Drugs...Hate them or Love them?

[skywalker85]

and to say more ive taken drugs from i was 13, now 26, never touched Heroin or crack, never will,, its the society wee grow up in....many posters who are prob in ther 40's,50's or 60's prob hav daughters or grand daughters taking drugs,,, to say in this day n age it seems the norm.... but 1 death of a girl that really got to me was Katie French n tat was from cocaine thats what they say it was.....it put me of drugs for a while... i'm not a big drug user now days just occassionaly.
Also take a look back at history Marlyn monroe, Anna Nicole Smith,,arnt they dead... why ... abused drugs

[Rodney69]

It's so sad that the life of someone so young and talented has been taken away.

there will always be a demand for drugs, just like there'll always be a demand for sex. I have never taken anything stronger than marijuana and that was a long long time ago.

The thing that scares me the most about illegal drugs is the scumbags selling them and god knows what sort of shit they are contaminating them with.

[skywalker85]

Exactly. But social problems exist. Drugs are often a result of that.
Children don't have to run around the streets to be introduced to drugs. Many are introduced in schools.

Heather its never gona change these things are always going to be there, wheather its right or wrong.. people make choices.
I like drugs now n again which are illegal ones,, are you gona stop selling sex if this law comes in where a punter will be charged.. doubt it.... its upto the person to make that choice of their own freewill... now to the drugs in schools, again it shouldnt happen but wee need ways to prevent this,,, tbh they wer all over my skool too.

[wonder]

The problem is the personality type using the substance or drug. Take the following examples,

The lonely guy who visits escorts to combat that loneliness.
The guy who loves being high and buzzed using stimulants.
The guy who has a short fuse drinking too much.
The guy who is naturally skinny using drugs to keep him bigger.

These are only a few examples and all will end in disaster for the person because when they stop doing the issue returns and off they go again.

The ONLY way and its difficult ,to stop using or doing anything like this , is to disassociate yourself from everything that is involved in it and this is the problem as it leads to a sort of emptiness. Best thing is to have goals in your life and do them. If you like music play something, if you like to run, run. Have balance and purpose in your life. Its easier said than done especially these days. I have buddies on coke. I call to them now and then and its the same old shit and its being like this for a long time. All the things they wanted or were going to do havnt happened.

Some people though are quite happy even if they are killing themselves.

[Doozer]

What about those who start taking drugs whilst they are still children? Are they to blame? Can a 9 yr old make a conscious decision to be a drug abuser or not?

acceding to Kohler they probably could but thats not my opinion. There are always grey areas in every argument. I'm talking about adults here not children

[ciara]

each to their own though i dont see whats wrong with those who sell it as long as they only sell it to adults, its the other persons choice to buy it!!!
also i think there is a big difference between a junkie crack head to someone who enjoyes a few drugs for the ocasional social night out or a couple of smokes at the end of the day

[jammy69]

Ok, this is where I get ostracised from E1 !
I use to love taking drugs.
Now, I'm a guy in his late forties, who apart from the very occassional smoke doesn't take drugs. But I can't be a hypocrite and say all drugs are the devils work. In my youth 20's and into my 30's I moved in circles where drug taking was the norm,and the experimenting with different substances went hand in hand, the feeling that some drugs give you is sublime, leaves sex standing ! ,but thats the very reason they are addictive.
I reached an 'Amy Whinehouse' situation where I either quit or ended up in the gutter. I took to drink instead !! (I hardly drink now either).Some of the people I know aren't so fortunate, when I'm in the UK I sometimes visit a mate in a mental instituition who is no longer able to function due to excesses of the past, a couple of others are dead.
In no way am I advocating drug taking, but its not as black and white as saying that all dealers should be strung up.
I'll just pack my bags......

I'm with you here. I experimented in my teens and into my early 20s. Never anything hard, just soft fun stuff. It always gave a better buzz than alcohol. I now touch no drugs and I barely drink.

Drink is the biggest problem in this country - it's legal and it makes the government a small fortune every year. Addictive behaviour or a tendency towards addictive behaviour will get people in to serious trouble no matter what they fall in to. Drugs, Drink, Gambling or Escorts.

Everything in moderation and do everything possible to get the dealers away from kids...

[warmcome]

I often hear this but have never seen any evidence or studies of alcohol vs marijuana. Can you show how alcohol is worse and how the comparisons were made?

i'm wary of (avoid) alcohol, tobacco, cocaine and heroin.
tolerent of marijuana and exstasy.

my signature links to a study on harms from the various drugs.

[Derry lad]

Drugs was the easiest to quit!
Drink was the hardest to quit!
Smokin cigarettes? I've quit trying to quit!

[itstimenow]

not many people stonned on hash wanna fight,yet most sat nights in town people fall out of pubs looking for fights.no its not a proven fact but wen i smoked blow all i wanted to do was laugh and eat munchies

I often hear this but have never seen any evidence or studies of alcohol vs marijuana. Can you show how alcohol is worse and how the comparisons were made?