Why do you do drugs?

[Autentique]

Drugs.. do you use them?? Why? And are this really reasons or excuses to do them?

[Peace Attack]

For the hell of it.

[LostChord]

to explore and learn about myself. to change things from the standard normal view of reality..

kinda fucked up that its 'illegal' to go within our heads, to do whatever we want to our own bodies and minds.. the govt is basically telling us that we belong to them and that we arent allowed to 'change our software' and we cant handle making our own decisions and actions.. so they are going to think for us.. and if we disagree theres going to be hell.. and quite often that means sit in a tiny concrete room with bars as doors and windows.. thats what you get for operating yourself...

they'd be better off making fast-food illegal

its a beautiful world

[Becknudefck]

cause theyre fun!

[RoBoWaLkEr]

What she said...^^^

[Autentique]

The reason why I do drugs, is well first they feel good, because if they didn't no matter how much insight or whatever, I know I wouldn't do them. But what I like about them is how they make me be more me, and they show me, more sides of myself, and bring everything out, and everything in.. I love that feeling of learning, and comprehending everything...
I love the attitude towards they gave me, the understanding, the experience and how they opened my mind.

[DrSpaceman]

I don't, but I used to. Some of it was "scientific curiosity." With tripping, which I did a couple hundred times, I think I was also trying to see how much acid I could do and if I could get as high as my first time, which I probably did several times, but it's hard to tell, because each one was different - mostly different visuals, although some were recurring. Strange things also seemed to synchronize themselves with my mental state, such as seeing a spider walk horizontally in front of my eyes in mid-air and having it confirmed that it was really there.

[DrSpaceman]

Cars in the 60's were a lot bigger and a lot trippier too. One model, a Comet I think, had slanted taillights that looked like a cat winking with the turn signal on. It was bizarre to see a car bend around the corner, too, just like in a cartoon. My car, a '61 Buick LeSabre, became known as "The Sponge." A six-foot guy could crash on the back seat completely stretched out.

[The Flow]

- curiosity
- relaxation
- fun
- self-exploration
- self-therapy
- scientific research
- to get new perspectives
- masochism
- sadism

Lots of reasons to do drugs... choose the one you like most!

[betty]

fun, freedom of thought, freedom from the world/society, expanding thoughts, gaining knowledge of self/others/the world, learning the truth by leaving the box and looking at things from a new perspective, relaxation, for optimal enjoyment of life, humor, meeting new and different people, seeing new ways of life, learning what's real and important, learning how to better myself, my daily life, and my future.

[reb.V]

to rebel against my parents one who is a catholic to the extreme and one who is a cop

[Cactus Juice]

lol
the next step is to slip some acid into their cereal in the morning

[The Flow]

to rebel against my parents one who is a catholic to the extreme and one who is a cop
I´m just curious:
Did your parents find out so far, that you do drugs? How did they react?

(Btw: It´s my opinion, that being catholic and going to church regularly is just a poor excuse to drink wine regularly and sniff the stoning odors of the sacrament...)

[StonerBill]

Drugs.. don't you use them?? Why? And are this really reasons or socially constructed oppinions?

[The Flow]

Drugs.. don't you use them?? Why? And are this really reasons or socially constructed oppinions?
LOL

A couple of years ago I read a definition for addiction:
"You are addicted to a substance, when you get a benefit after consuming this substance you won´t get without the substance any more, or when your body won´t work without this substance any more."
O.K., in this case, I´m addicted to oxygen, because I won´t get my benefit (life!) without it, my body won´t work without it either.

[lildeadheadash]

Why not use drugs? Been around forever. God put them here didn't he? We only live one life. Now I don't believe in becoming a crack head, or a junkie. But to be able to do acid every once in while is really nice because you get to think about things you don't when your sober.
Realization is the key.

