Have you ever used Cocaine?

[Wickatricka]

Also do you think it is morally or should be legally wrong? Everyone talks about weed as being universally accepted by pretty much everyone but no one wan't to talk about the "Harder" Drugs. So I spring the question on the escapist.

For me I used cocaine on and off in my teenage years but never really liked the buzz. One day I decided I would try it again because of the purity of the pick up that I was presented and damn it blew my mind how good it was. Which really made me realize why people liked it so much, I decided after that night that I wouldn't touch the stuff as much. Well your opinions and ideas?

 

[Vault101]

haha funny...Im just on caffien withdrawal now

the "requiem for a dream" song is playing in my head....

 

[Supertegwyn]

I hate Cocaine and all hard drugs.

You can make a case for Weed, but not Heroin.

 

[Wickatricka]

I'm quite opposed to cocaine in all forms.

It's more lethal than most drugs, and it's more damaging than most drugs, I could not see any government reasonably sanctioning this substance. I'm not a big fan of the government telling us what we can and can't do with our own bodies, but at the same time some of these drugs are such horrible things, they just can't be tolerated in our country.

Do you think that most people started doing hard drugs under sound reasoning, do you think it makes any sense for somebody to do a drug that could reasonably kill them in one single use?

Once again, not the biggest fan of the government having to babysit us, but sometimes it just works. I mean, there are medical drugs that could kill us if we make the wrong choice in using them, that's why we have the concept of prescriptions, where qualified professionals make educated decisions on what medications you need and in what dosages. This is the same thing, the government is babysitting us to make sure we don't make stupid decisions we will probably regret, but it works. You don't see anybody trash talking the prescription system do you?

Actually from everything that I've ever seen the prescription system is heavily abused and is pretty much an underground market that no one talks about. So Really I think your whole argument is flawed.

 

[Dags90]

You don't see anybody trash talking the prescription system do you?

Actually, yes. Some are people who believe in dubious illnesses like "chronic" Lyme. But there are also a fair number of patient support groups who criticize the U.S. DEA's restrictions on certain drugs, making doctors and pharmacists alike resistant to handing them out to patients who legitimately need them.

Somewhat ironically, one of the few places where cocaine is used medically is nasal cauterization, which may need to be performed in cases of long term cocaine use.

I've never used cocaine, from the reviews I've gotten it's a pretty short high which contributes to it being very expensive.

 

[Kae]

I'm against hard drugs, my sister is a meth addict, so I know how horrible hard drugs can be, they turn people into liars, and you don't know whether you can trust them or not, I just want to help her but no matter what I do she just keeps lying to me, and once she's in trouble that's when she comes asking for money, not much I can do then since I don't want to see her getting hurt, it's just painful not only to the person that consumes them but to everyone around them, you know, I can't think of her without getting worried, she disappears for weeks at a time, and I don't know if next time I'm going to see her she's going to be in the morgue because she died of overdose, it's just horrible no one should do them, they only bring pain.

 

[Vault101]

I hate Cocaine and all hard drugs.

You can make a case for Weed, but not Heroin.

nah man....its totally fine if you can handle it

like me!..I can quite anytime!

 

[Smokej]

it's a common drug at alot of "scene" parties around here, but ~50? per gramm (Germany), you need some deep pockets, if you want to make it your "hobby"... alot of people who are somewhat involved in the "nightlife" come in contact with it at some point and have no problem talking about it, but only a very few of them consume it regularly

 

[razer17]

Do you think that most people started doing hard drugs under sound reasoning, do you think it makes any sense for somebody to do a drug that could reasonably kill them in one single use?

Yes, yes I could. A lot of cocaine users are high powered, intelligent individuals. Corporate lawyers, bankers and stock traders and these sorts of people, who'll use cocaine on the weekends like it's like its caffeine.

Raw cocaine in itself isn't that dangerous. What's more dangerous are A: the cutting agents, and B: crack cocaine. Crack is much more potent, much more addictive and generally nastier than "vanilla" coke. I'm not saying it's safe or advocating people use it, but it's not the most dangerous drug around, plenty of people use it occasionally and never really have ill effects (except legal effects if they get caught).

OT: I have never tried cocaine, I never intend to try cocaine. I still think it should be legalised though.

Well, aside from reducing people to subhuman creatures who end up shaking in my waiting area hoping for methadone, there is the moral dimension that anyone who buys cocaine helps finance the FARC in Colombia and a host of other similar crime cartels. They make themselves responsible for that by financing those cartels.

That would be strange, since Methadone is a substitue for heroin, which is quite different to cocaine.

One reason that I personally have for legalising certain drugs, including cocaine, is the involvement of these criminal gangs. It's kind of circular reasoning, but if governments did legalise it they would massively decrease the revenue that these groups generate. We can never stop drugs, so legalise them, make legit operations, maybe we stop people like FARC and the cartels.

 

[bojackx]

Never have and I doubt that I will ever feel even slightly interested in the idea.

I don't really have a problem with weed per se, but my friends always seem to want to borrow money or need to pay their friends back for some other money they borrowed, and they've just become more chavvy, constantly using "mate" and "sick" in every other sentence, which for some weird reason just sounds so forced. That part is probably a petty argument to make but it does annoy me.

It's when people go further than cannabis that things get hairy. A few of these friends then went on to try "m-kat" (I think I'm spelling it right) which I'm not sure some people may have heard of, and things got worse. One of them crashed his car into a post, consistently drove whilst under the effects of it, lied, stole stuff and all around become a massive dick.

Oh, and most drugs do mess you up after lots of use, so no, I've never tried cocaine.

 

[Bertylicious]

Cocaine is tremendous fun but if you take it every Friday and spend every Saturday staring at the inside of your own eyelids then it all gets a bit boring. Same with amphetamines, pills and all that good stuff.

Basically weed is like alcohol in that you can take it regularly without getting all messy, like a glass of wine and a spliff every night won't render you subhuman though, like anything, if you do it all the time you'll get wretched. Drugs like cocaine are party drugs, drugs for special occaisons.

Never tried heroin but that's always seemed like more of a life decision than a drug. I'd like to give it a go though, if only to see what all the fuss is about.

 

[thylasos]

It never appealed, honestly, and it appealed even less after I had a few people around me doing it.

I don't think society needs to legalise more drugs that make you act like an arsehole.

These days I don't even drink or smoke any more. Not sure it'll be that way forever, but it's working out nice so far.

 

[TehCookie]

Never used it, never plan to and I don't think it should be legal. If the drugs would just hurt the person taking them I'd have no problem with it, but what happens when you get a guy on a bad trip out in public? Not to mention I live in America where everyone and their dog owns a gun. Or even a car, I doubt high drivers are better than drunk drivers.

 

[theparsonski]

I'm 15, and pretty much all my friends drink regularly, they'll go to parties and get hammered, and a few of them smoke weed. I don't need drugs or alcohol. I don't want them. I've seen what they can do, and it doesn't appeal to me. I'm not trying to take the moral high-ground or anything - if you enjoy that type of thing, then you go crazy, but I'll get my highs off other stuff instead. I like being able to think straight and be 100% aware of what is going on around me. Sure, you may be absolutely pissed or high and having the best time of your life, but when you wake up in A&E after having overdosed, or broken your back by doing something fucking stupid, then you'll most likely be having the worst time of your life.
But yeah, if you want to take that risk then be my guest, I'm not going to judge you, but I don't think, and never have thought, that it is worth it.

 

[Zack Alklazaris]

Why use cocaine when they are far easier, cheaper, far more effective things to use?
Shit I remember when I was on ADHD meds. That stuff is better than any cocaine.