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Drug Use Survey of Boards Members

  • 19-05-2006 6:22pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭


    (if you wish to vote "none of the above" there is a link to that option below)
    Ok so I was shown a copy of the drug prevalence survey carried out by the NACD today. Made for interesting reading but the figures didn't seem to coincide with what I have seen in my every day life in this country. So I thought I'd conduct my own survey via a poll seeing as there is a good mix of different types of people on here, and compare it to the NACD survey.(I will post the NACD results after enough people have awnsered this poll so as not to influence the results. I would also like to request that other people refrain from posting them too soon.Thank you.) Anomynous Poll of course. Please awnser honestly. You can select more than one option from the poll. I will post one poll here asking about your use of drugs at any time in your life and will link to another asking about your use within the last year (may 05-May06). Thank you for your co-operation. Slipss.
    Link to Part Two of Survey http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054934126, please awnser both parts. Thanks again. Slipss.

    If your awnser to Part one is that you have tried none of the above please state so, obviously if you do so it will not be anomynous. Or click on this link to the None of the Above poll option, which is anomynous.http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054934153

    Which of the following drugs have you tried at least once in your lifetime? 893 votes

    Cannabis
    0% 0 votes
    Heroin
    30% 268 votes
    Cocaine (powdered)
    1% 17 votes
    Crack Cocaine
    13% 119 votes
    Amphetamines
    1% 12 votes
    Ecstacy
    9% 86 votes
    LSD
    13% 121 votes
    Magic Mushrooms
    10% 90 votes
    Solvents
    13% 120 votes
    Sedatives, Tranqullisers, Anti-Depressants
    6% 60 votes


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Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,987 ✭✭✭✭zAbbo


    thats some poll bai.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    zabbo wrote:
    thats some poll bai.
    the thread gets posted while he's adding the poll


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,598 ✭✭✭ferdi


    there is no point in that poll unless its public :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,530 ✭✭✭Naked Lepper


    all apart from heroin


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,997 ✭✭✭jaggeh


    i soiled my ballot, i ran out of TP.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭Ag marbh


    All other than heroin


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    polls can be made public and why on earth are you doing this in the first place ?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭slipss


    Thaedydal wrote:
    polls can be made public and why on earth are you doing this in the first place ?
    I just thought it would be an interesting poll, there has been far more pointless polls on here, and it clearly has a fair bit of interest to other people on here to as it has only been up for 30 mins and has had 35 people awnser it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭Ag marbh


    Thaedydal wrote:
    polls can be made public and why on earth are you doing this in the first place ?

    Harmless enough. It would be naive to think noone had an interest in drugs


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    slipss wrote:
    I just thought it would be an interesting poll, there has been far more pointless polls on here, and it clearly has a fair bit of interest to other people on here to as it has only been up for 30 mins and has had 35 people awnser it.
    Man, you really need to learn how to spell "answer", also see OP :D


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭slipss


    biko wrote:
    Man, you really need to learn how to spell "answer", also see OP :D
    lol yeah always spell answer wrong for some reason. That and expierience. Don't know why, maybe a really specific form of dyslexia.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Awnser is the posh for answer silly.
    That put the pier of god in you!

    Oh my, I'm leaving.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    Not very representative. Where's the Horlicks?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    Interesting imo. Can the two polls be merged so we can see all the results at a glance?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,249 ✭✭✭✭Kinetic^


    Never done drugs.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    all of them bar 3 ^_^


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Never done teh drugz.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 126 ✭✭Crimson...


    Drugs are fun as long as your mature about it and can control your intake


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    waaaaahhhh. why are beer and caffiene and nicotene and paracetemol and water not included?

    poll results skewed slightly because i only took ecstacy once and that was because my drink was spiked. i did include that i had taken it though. just thought i would point out for the record that it was taken unwillingly.

    i'm surprised at the low numbers on the solvent part of it. butane, thinners and petrol were regularly taken by me and most of my friends when we were teenagers and couldn't afford beer. probably due to kids having more disposable income these days. (god, i sound old).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    Crimson... wrote:
    Drugs are fun as long as your mature about it and can control your intake
    tell that to people doing coke. i'll be going over to a friends house in about an hour.
    there will only be two others there and they have €400 worth of coke between them. i can guarantee it will all be taken tonight. the same goes for anyone doing coke.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,335 ✭✭✭Cake Fiend


    I'm gonna need more options...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,440 ✭✭✭✭Piste


    I only picked two from the list, I am a good girl :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,244 ✭✭✭drdre


    all apart from heroin
    wow you are doing well.:D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,244 ✭✭✭drdre


    i have tried hash, you have left out weed on you list.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 910 ✭✭✭rick_fantastic


    ive tried em all. ive also done crystal meth, ketamine and opium....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    and caffine and alcohol


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Seeds too...among a variety of other things...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,006 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    Hash and mushies.

    All long in the past now, and both were sort of one-offs.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,589 ✭✭✭Hail 2 Da Chimp


    96% :eek: You're all a crowd of druggies!!!



    also does drinking lead paint count as a drug? :D


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  • Posts: 8,647 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Is this not distorted as there is no option to take no drugs?:confused:


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    See other thread.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,196 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    None on that list.. i'm a little angel!

    Fraid caffeine and alcohol are the only drugs of choice for me..

    ** sets good example for other members ...

    ... and then descends into heaven.. no wait, i'm hallucinating! :D **


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    Potheeds, the lotta ya... :)


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    Actually, where's caffeine?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    Actually, where's the finely ground baboon embryos?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 910 ✭✭✭rick_fantastic


    suppose ya could class peyote and morning glory seeds in the same category as shrooms.. tried them too


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭slipss


    drdre wrote:
    i have tried hash, you have left out weed on you list.
    Hash and weed would both be under cannabis.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭slipss


    and for the people asking why caffeine alcohol and nicotine aren't on it, I was only able to list ten poll options, besides I didn't chose the drugs the NACD did, presumably because they are the most common illegally abused substances.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭slipss


    Is this not distorted as there is no option to take no drugs?:confused:
    View the original post, I'll fix up the percentages and all when pollings finished.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭Ag marbh


    suppose ya could class peyote and morning glory seeds in the same category as shrooms.. tried them too

    No not at all.

    Peyote would be mescaline, morning glory/baby hawaiian woodrose seeds would be lsa and shrooms psilocybin.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭slipss


    .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭slipss


    .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    out of your list 3

    nowadays i dont be bothered with any illegal drugs. just some legal ones these days


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,244 ✭✭✭drdre


    96% :eek: You're all a crowd of druggies!!!

    also does drinking lead paint count as a drug? :D

    doing drugs once or twice does not mean people are druggies it can be once off.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,473 ✭✭✭✭Snake Plisken


    anyone consider poppers as drugs?

    Snake ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    drdre wrote:
    doing drugs once or twice does not mean people are druggies it can be once off.
    Also there's no option for "never done drugs"... So, that poll just says "of the people who have done drugs, 96% have done cannabis"


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,244 ✭✭✭drdre


    DaveMcG wrote:
    Also there's no option for "never done drugs"... So, that poll just says "of the people who have done drugs, 96% have done cannabis"

    yes there should have been an option for never done drugs.why are you one of then dave.;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    drdre wrote:
    yes there should have been an option for never done drugs.why are you one of then dave.;)
    Not a chance :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,894 ✭✭✭evad_lhorg


    not sure how you 'do' solvents but if you mean sniffing tip ex and markers then sure. lol


  • Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 12,739 Mod ✭✭✭✭cournioni


    I'm surprised at the amount of heroin and crack users...


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