[mazameitene]

thank god there are people out there like "LOST CHORD".
more people have to realize that the drug laws are ultimately doing more than "protecting society from harmful substances". if the government really wanted to erradicate drugs then they would. they know more than appears to the public eye. its the drug war (especially in the united states) that is soo fucked up and crazy, its the government and ppl in positions of extreme power trying to regulate the substances that regular joes ( excuse the term) have access to. by them regulating this, its basically stopping us from thinking a certain way, which is probably what they want to avoid, ppl thinking in different perspectives than normal people, who could think of ways to uncover the many truths that they are hiding from us . oh , sorry, i meant to say "protecting" us. hahaha. sarcasm.
i do drugs for alot of other reasons previously mentioned. they do help you discover more about youself, your tendencies, capabilities, and i strongly believe that a healthy human brain needs to be exposed to different chemical compounds for a change of perspective. and in a more spiritual sense, a readjustment of what is reality. if i didnt do drugs i think i would probably get tripped out by being and feeling th same way all the time. kinda scary, eh? its tru. watch "waking life", great movie, very veryy intriguing.
and i will not defend drugs to say that they are not harmful. all substances are harmful, you just need to educate yourself and take necessary precautions, and most importantly, knwo yourself and how you react.
but really, most universal tendencies, say in science, nature, etc all follow similar patterns, i.e. fluctuations. to put it into this context, it can be said that all minds and brains need fluctuation of brain activity, it helps maintain healthy chemical balances. and by giving the example of drug abuse, proves my point. too many drugs too often is bad for you. but a healthy fluctuation is good. but of course depending on your body and mind. everyone is different and reacts differently to different drugs.

[machine elf]

drugs are cool. mmm kay?

[twiztidrainbow]

I don't, but I used to. Some of it was "scientific curiosity." With tripping, which I did a couple hundred times, I think I was also trying to see how much acid I could do and if I could get as high as my first time, which I probably did several times, but it's hard to tell, because each one was different - mostly different visuals, although some were recurring. Strange things also seemed to synchronize themselves with my mental state, such as seeing a spider walk horizontally in front of my eyes in mid-air and having it confirmed that it was really there.
^ I couldn't say it any better :)

[2cesarewild]

Because they're fun, and everybody knows the secret to a good life is to have fun. :D

[mati]

I started doing "drugs"because my friends were doing them and it seemed cool. I continue to use them because it is an experience

[mellow]

(talking about psychedelic drugs)
-To view different perspectives on reality
-for creativity
-for a change from the 'norm'
-The culture
-the freedom
-spirituality
-to explore worlds other than this one
-to go on journies of spiritual or some other relavence

and lastly, because I can

[moka9x9]

It really depends on the drug.

Stimulants
Cocaine/Amphetamines

Because they make me feel confident, alive, and real. Amphetamines keep me awake so I can experince life all day round without feeling tired or hungry. I love these drugs because of there ease to get on the streets, sadly alot of the drugs are dirty.

Downers
Alcohol/Heroine

When you're already feeling depressed, sad, and lonely, you listion to sad music so you feel like someones listioning to you and understands you. Well to a drug user its the same with this class of drugs, downers lift you up, out of your misery, and then sets you back down, alittle more sad than you were before.. Who knows, maybe I just like the rush?

THC
Cannabis, Hashish, Hash Oil, Oral Dishes

This is my key to life, I've smoked since I was 13 and I will continue to do so, unless it interferes with commitments, untill the day I die. I love this herb with a passion, its a special part of my life. It's helped me with my lower back pain problems.


So all in all I really just do drugs because I choose for them to be a part in my life, diffrent chemicals cause diffrent reactions. I like to pick and choose my favourites and continue to use them for pleasure, medicinal, and ease.

-- Moka

[Green-Hit]

i most certainly do do drugs but unfortunatly all i can say i have is mj and alc. I like smoking weed b/c it allows u to have more fun around others be more social laugh and all that stuff. It also seperates us from the other people in society such as hippy haters long makes us stand out along with smoking pot thats why i love it

[ihavenoideawhatsgoin]

I smoke pot for relaxation, social opening if that makes sense, and to have fun.

