. No MDMA, speed etc makes it an incomplete list. And mushrooms, peyote etc. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/10 "2013-11-19T05:12:30Z")
Zonker: Whatever happened to pot? Duke: I dunno, you can’t even get busted for it any more. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/11 "2013-11-19T05:15:09Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > And mushrooms, peyote etc. Oh yeah I forgot my late teens, this could explain it! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/12 "2013-11-19T05:21:34Z")
I suppose I should have included mushrooms. Peyote is such a weird, and I assume, regional drug that it never occurred to me. I’ve never met anyone who has openly spoke about peyote. MDMA? ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/13 "2013-11-19T05:23:36Z")
> [@sisu](#): > > No MDMA, speed etc makes it an incomplete list. Definitely need a few more categories there for things like ecstacy ([most which is now really falsely labeled](http://www.businessinsider.com/most-molly-is-something-else-2013-9)), bath salts (not that I’d ever even think of trying that shit), etc. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/14 "2013-11-19T05:23:40Z")
Why is there no choice for ‘nothing’ or ‘none of the above’? ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/15 "2013-11-19T05:25:20Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > In light of Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s admissions of drug use, I’m interested in knowing what most people of his demographics have experimented with. He’s late 40ish I believe and our crowd here should be fairly representative of that age group. > > This will be totally confidential; just answer the poll and move on if you wish. Wait, that dude’s in his 40s? I would have guessed mid 50s. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/16 "2013-11-19T05:37:11Z")
> [@sisu](#): > > Oh yeah I forgot my late teens, this could explain it! Hah! I tried mushies **once**. Went picking with my SIL and BIL, they brewed up a tea or something, and suffice to say, I’m not going anywhere near a mushroom again. ☹ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/17 "2013-11-19T05:44:35Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Wait, that dude’s in his 40s? I would have guessed mid 50s. Wow. It’s worse than you thought; he’s 44 apparently. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/18 "2013-11-19T06:07:51Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Hah! I tried mushies **once**. Went picking with my SIL and BIL, they brewed up a tea or something, and suffice to say, I’m not going anywhere near a mushroom again. ☹ > > 😃 Oh yeah similar, once only damn it was scary. Out the back of Healesville if memory serves me right! Back in the day (early '90s) we did get MDMA when we purchased Ecstasy (friends had testers from Amsterdam) but I am guessing today it is a bit of a lottery. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/19 "2013-11-19T06:12:17Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > There are a few more that aren’t on your list. I had a very interesting few years in college. 😃 Tell me about it. I came of age in the 1970s. Don’t think there even was crack cocaine then, was there? All the other stuff was just part of the rites of passage, heh. And I knew a lot of hippies. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/20 "2013-11-19T07:08:37Z")
> [@sisu](#): > > Back in the day (early '90s) we did get MDMA when we purchased Ecstasy (friends had testers from Amsterdam) but I am guessing today it is a bit of a lottery. I was a ‘late bloomer’ to most drugs (apart from alcohol and dope) so only attempted LSD in the early 90’s too. I bought the drugs from a trusted friend, had the kids babysat for a long weekend, made sure I had another trusted friend to be with me, popped the acid and waited… …and waited …and waited… And nothing bloody happened. Others who had partaken of the same batch recorded wonderful experiences! I tried again a few weeks later thinking there was something amiss with MY sample, but again, nada. I still feel deprived! When my kids had grown, they offered me a try of ecstasy, and whaddya know?? Again, no response. Fuggit…just pass me a glass of chards will ya?? 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235.md?page=2)