# Stevie Nicks. Cocaine. Rectum. Fact? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 22, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779 "2006-05-22T17:46:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sinbadforever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@sinbadforever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinbadforever)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779/1 "2006-05-22T17:46:01Z")
Sure, this is probably just an urban legend, but I’d love to believe otherwise. Hoping someone here (or Cecil) can pin a definitive answer on this one. If you haven’t heard this one before, it goes something like this: At the height of her solo career (as well as her narcotics addiction), Stevie Nicks had a dime-sized hole in her nasal cavity from using so much cocaine, and was told by her doctor that she had to stop if she wanted to have any nose left at all. Well, ingenious woman that she is, Stevie hit on a novel workaround for this problem, and had a designated roadie whose sole function on tour was to blow cocaine up Ms. Nicks’ backside with a straw, thus allowing her to maintain her high at all times. Sure, it sounds ridiculous, but so does the popularity of Hasselhoff in Germany. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779/2 "2006-05-22T18:43:21Z")
Gotta be an UL. I do not think the rectal mucosa would be any better as a route for absorption of cocaine than the oral mucosa. Why not put a pinch between your check and gum, rather than in your bum? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779/3 "2006-05-22T18:48:32Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > Gotta be an UL. I do not think the rectal mucosa would be any better as a route for absorption of cocaine than the oral mucosa. Why not put a pinch between your check and gum, rather than in your bum? Larger area of absorption? Rectal opium was always more popular than a pinch between the cheek and gum. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779/4 "2006-05-22T18:51:10Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Rectal opium …BAND NAME!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779/5 "2006-05-22T18:58:59Z")
> [@chaoticbear](#): > > …BAND NAME!!! 😃 Dave Barry said to stop doing that… ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779/6 "2006-05-22T19:18:25Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Larger area of absorption? Rectal opium was always more popular than a pinch between the cheek and gum. I have no first hand experience with narcotic suppositories. Honest. In veterinary medicine, some of my seizuring patients have their owners insert a diazepam suppository, since the oral route is a danger. The volume of opium is likely larger than that of cocaine, verdad? Hmmm. I still do not see Stevie getting her coke per rectum. A straw, huh? Well, she is a classy lady so I hope it was a bendy straw. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779/7 "2006-05-22T19:24:34Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > Gotta be an UL. I do not think the rectal mucosa would be any better as a route for absorption of cocaine than the oral mucosa. Why not put a pinch between your check and gum, rather than in your bum? As a tobacco chewer and former lead singer with a local band, I can tell you that it’s difficult to sing with a wad of stuff between your cheek and gum. Little bits of it want to work their way into your throat, which prompts hacking and coughing. You also get a mouthful of saliva, and I don’t imagine Ms. Nicks wants to keep a spittoon on stage. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779/8 "2006-05-22T19:26:35Z")
Jeez, why not just show a little dignity and mainline the stuff?! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779/9 "2006-05-22T19:36:21Z")
She discovers that the stuff eats a hole in the tissue separating two body openings, so she decides to put it in her _asshole_??? Yeah, that makes sense… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779/10 "2006-05-22T19:40:51Z")
> [@Phase42](#): > > You also get a mouthful of saliva, and I don’t imagine Ms. Nicks wants to keep a spittoon on stage. I dunno if I am the whoosher or the whooshee. The amount of cocaine that would be absorbed orally is small. Take a packet of sweet-n-low. Divide it into 5 or 10 piles. One of those piles. And it melts in your mouth very quickly. So. . . you didn’t tuck your RedMan in an alternate location, did you? ---
