Has anyone here tried illicit drugs? I'm sure plenty have tried some marijuana in the past. But what about the hard stuff that we all learned about in D.A.R.E. in middle school? If so, what was it like?

I've done Mary-Jew-Ana, Benzedrine, and opiates (oral, not IV).

Drugs are bad, m'kay?

Why, are you selling something?

The cops!

D.A.R.E. was a bigger failure than anyone expected.

Never.

Keep your lamps trimmed.

Only licit drugs for me, officer.

As a kid, I used to eat over the recommended dosage of daily Flintstone vitamins. My parents didn't allow me to have candy so that was the closest I got.

I was too scared when I was young, and now I have too much to live for. Maybe when my kid is grown.

Anchorhold said:

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Good evening Sir, my name is Steve. I come from a rough area. I used to be addicted to crack but now I am off it and trying to stay clean. That is why I am selling magazine subscriptions.

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"I had to buy 6 subscriptions to Ebony Magazine!"

The Wonderer said:

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I am really disappointed in D.A.R.E. Way fewer people offer me drugs than D.A.R.E. intimated back in the day.

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Just go to a sketchy part of town and ask every person you see if you can buy one drug

And be sure to tell them that you aren't a police officer, otherwise they won't sell you anything

Late 60's and 70's are hazy

The Wonderer said:

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I am really disappointed in D.A.R.E. Way fewer people offer me drugs than D.A.R.E. intimated back in the day.

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Go to Beck St. Ask for Antwon. Don't look at his left eye though.

White lightning's still the biggest thrill of all

What are licit drugs?

Ethanol and the happy plant.

Booze and nicotine are all I've done

Cannabis is way better than the old tabacky. Although I do like a good cigar.

How the F else would I do my job?

No, I have always been able to cope without any of them.

woodyhayes said:

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Late 60's and 70's are hazy

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You mean woodyhazy, am I right

Ragoo said:

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What are licit drugs?

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Excellent post!

I had my first shot of whiskey (from the bottle) when I was 13 years old. My parents weren't home and I got into thw liquor cabinet. When that burn went down my throat and into my belly I thought I had really messed up. That euphoric, warm feeling of being drunk for the first time was like a blanket. I watched Goonies and it was the best screening I've ever had.

While I have, thankfully, never struggled with dependency issues, this marked a turning point for me where I wanted to experiment with many things.

I was too young to buy cigarettes, but my cousin discovered that we could smoke grapevine growing on our ranch on Canyon Lake. Years later I realized how pointless and ****ing stupid this was. But 14 year old me was a badass.

Senior year of high school tried marijuana when my buddy and I drove from Midland all the way to Galveston Bay to stay at this grandparents' beach house. Our parents thought adults would be there. They weren't. We picked up his cousin and his friends in Clear Lake, which I guess this was the height of the rave scene or something. I dunno. Apparently Clear Lake has lots of drugs? Anyways I was already pretty drunk so didn't affect me much and I was more interested in hooking up with this skinny pink haired chick. If you have never tried it, buy some good snacks, get some close friends together, preferably one or two of them being users. This is infinitely better than alcohol. No hangover. No sickly feeling the next day. No headache. Here and there I still get a good break from work/life and have an opportunity to partake.

I had the chance to snort cocaine in a trailer in the middle of nowhere in west Texas. I passed, but would still like to try it sometime in a controlled setting.

I had a chance to take acid in Austin at a party. I was in pajamas all night and already ****ed up pretty good. All I can remember was that this guy there had enormous hands. Like comically big. Everything else was normal…proportional. But those hands. ****. Maybe I did trip on acid? Someone could have slipped me something.

About a year or so ago someone gave me a cartridge of DMT to smoke in a vape. I let him try it first to make sure it wasn't laced with fentanyl and once I saw that he was still alive a few days later I tried it. I'm a good friend. I still felt hesitant. Maybe I didn't hit it hard enough or maybe it was junk but I felt nothing.

I have longed for an ayahuasca retreat. I read about this over 15 years ago and was interested before all the celebrities started doing it. I just haven't found the right person to accompany me. I have 1-2 candidates. But that would also require me probably taking like 1.5-2 weeks off work and I can't do that right now.

Not old enough to have had an opportunity for Quaaludes. If you have Quaaludes, please share.

Abusing pharmaceuticals could also be considered illicit. When Hydrocodone was more widely available (pre-opioid epidemic) I loved getting my hands on that stuff. At A&M I traded an entire case of Beenie Weenie for a bottle of cough syrup with hydrocodone. Still some of the best negotiating I've ever done.

I was a hardcore D.A.R.E kid but no one told me how fun drugs can be if you aren't a total dumbass. I have no regrets except living in Texas where our politicians are standing in the way of legalizing marijuana - something I'm suspecting most voters want or are ambivalent about at this point.

One drug I will probably never do is heroin. To me that epitomizes the word "junky" and that scene in Pulp Fiction scared the **** out of me.

Sorry. I know this got long. I'm a little high.

Ragoo said:

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What are licit drugs?

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Licit = conforming to the law or not forbidden by the law. So basically any legal drug.

If I make it that far, on my 90th birthday I would be willing to try some of them drugs.

I'll just say this… I'd rather Texas prioritize legalizing recreational cannabis over doing something about property taxes

It's a much better alternative to alcohol and there would be significant tax rev for the state

Yes sir. Me too. Never saw the need. That and I have seen enough people dead in car wrecks because of drugs and alcohol to last a long while.