# What is "hooping"? (Drug Reference)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hooping-drug-reference/217708>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 8, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hooping-drug-reference/217708 "2003-12-08T06:17:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Jack\_Sarang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jack\_Sarang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Sarang)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hooping-drug-reference/217708/1 "2003-12-08T06:17:59Z")

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I overheard some people talking the other day about how they preferred “hooping” Esctasy and Speed.

What exactly is hooping? And why would someone do it?

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**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hooping-drug-reference/217708/2 "2003-12-08T07:58:26Z")

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> [drugs 101](http://www.buzzcode.org/drugs101.htm)  
> We’ve all done it. Or at least we know someone who has. Hooping (taking your ecstasy, crystal, or whatever up the ass) can also do damage to the tissues around your ass-so if sex is part of what happens when you get high and you hoop your dope, keep in mind the inflammation associated with this damage can increase your risk of HIV (and other STIs) transmission.

Nasty.

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**Author:** ![Matchka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Matchka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matchka)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hooping-drug-reference/217708/3 "2003-12-08T20:34:31Z")

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Next Question: WHY? For the love of God, why?

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**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hooping-drug-reference/217708/4 "2003-12-08T22:07:17Z")

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Holy crap! So to speak…

OK, I did know one person who admitted he did this. But I didn’t believe him. He ended up in the hospital with a perforation and a colostomy. Nasty.

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hooping-drug-reference/217708/5 "2003-12-09T00:12:51Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Matchka \*  
> **Next Question: WHY?**

It’s a kick in the ass?

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**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hooping-drug-reference/217708/6 "2003-12-09T01:06:27Z")

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The big thing is that it absorbs more slowly, leading to a prolonged high. And if people REALLY don’t like swallowing pills…

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**Author:** ![cankerist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@cankerist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cankerist)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hooping-drug-reference/217708/7 "2003-12-09T01:29:55Z")

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> We’ve all done it. Or at least we know someone who has.

Ahem, Riiiiight…