[okayf00l]

Only really do psychadelics to learn more about the world and myself. Mainly stick to DMT, LSD and shrooms. SWIM smoked some DMT tonight and it was amazing he learned so much from the experince. DMT = 3 thumbs up

[empathy]

mainly... i live in kansas, nothing much else to do.

humor, fun, enhancing my music listening, expanding thoughts, gaining perspective on the world & insight into myself.

[Antimatter235]

it depends on the drug. sometimes for "better living thru chemistry", the culture, fun, spirituality, etc... the variety of drugs is like a toolbox. sometimes you hammer your finger, but shit happens.

[tc_omega]

I do it to feel a different feeling. But tripping is different. Its more of a self exploration kind of thing. Its not about seeing shit. Even though thats a pretty interesting plus

[trippedelia]

stimulants - dont do
opiates - dont do
bud - oh how i love budules, keeps me in a psychedelic thinking, such a soft drug, great with meditation, i can trip on it when combined with meditation.
mdma - did it for the love but its fake and i should be able to see it without the help.
shrooms - will be doing for my bday, cant wait to have the door blast open.
lsd - the stuff near me i doubt to be real so i dont do it
dmt - will do eventually once enough shroom experience
salvia - cant work out if i need it
alcohol - ok in moderation with some close friends

[bassplaya]

because its the best way to expreience life; its just such a great feeling

[BeaverKoffi]

First of all, Like everyone is to see what each drug gives you.... you can call it curiosity.

Of course, you have to try all drugs at least once in a life time to see what its like , and y many peopel just get hooked on them and die ( ex, heroin, Cocke, alcohol, nicotine)

But the main side is to develop my intellectual side, marijuana gives u incredable intellectual view of things going around,i find it very strage but very interesting to view world through marijuana eyes- they catch even slightest things.

[trippedelia]

i find marijuana helps a lot until i start doing it too often

[vactom]

to explore and learn about myself. to change things from the standard normal view of reality..

kinda fucked up that its 'illegal' to go within our heads, to do whatever we want to our own bodies and minds.. the govt is basically telling us that we belong to them and that we arent allowed to 'change our software' and we cant handle making our own decisions and actions.. so they are going to think for us.. and if we disagree theres going to be hell.. and quite often that means sit in a tiny concrete room with bars as doors and windows.. thats what you get for operating yourself...

they'd be better off making fast-food illegal

its a beautiful worldyou put it in ways i couldn't ;_;

[tpgi]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/07/1...h.ap/index.html

thats why i do drugs BIOTCH

[2cesarewild]

Because you love thinking about things and just getting a 404? "fuck i can't remember... pass that shit son"

[illusion25]

why not?
i use drugs cause i CAN

[slowcheetah13]

well i thought about that loooong and hard one time when i was really high. and i think i started and do them for 2 reasons. one is to explore the world around me and to be more aware of my surroundings and myself. To have those deeply spiritual experiences u can only get from tripping shrooms and acid. I realized i tripped b/c pot made me want more (thts y its a gateway drug). I started pot b/c of this girl that i was really head over heals for and she kept confusing me and so i did pot to get out of my life. And i continue to do so to get away. Ill do anything to get away. i hate my parents and getting away and gettin high makes it all melt away. It so bad cuz thats how people get fucked up in life

[tpgi]

Slowcheetah you sound like an anti-drug commercial.

[AerialReaver]

Why not? Their fun as fuck. And some of the trips are life changing experiences. Like e or acid.

[BlackBillBlake]

Drugs.. do you use them?? Why? ?
Evil.

No - not really;)

It's all about seeing what is the issue here. Why do people do anything beyond taking care of their survival needs?

Two reasons I'd say. First is the fact that drug use has a long history in a magical/spiritual context. Shamans and so on have been using psychoactive substances for millenia to achieve altered states of consciousness, a fact that has been gradually rediscovered since about the start of the 1960's. These things give a new and unique perspective on reality. That is a large part of the reason for the 'war on drugs' - the powers that be seek to keep people in a state of mind-control through media, popular religion etc, and anything that threatens to empower people to see how things really are for themselves is a threat.