**Author:** ![groman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779/11 "2006-05-22T19:52:14Z")
You know, this is almost definitely an urban legend because it would be much simpler , easier and more effective to simply apply it to her gums or even… vagina. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779/12 "2006-05-22T20:13:46Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > I dunno if I am the whoosher or the whooshee. The amount of cocaine that would be absorbed orally is small. Take a packet of sweet-n-low. Divide it into 5 or 10 piles. One of those piles. And it melts in your mouth very quickly. Shows how much I know about cocaine! > [@](#): > > So. . . you didn’t tuck your RedMan in an alternate location, did you? In the codpiece, man. Quick absorbtion, and an extra treat for the groupies after the show 😛 Actually, I both chew and smoke, so I would smoke during gigs. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779/13 "2006-05-22T20:18:40Z")
I can reply to this when I get home from work. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779/14 "2006-05-22T20:24:11Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > A straw, huh? Well, she is a classy lady so I hope it was a bendy straw. 😉 If the straw was sufficiently bendy, she wouldn’t need the roadie. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779/15 "2006-05-22T20:27:59Z")
The rectum is not a great place to take cocaine. The vagina, however, is. And as has been noted, cocaine doesn’t do much orally unless you eat spoonfuls of the stuff like they did back when it was legal and cheap and people kept jars full of it. I believe the Perfect Master himself has had a word to say on this, but I can’t be arsed to find the article. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779/16 "2006-05-22T23:00:20Z")
When I was 16, I purchased a copy of a pornography magazine titled _Exposé_ (Hides Nothing!). Much (much) later, I was reading the articles and was drawn to one titled: Almost there… “Shove It Up Your Ass!” This was about the joys of using cocaine rectally, and even claimed that a female pop star was known for doing so, although they did not say who it was. Her boyfriend was quoted as saying: “Imagine feeding your old lady a hit of 90% pure blow and fingerfucking her at the same time.” No straws were mentioned, though. Apparently, it is done with a finger. I never did try it myself, but apparently there are people out tehre doing it. ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779/17 "2006-05-22T23:25:49Z")
Note: I checked with a moderator about posting this, as I didn’t want to go against the board’s rules concerning posting details about the mechanics of drug use, and was told it was ok. (Thanks Sam!) I don’t know anything about Stevie Nicks, but (no pun intended) although I didn’t try it, many years ago (mid 1980s) I did personally see people use cocaine rectally instead of snorting it. Not as a powder, however. What I saw was people mix a small amount of coke with an ounce or so of water, then use a turkey-baster (or one of those little squeeze bulb things made to suck junk out of baby’s noses or ears) and squirt the mixture in. And I also saw people get someone else to help them out, the target being easier for someone else to see than it is for the recipient themselves. So while the story of the roadie whose only job it was to keep Stevie’s butt powdered is probably a bit of urban legend, rectal use of cocaine in itself is not unknown. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779/18 "2006-05-22T23:51:12Z")
In the '90s I heard many blowhards gushing about their experiences putting MDMA (in capsule form) where the sun don’t shine, particularly when the intention was to screw like monkeys all night. Personally, I have always preferred to believe that it’s an elaborate joke, and that people relate these phony anecdotes for the sole purpose of tricking the unwary into shoving perfectly good drugs up their butts. I mean, I can see that it’s a perfectly workable delivery route, but what is the supposed benefit that makes it worth getting a stinky pinky for? Is there some psychological thing going on where folks figure the proximity to the fun-bits provides an advantage? Do they just _really_ not like insufflating powders? Blarg. [/probably just too irrationally squeamish about buttholes to get it] ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779/19 "2006-05-23T00:08:23Z")
Honestly, even though the people doing it said the effect was different (and in most cases reported as more enjoyable) then going the oral or nasal route, I always had my suspicions that in at least some cases it was just a way to get people’s clothes off and the “real” party started. And I must say, it did usually have that effect, even if there was no other. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779/20 "2006-05-23T00:10:36Z")
Hold the phones everyone. You’re assuming that people who want to get high will always do it in the most efficient, logical, scientifically sensible manner possible. Of course, that doesn’t make the rumor true. Just something to keep in mind. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-cocaine-rectum-fact/357779.md?page=2)