Nah, I don't even drink
Got plenty of mates who enjoy a spot of pot, I've never felt the need. Also knew a lad who smoked a lot of skunk with mates, he said he was very lucky to get out of it. Had a very good drug education thingy through cadets, where they explained what actually goes on in the brain. That put me off.
( Greenbat, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 20:32, 2 replies)

Well this is the thing...
I've known mates who have dabbled and have been perfectly fine. But I have also seen folk who haven't done so well.

Pot for example. I knew one lad who just sat smoking skunk and black in his room all day long, day after day, on his own chewing himself up. He was properly stuck in a rut with it. Failed exams, no job, smoke, smoke, smoke. I really do feel it effected him in a psychological sense - dunno what ever happened to him but I hope he broke the cycle and got on with his life. Seemed a real waste of a life to me to be like that at 18/19 years old.

I dunno, I don't wish to judge and those of you who can control it and not harm others whilst doing it - crack on.

On the other hand, the really serious stuff - crack, heroin - seems only to lead to bad things. Seen too many police pics of young people deteriorating because of that crap. Also too many old ladies robbed and burgled & too many dealers getting rich.

Have a nice cup of tea and a biscuit instead!
(Just a girl., Sun 19 Sep 2010, 20:40, closed)

I've known people to experience a big range of effects from pot
one guy was diagnosed with cannabis-induced psychosis, basically bi-polar. Another girl textbook bi-polar, probably brought on by smoking pot. And yet, me and a reasonable number of my friends still smoke a fair old amount and carry out our lives perfectly reasonably, having achieved a lot between us (one of has just become a chartered structural engineer for example) and are all happy, lead fulfilling lives and don't suffer from a lack of ambition.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:53, closed)

So
What exactly did they explain? Because current (and previous) drug education is woefully inaccurate/incomplete.
(tty, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 20:45, closed)

Think they were called Galahad
One was an ex user, then dealer, then informer. Rather than the usual bollocks secondary schools get, they told us how the drugs work-as in, what they do to which dells in the brain, and what damage they cause. It's all to do with synapses, and various chemicals that occur in the brain. For example, the brain releases dopamine after excercise/shock/sex etc, which calms you down. If you go for a massive run, you might feel completely immobile after. It is the dopamine receptors that the THC in cannabis acts on, to give similar feelings. Problem is, it damages them, so the dopamine doesn't work. If you damage enough of them, the body is unable to calm itself down-hence paranoia etc. similar things happen with Coke/adrenaline, ecstacy/seratonin and others I can't remember. So yeah, they do fuck your brain (and other bits) considerably.
( Greenbat, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 20:52, closed)

Was it the Two Circles?
You draw two circles - one large, one small. The large circle represents your brain now, the small one is your brain on drugs. Got that?

Then - drugs are illegal. The same two circles also represent - small, your arsehole now. Large, your arsehole in prison.

SEE what damage drugs can do!
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 22:01, closed)

No
That's the usual secondary approach. Though you misssed out the "we're not trying to stop you experimenting, just giving the facts", and the dreadful attempts at being cool...no wonder everyone under the age of 20 is off their tits.
( Greenbat, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 22:11, closed)