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Is it possible to avoid illegal drug use?

  • 26-01-2020 6:47pm
    #1
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,149 ✭✭✭✭


    I was thinking about this recently.
    When I was in secondary school in the 2000's there was clearly a few who were out of it at times but in general there wasn't man into drugs.
    When I went to college there was more of it on the go within certain groups but I could easily avoid it and still go to clubs, house parties, etc.
    I have friends my age in there twenties and thirties who have never taken drugs and some would really enjoy a night out.
    However some people refuse to believe a grown adult could live without taking drugs in there life.

    Is it possible to avoid illegal drug use?


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  • #2
    KiKi III
    Registered Users Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭KiKi III


    Most of my friends from down home have never even smoked weed.

    They go pretty hard on the booze though.


  • #3
    scamalert
    Registered Users Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭scamalert


    OP you sound like 15, of course its possible choose your friends wisely, ive seen plenty drug use in secondary school and college, theres no force to use em, if you dont like the crowd find people that are like you, not rocket science really.


  • #4
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,149 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    scamalert wrote: »
    OP you sound like 15, of course its possible choose your friends wisely, ive seen plenty drug use in secondary school and college, theres no force to use em, if you dont like the crowd find people that are like you, not rocket science really.

    I can understand it's possible but it's people I encounter who refuse to believe it.


  • #5
    skooterblue2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    I have associates that I met in my 30's. The party never ended for them after college. They continued on the party after university. They still kept the mushrooms weed and what not. Then in their late 20s one or two of them had strange deaths in cars and sudden deaths. Now a few of them are coming out as Bi-polar and other mental health problems.
    I never ran with that crowd when I was in college or work. It is possible to observe it and not take part.


  • #6
    TheDavester
    Registered Users Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭TheDavester


    Mr Burns_Had Done It... wrote: »
    None of my friends take drugs. It's a side effect of good parenting.

    same, 32 now and go out clubs/pubs regularly, never took any, and same with the ones i associate with.....its not that hard


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  • #7
    Andrew00
    Registered Users Posts: 2,484 ✭✭✭Andrew00


    Just don't take drugs. Have a few pints of Guinness and enjoy the craic


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    Is it possible to avoid illegal drug use?

    Yes, by choosing to avoid environments where it's out in the open. And socialise with people of a similar mindset.


  • #9
    skooterblue2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    scamalert wrote: »
    OP you sound like 15, of course its possible choose your friends wisely, ive seen plenty drug use in secondary school and college, theres no force to use em, if you dont like the crowd find people that are like you, not rocket science really.

    Its very hard and if you lay down with dogs you get up with fleas. The amount of money and time you waste you could use it to develop yourself.


  • #10
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,149 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Yes, by choosing to avoid environments where it's out in the open.

    Yes, that was my understanding also.

    I was thinking I was in the minority tough with this thinking.


  • #11
    Andrew00
    Registered Users Posts: 2,484 ✭✭✭Andrew00


    Why do you lot take drugs anyway?

    How do you know what pill it is you're taking and what not?

    If someone went up to you on the street and handed you a Mars bar without it being wrapped you wouldn't eat it


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  • #12
    skooterblue2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    Its much easier to avoid drugs if you are having other hobbies.
    There are two people that get involved in drugs:
    People who have all the comforts in their life and they get involved out of boredom.
    Then there are the people who are slipping into poverty and they get involved to escape the boredom.


  • #13
    skooterblue2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    Andrew00 wrote: »
    How do you know what pill it is you're taking and what not?

    If someone went up to you on the street and handed you a Mars bar without it being wrapped you wouldn't eat it

    You mean the finest bath salts made by some hack chemist in China or fresh colombian export delivered freshly pooped out the crack of a hefty lady called Mercy? Or come home grown cannabis sprayed with powdered glass to give extra weight?

    Pass on all counts thanks.


  • #14
    Always Tired
    Closed Accounts Posts: 945 ✭✭✭Always Tired


    Not if you hang out with me!


    (And I don't mean because I do drugs, just that you'll need them because I'm unbearable to be around.)


  • #15
    Osamabindipper
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 110 ✭✭Osamabindipper


    Never touched any form of illegal drugs in my life.

    Drink was enough for me when was younger I dont feel I missed out on anything.


  • #16
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,155 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Is it possible to avoid illegal drug use? yeah, but why would you want to...


  • #17
    JustAThought
    Registered Users Posts: 5,323 ✭✭✭JustAThought


    yes - just as in the same way its possible to live your life without being a criminal or becoming an adulterer etc. Old fashioned values and civilised behaviour and straightforward choices.


    Nobody makes you take them - mars bar or not.


