# Silly question: Why do people use drugs? (Narcotics & Mary Jane)) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 16, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-question-why-do-people-use-drugs-narcotics-mary-jane/609645 "2012-01-16T00:29:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-question-why-do-people-use-drugs-narcotics-mary-jane/609645/61 "2012-01-16T19:48:42Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > There are a lot of us who just don’t enjoy that. Obviously, whatever people find pleasurable about being drunk is something subjective. I don’t know if it’s biology, culture, or some combination, but I’d love a better answer than “it’s fun.” HOW is it fun? It’s not fun for me! I assume the softer drugs are the same: fun for those that like that sort of thing in some way that I just don’t get. I feel the exact same way about Bunco. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-question-why-do-people-use-drugs-narcotics-mary-jane/609645/62 "2012-01-16T20:36:49Z")
Do you remember when you were a kid, and you spun around in one place until you fell over giggling, and the world spun around you, and it was awesome and alien and strange? And then you got up and did it again? Same reason. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-question-why-do-people-use-drugs-narcotics-mary-jane/609645/63 "2012-01-16T20:47:14Z")
Do I have to spell it out for you? Ahhhhh, I’m too tired, so I’ll let [Allen Ginsberg](http://www.lowbird.com/data/images/2011/08/allen-ginsberg-photo-by-benedict-fernandez.jpg) do it for me (at least as far as marijuana is concerned\*). (Link is \*barely \*NSFW if you work somewhere with super uptight people with no sense of humor–there’s no nudity or anything offensive). \*Actually, for me, this is no longer the case so much. I’m pretty much over it. But Ginsberg’s point is still well taken. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-question-why-do-people-use-drugs-narcotics-mary-jane/609645/64 "2012-01-16T20:58:18Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > I don’t really even get where people FIND drugs. I guess I encountered pot once, but if some evil mastermind said he’d kill me in 12 hours if I didn’t get him some illegal substance I’d… I don’t know, wander around dark alleys hoping I found a dealer before I got shot? Is it just one of those things where you happen to know a guy who knows a guy? I seriously can’t fathom it. I’ve never done or bought drugs, but if I needed to, I know it wouldn’t be too difficult. I guarantee you know several people (regardless of your demographic info) who at _least_ smoke pot. You can bet they have a dealer or two in their phones who can get you whatever that evil mastermind wants you to get for him. Hell, in California, you can go to a clinic, tell them you can’t sleep or have migraines, get a pot recommendation, and walk right into a dispensary to get whatever kind of pot you’re itchin’ for. All legally. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-question-why-do-people-use-drugs-narcotics-mary-jane/609645.md?page=3)