Second, as someone already said, they can be fun.(strange how many people are suspicious of others having fun) It is natural to seek pleasure and enjoyment from life. If one can derive positive experiences from taking certain drugs without harming oneself or others, I can't really see the objection.
Many who berate drug use sanction alcohol - the 'legal drug' - and yet the ratioale for its use is exactly the same, and also it is addictive, causes violent behaviour, social problems, has major health implications etc.
In Britain, I can go out and buy enough whiskey to literally drink myself to death, but I can't leagally purchase enough cannabis for one spliff. This is insanity pure and simple.

[l-foote]

I like being high. I like how drugs open doors in my mind and I can start asking more questions about life. Though I'm confused, I understand. I like the experience of doing drugs with my friends in new places, exploring new things. I feel more in touch with myself and with nature when I'm on drugs. I just realllly like them.

[floyd420]

My teacher asked me this same question I wrote "beacause its fun, duh" I wonder what kind of grade Im going to get for that one.

[polymer]

cuz it's dope.

[eman resu]

Bacause

[INSANEPOOKIE]

For me it's fairly simple (in regards to LSD/Shrooms - I lack any great desire to try anything else):

It appears to give me access to more of my thoughts and umm feelings is the correct wording I suppose. Granting more access to perception is a very appealing thing.

The feel good from it, which I've only felt good from it, is more of a bonus but is not my reason for the use of it. Laughing fits are a good thing though.

Lastly, it's fun.

[hgh238]

to explore and learn about myself. to change things from the standard normal view of reality..

kinda fucked up that its 'illegal' to go within our heads, to do whatever we want to our own bodies and minds.. the govt is basically telling us that we belong to them and that we arent allowed to 'change our software' and we cant handle making our own decisions and actions.. so they are going to think for us.. and if we disagree theres going to be hell.. and quite often that means sit in a tiny concrete room with bars as doors and windows.. thats what you get for operating yourself...

they'd be better off making fast-food illegal

its a beautiful worldVery true. I couldn't have said it better myself.

[**PsYcHoDeLiC**]

do you ever get the impression that people think that drug users have something psychologically wrong with them. like a deep underlying problem stemmed from childhood. i always get that type of shit from some people. i always say you wont understand til uv experienced it.

i use to broaden my reality, get high and socialise(rubbing friends).

[Peter Popper]

yeah, having a fucked up hard troblesome family where your dad beats you, can kinda be that stem

i just have an emotional missing feeling where life is just shit and tedious, and i guess use it as an escape. but the trouble is it only makes everything worse, and worsens and makes you focus on why your runin. but then thats only on bad days... maybe thats just a depressd way of looking at things, maybe i take drugs for other reasons, sad but true, because i often dont like myself, think down on my self, feel uselss and miserable, or use drugs to try to be more normal and socially fit in. well thats just me. rather depressing view, though i feel open and miserable and sedated... so i dont mind
its often hard to get in touch and understand why's the real reason you do drugs. my hole family is screwd up in the head, so perhaps is genetic or family based.
thogh honeslt i see alto of it, people who use drugs are troubled somhow, for some reason. the perfect daughter who's happy and talks to her mum and dad and has a close relationship doesnt take drugs, cause there's no "bullshit" that makes them want to ruin or alter the happyness they allready have. they dont need anymore...or anything like that
Know what i mean?
ofcourse not all of you will agree, i guess im only seeing it out of my perspective.

[**PsYcHoDeLiC**]

i dont mean to judge by saying this but ive always thought that using drugs if your in a situation like yours was not wrong but somewhat dangerous?? x

[BeaverKoffi]

LSD and shrooms of course are the best ones. i use them to understand the world and make myself and world aroudn me a better one. marijuana is good also , but in smoking form it hurts and may damage u really badly. even tho my first drug was marijuana and it helped me realized many things and i think and i am sure it made me a smarter person.

[trippedelia]

oh i have no doubt about that^

[2cesarewild]

lmao, yea seriously this kid's an absolute genius from whatever he's been doing.