  • #18
    skooterblue2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    Quantum Erasure wrote: »
    Is it possible to avoid illegal drug use? yeah, but why would you want to...

    What is the definition of true love?
    Two Junkies sh1tting the bed



  • #19
    pablo128
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,221 ✭✭✭pablo128


    Andrew00 wrote: »
    Why do you lot take drugs anyway?

    How do you know what pill it is you're taking and what not?

    If someone went up to you on the street and handed you a Mars bar without it being wrapped you wouldn't eat it
    Pop over to Amsterdam for a weekend and enjoy untainted ganja in a proper cafe if that's all that you're worried about.

    All legal and above board too.


  • #20
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users Posts: 16,870 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    freshpopcorn wrote:
    I can understand it's possible but it's people I encounter who refuse to believe it.


    When you take drugs you tend to be hang out with people who take drugs. It's no fun being the only one at the party on drugs. Your friends live in an echo chamber so to speak. Plenty of people take drugs but likewise plenty of people don't take drugs


  • #21
    skooterblue2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    pablo128 wrote: »
    Pop over to Amsterdam for a weekend and enjoy untainted ganja in a proper cafe if that's all that you're worried about.

    All legal and above board too.

    yeah but when you dementia at 60 and cant remember if it is Monday or March, then it matters.


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  • #22
    pablo128
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,221 ✭✭✭pablo128


    skooterblue2 wrote: »
    yeah but when you dementia at 60 and cant remember if it is Monday or March, then it matters.

    Nothing to do with the post I replied to, but thanks all the same.

    Actually you sound like the teachers I had in school telling us we would die after taking an E. Lying fcuks. I never had a bad reaction in 6 years taking them every weekend.


  • #23
    skooterblue2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    pablo128 wrote: »
    Nothing to do with the post I replied to, but thanks all the same.

    Actually you sound like the teachers I had in school telling us we would die after taking an E. Lying fcuks. I never had a bad reaction in 6 years taking them every weekend.

    and how old are you? Its not the once or twice ..... its the years and years and then one day either you have a heart attack or vessel pops in your head.

    "Aww and he was the life and soul of the party!"


  • #24
    Better Than Christ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭Better Than Christ


    Andrew00 wrote: »
    If someone went up to you on the street and handed you a Mars bar without it being wrapped you wouldn't eat it

    Fond as I am of Mars bars, I would think that the 'reward' isn't quite the same.

    I've yet to do any illegal drugs - mainly because I've never liked the idea of smoking anything, legal or otherwise. Also, I've never moved in the kind of circles that would give me easy access to drugs.


  • #25
    skooterblue2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    Better Than Christ wrote: »
    Fond as I am of Mars bars, I would think that the 'reward' isn't quite the same.

    Actually sugar is 8 times more addictive than Cocaine.

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23719144

    " Overall, this research has revealed that sugar and sweet reward can not only substitute to addictive drugs, like cocaine, but can even be more rewarding and attractive. At the neurobiological level, the neural substrates of sugar and sweet reward appear to be more robust than those of cocaine (i.e., more resistant to functional failures), possibly reflecting past selective evolutionary pressures for seeking and taking foods high in sugar and calories."


  • #26
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users Posts: 28,781 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    freshpopcorn wrote:
    Is it possible to avoid illegal drug use?


    Absolutely, I've done it, fairly hard on youngsters nowadays I'd imagine


  • #27
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    I can understand it's possible but it's people I encounter who refuse to believe it.

    Take no notice; they will try to get you involved..Misery loves company!


  • #28
    Bit cynical
    Registered Users Posts: 2,338 ✭✭✭Bit cynical


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    Is it possible to avoid illegal drug use?
    Illegal drugs can be avoided by not taking illegal drugs.


  • #29
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    skooterblue2 wrote: »
    Actually sugar is 8 times more addictive than Cocaine.

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23719144

    " Overall, this research has revealed that sugar and sweet reward can not only substitute to addictive drugs, like cocaine, but can even be more rewarding and attractive. At the neurobiological level, the neural substrates of sugar and sweet reward appear to be more robust than those of cocaine (i.e., more resistant to functional failures), possibly reflecting past selective evolutionary pressures for seeking and taking foods high in sugar and calories."

    Stoopid post of the year! Used to justify drugs.I thought better of you that that!


  • #30
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,155 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Bit cynical wrote: »
    Illegal drugs can be avoided by not taking illegal drugs.

    just take legal ones


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  • #31
    skooterblue2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    Graces7 wrote: »
    Stoopid post of the year! Used to justify drugs.I thought better of you that that!

    I am never justifying drugs. The only thing I hate more than drugs is the people who take them.


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