Never really did much for me...
I smoked a fair amount of weed at Uni and it really never had much of an effect other than making me sleepy. I remember being sat in someone's lounge once where we'd been smoking all afternoon. They were all in hysterics and having the time of their lives. I was just feeling a little bit sleepy, but otherwise totally unaffected.

Also, coke. A few years back I was spending a lot of time with people who did a fair bit, and at parties, inevitably a mirror would end up coming out along with a stack of coke. I would have a go to be polite and, originally, out of curiosity. It really wasn't doing much for me though. Yes, I felt a rush, and better with better quality drugs, so I could sort of see the appeal, but it felt more like something to drive me along, rather than something which made me have a good time. I could understand why over-worked bankers might take it, but it wasn't making me have a better time on a Saturday night, and I couldn't help noticing that I was sat in a room for hours with people I liked and we were all progressively behaving more and more like utter cunts.

Ecstasy, tried once, felt good, but not really my scene. LSD? Not interested in the slightest, thanks, especially as there's the potential for it to be terrifying (I am slightly scarred by my dad's stories of bad acid trips in the Seventies). Ditto any of the stuff people do nowadays that also functions as horse tranquiliser, chrome-wheel cleaner, etc. Heroin? Hmmm...

I generally just politely refuse if I'm ever offered anything nowadays. Some people react a bit funny and think I'm being sanctimonious. I'm not - I'm not especially bothered what you like to get up to if it doesn't harm me. I'm just extremely lucky that the drugs which I do very much enjoy - booze and tobacco - are legal and readily available. I'm not going to argue that makes me a better person, but it does save money and time...
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 16:18, Reply)