[clementinexo]

i don't really do drugs anymore so i'll answer why i ever chose to do them and why i chose to quit.
i chose to use drugs well.. when i was younger because i was bored and trying to rebel against everything but once i got older i did drugs because i liked to experience different things and i enjoyed certain highs.
i chose to quit using drugs because i was losing alot of weight and not eating or going to work while using cocaine and i was turning into a real asshole. besides, i think at a certain age you kind of need to grow up and get your life in order.
but thats just my opinion.

[DrSpaceman]

Except for an <i>expost facto</i> rationalization of &ldquo;scientific curiosity,&rdquo; to which a friend gave the succinct assessment of &ldquo;Bullshit!&rdquo; I can say that it was in a way necessary that I do drugs&mdash;and that I eventually stop&mdash;out of rebellion against the prudish Republican mentality. I have always been a liberal and have always seen conservatism as a backward and ignorant philosophy, many decades before GWB came along and proved it for all to see. The leftist environment of 60's drug &ldquo;ab&rdquo;use turned me into a radical. I have since become a liberal during good times, but during Reagan and Bush scams, my werewolf tendencies take over and I once again begin ranting against the parasitic capitalist pigs who are fascist traitors to my country.

[shine_crazydiamond]

differnt reasons depending on the drug.
i smoke cigarettes b/c it feels good...but i don't smoke alot
i smoke weed because it puts me in a possision on observing and it's interesting to see what you don't really see. plus it's super fun

[PennylanesMaryjane]

because its fun. and i like feeling like i'm in some alternate world where everything is surreal.

[leba]

I do drugs because they offer a unique view on life and opened up my mind in many ways. I'd also say that I prefer natural substances over chemical drugs.

[PsychMyke]

To find my center, to enhance my creativity, to see through the veil, to get a step over the establishment, to get high...

[neponiatka]

i only smoke pot...very rarely...i was just curious...wanted new impressions

[trippedelia]

the times i dont do it to just get high, i get extremely high as a side effect, the times i do it only to get mad high, i just get content

[luCKYgirl875]

i only do natural stuff...althoguh i used to do stupid shit like corocedin and dramamine back in the day....i hate coke. or any kind of hard drug. i know so many people whos lives have been fucked up from stuff like that. it was just really hard watching my close friends hurt themselves.

[luCKYgirl875]

oh but the reasons i do it is because..well because its fun! and a good way to forget about the real world and all the petty shit going on in my life.

[rainbowedskylover]

because of the fun, out of curiosity and the hope to learn something from them, i hope not to discover i shouldn't have touch them

[trippedelia]

though hopefully you will discover just that

[sexbanshee]

mostly, apart from curiosity and peer pressure we take drugs to numb out reality, to anaesthetise....

because we are human....

of course, its better if we can find alternatives...

:)

[rainbowedskylover]

though hopefully you will discover just that
i don't think it would be a positive thing to discover i shouldn't do drugs, by that tim it will probably be too late :(

[eman resu]

I would say the number one reason i do drugs is for fun.

[TheRocking]

I will tell you why i do drugs! The only drugs I do are marijauna, acid, and soon to be shrooms. and i can tell you the reason i do them is this: Because drugs are like life... AND THEN SOME.

Living life without drugs (at least the ones aformentioned, most of the others i am against) is like eating a cake without frosting. Yeah, it tastes good, but wouldn't it be so much BETTER if you added some frosting? They have their side effects, but isn't it worth it in the end, if you become a better person having done drugs?

[TheRocking]

to add to my post, my friends and i had a really long discussion about this and that analogy is what we came up with.

[disperse]

Are........do You Do The Drugs Or Do The Drugs Do You

[3xi]

reality is how you experience it. if you believe that drugs do good things for you then as far as your reality is concerned they do. sometimes we are in denial of the drug being bad for us. we may convince ourselves that something is good for us when really it is bad. these are our lessons to learn and our choices to make. you only know when you experience it for your self. reality is subjective and so is a psychedelic trip or high. it is what you make of it - so make it good! in most cases i think drugs do good things for us all.

prohibition is wrong - what we do onto ourselves is our own right!

there are certain things in life we can not control. like the come down from a coke high - no matter how many times i tried i could not avoid that unbearable feeling. so i dont use coke anymore. for some people the high is worth the come down, some people use other drugs to come down. whatever does it for ya. i personally feel that certain drugs are too destructive and shouldnt have a place in a healthy persons lifestyle. - alcohol, coke, heroin... but it is not my place to control what others can and can not do. i think all drugs should be legal. we can spend all the money we would save on education and awareness.

