# 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:** 2
**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, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/21 "2013-11-19T09:18:33Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > 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. That was my experience with ecstasy too. Nada. Not a thing. I remember when it was legal too, and when they finally criminalized it. There were big ecstasy parties on the last night of legality. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/22 "2013-11-19T10:29:33Z")
I left off anything used in accordance with a prescription. If those count then add one to codeine (post op) and one to cocaine (topical anesthetic when sewing up a facial wound with exposed nerve). ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/23 "2013-11-19T12:14:21Z")
Jeez, no love for [jenkem](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenkem)? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/24 "2013-11-19T12:32:52Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Why is there no choice for ‘nothing’ or ‘none of the above’? Threadshitting reported. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/25 "2013-11-19T12:40:39Z")
Crack had not yet been invented during my wild years, so I missed that one. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/26 "2013-11-19T13:16:07Z")
Thanks a lot for reminding me of my misspent youth. One of the most boring experiences of my life was an LSD … can’t say trip, didn’t go much of anywhere. Some of the others on your list were a lot more fun. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/27 "2013-11-19T13:24:04Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Threadshitting reported. Bwahahaha! And I was thinking the exact opposite: why no “all of the above” option? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/28 "2013-11-19T13:28:53Z")
> [@Silver\_Fire](#): > > Bwahahaha! And I was thinking the exact opposite: why no “all of the above” option? I missed crack due to my age and lack of familiarity with Canadian pols.☹ ETA: I woulda included 'shrooms and nitrous oxide. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/29 "2013-11-19T13:45:42Z")
I never did mushrooms. It’s still a disappointment for me. The one time I tried acid I paired it with meth. P.S., that’s a pretty bad idea. So if I had it to do again, I’d change both those things. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/30 "2013-11-19T14:05:26Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > There are a few more that aren’t on your list. I had a very interesting few years in college. 😃 > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > 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. Same here. ---
**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, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/31 "2013-11-19T14:28:56Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Why is there no choice for ‘nothing’ or ‘none of the above’? > [@kayaker](#): > > Threadshitting reported. I’m serious. I think it would be interesting to see the contrast between the number of members who have tried these substances and those who have tried nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/32 "2013-11-19T14:35:21Z")
Booze and weed. That’s as crazy as I ever got. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/33 "2013-11-19T16:36:35Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Oh, and back in the dark ages when I tried ‘speed’, it was a dexamphetamine, not a methamphetamine. How long ago were your dark ages? When I did speed back in the late 60s, it was meth. ---
**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, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/34 "2013-11-19T16:46:12Z")
Like most polls on here, it wasn’t a very well thought out poll. And that’s even after my second attempt. My fault. Should we try for round three and include a “None of these option?” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/35 "2013-11-19T16:49:35Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > How long ago were your dark ages? When I did speed back in the late 60s, it was meth. For me, in the 70s/80s speed was “black beauties”, caps that were a combination of Amphetamine and Dextroamphetamine. ---
**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, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/36 "2013-11-19T16:57:59Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > How long ago were your dark ages? When I did speed back in the late 60s, it was meth. I think both dextroamphetamine and meth were available but I’d guess the former was probably more common since I think it was the drug of choice for truckers. I’d have to check but this probably was a result of its use in WWII. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/37 "2013-11-19T17:35:42Z")
I had a single joint in college. Actually a single puff. It didn’t appeal to me. I have no issues with responsible drinking, but I have never drunk much. I like scotch and brandy and Irish whiskey, but to me they’re like dessert–consumed for flavor, not for the buzz. I’ll nurse a scotch for a long time to savor it and have been drunk fewer than half a dozen times. ---
**Author:** ![MrDurden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@MrDurden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDurden)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/38 "2013-11-19T17:55:52Z")
Wow, almost half of the responders have done coke? Thats more than I would have thought. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/39 "2013-11-19T17:59:16Z")
> [@deltasigma](#): > > 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. I was highly suspicious of the claims of “purity” with regard to molly– the precursor chemicals are too hard to come by, while Chinese god-knows-what is just a shady website transaction away. Yet another case where the prohibition of a relatively benign substance has made the situation exponentially more dangerous, resulting in many more deaths. Pat yourselves on the back, drug warriors! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235/40 "2013-11-19T19:21:12Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I had a single joint in college. Actually a single puff. It didn’t appeal to me… That’s too bad. You kinda sorta have to _learn_ to get high – to recognize the feeling and get with the flow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/round-2-the-rob-ford-drug-survey-what-have-you-tried/674235.md?page=3)