[vactom]

To see how my body reacts to different chemicals put inside it, to delve through the altered state with ease and question my being.

[illusion25]

why do you do drugs?


why not?

[Silverbackman]

Why do I use drugs? That is like asking a person why they eat, sleep, or fuck.

Let's not forget that around 95% of North Americans use drugs on a regular basis or at least from time to time ;). There must be a reason for this!http://www.hipforums.com/forums/images/newsmilies/redface.gif

[Bloodspiral2012]

I smoke weed and use psychedelics to expand my mind and consciousness, too learn more about my life and the life around me.

Making natural substances illegal frustrates me cause its like saying Mother nature, God, or whatever you believe in made a mistake.

I use drugs because its exilerating, fun, scary, and they dissolve boundaries

[RealitaT]

I have a question... if drugs were legal, regulated, priced fairly, wouldnt the whole addiction go away if they had constant supply of it, destroying the withdrawl? If drugs help stop doing other drugs and to moderate the use of them but are psychoactive is that not a beneficial medicine? I believe that humanity is simply scared of their own minds, because they do not know. Yet the drugs that have occcured naturally helped evolve the perspectives in humans, and now we have the knowledge from the ideas and perspectives that we can specify the effects and create them. LSD and other drugs that are fairly new in the timeline of humans and they have proven in this very short time that they change the way the mind works which in evolution change is what makes progress.
In general thats what i got to "believe" in.

[toastacidblocks]

to explore and learn about myself. to change things from the standard normal view of reality..

kinda fucked up that its 'illegal' to go within our heads, to do whatever we want to our own bodies and minds.. the govt is basically telling us that we belong to them and that we arent allowed to 'change our software' and we cant handle making our own decisions and actions.. so they are going to think for us.. and if we disagree theres going to be hell.. and quite often that means sit in a tiny concrete room with bars as doors and windows.. thats what you get for operating yourself...

they'd be better off making fast-food illegal

its a beautiful world
^^two thumbs up

i do drugs to see what high they can give me/how high i can get. acid wins.

*exploration, new perspectives, relaxation, fun, fun, hullucinate, to gain anything i can and view the world, to understand poeple, to "get" life, anything and everything the drugs throw at me

[toastacidblocks]

oh, RealitaT

your "belief" is dope

[schwahead]

because i hate feeling normal

[shine_crazydiamond]

Drugs knock down the barriers, make you see things clearly( although to those whop do not take drugs...this veiw seems most unclear) but once you feel it you know. It is a world less corrupted by symbol systems, and a way to get back to yourself

[Petter]

look, life's just like you're stuck with strangers in a really big room. there are several ways out of the room, and they are easy to get to and get through, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ON THE OUTSIDE! and that's fucking scary! so, you're stuck in this room for all your life, with a lot of people, you like some of them. isn't it your right to get a little place for yourself (with eventual friends), help other people if they need it (and you CAN help them), listen to your music, write, read, whatever, just have FUN? if some of the things you do might get you a one way ticket to the outside, so be it. we're all going there some time.

[Glordag]

I was always intrigued by psychedelics from a very young age. I'm so into fantasy, sci-fi, and really anything of the imagination and the prospect of embarking on some sort of journey outside of this reality was just enthralling. When the opportunity stared me down cold in college I knew there was no denying it. I quit for a little bit because I was really doing it for the wrong reasons at the wrong time, but I'm looking forward to exploring myself and my mind once again very soon.

[Colimon]

I use the drugs I use (which are strictly natural because I am a hippie) because I get great spiritual and person insights like never before. I relize things about the world and about my self that are good life-lessons to take along with me on the way to enlightenment.