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Seems like a simple easy question. But I don't know the answer. enlighten me.

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Escape from reality. Europhia.

I'm guessing, since I've never done any.

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I should add that I have done marijuana before. But I hardly consider that a drug.

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I should add that I have done marijuana before. But I hardly consider that a drug.

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I knew I wouldn't become addicted to it.

I've heard great things about the effects of cocaine. It's one of the best drugs out there. I don't do it because it is so addictive.

so why would someone do something they would get addicted to?

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Why have a beer, watch a football game, or parachute out of a plane? Pleasure, fun, excitement, experimentation...
Some, even many, have suffered emotional trauma and seek to ease their pain. Some people over eat in response to emotional troubles, some take it out on others which in turn may lead their victims to suffer emotionally and seek pain relief with drugs or other behaviors. The people who get addicted tend to have addictive personalities, i.e., a drive away from moderation and toward excess. If not drugs, these people still exhibit their addictive personalities in other ways.

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quite elaborate, berzerker.

... we're all addicted to something.People, substances, habits.... Drugs add the physical addiction part, which in that case kills your body. But so does beer.... and beer is legal....

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Cos they feel 'cool' - so basicallly Peer pressure. For some anyway.

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Cos they feel 'cool' - so basicallly Peer pressure. For some anyway.


Peer pressure is for stupis weak minded people and i don't consider people in general stupid and weak minded.

BTW, do you consider hashish a drug Dissident?

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You know the answer to the old riddle, "Why do dogs lick their balls?"

Same answer here.

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And the answer is?

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"Because they can!"

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"Because they can!"


Does that explain why i lick my balls too?

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My personal reasons for taking drugs:

Alcohol: it tastes good, and it's an ancient (and fun) tradition to get drunk. I did start drinking alcohol trough peer pressure though; my parents really began pushing me to start drinking beer/wine when I was around 15y.

Weed: It's like an appetizer before dinner for me.

Shrooms: I don't know why I take shrooms. It's fun, but not fun-fun, I only take them when I'm alone. It's a bit like trying to induce sleep paralysis or lucid dreaming...

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Does that explain why i lick my balls too?


Of course it explains "why." "How," on the other hand...

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...If not drugs, these people still exhibit their addictive personalities in other ways.


Like posting here...

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One thing I can't understand is why people start smoking:
It smells bad, it tastes bad, it's expensive, it's dangerous, etc, etc - and in the end you don't even get high from it. Why?

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I think they do it because they're too stressed or too bored.

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One thing I can't understand is why people start smoking:
It smells bad, it tastes bad, it's expensive, it's dangerous, etc, etc - and in the you don't even get high from it. Why?


Because it does give that euphoric feeling in the beggining and because you think you're immortal when you usually start it.

Afterwards, because your brain cells love it and because of habit and mild relaxation.

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Also because if everyone else does it around you, you think it's no big deal.

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I knew I wouldn't become addicted to it.

I've heard great things about the effects of cocaine. It's one of the best drugs out there. I don't do it because it is so addictive.

so why would someone do something they would get addicted to?


I've 'done' most drugs over the years and IMHO the drugs arn't that addictive, its when people have 'addictive' personalities that you get problems

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You mean "hard" drugs, or whatever they call them in English. I come from a little village. There was a girl, who used to be regularly raped by here stepfather. This came out years later, his now in jail. The girl is on heroin. Propably taking it to killl her pain. That's only person that's taking "hard" drugs i know personally (or at least used to vaguely know).

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i love smoking weed for breakfast

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I've never done any hard drugs... only pot. It's fun; a different experience.

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Because there enjoyable. If people don't enjoy taking drugs and continue to do so (before addiction sets in) then frankly they are idiots

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or brainwashed into thinking pot is bad and alcohol is your friend...

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both are your friend. get drunk during the night, wake and bake.

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Because they are stupid or depressed, in one way or another.

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For the same reasons people do legal drugs like Alcohol or cigarettes, only they want a MUCH more potent experience.

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I drink because it's enjoyable, it's easy to acquire alcohol, and the risks involved are pretty slim and have been fairly well enumerated. I don't do other drugs because they're less easy to acquire and the risks involved (primarily legal risks, though in the case of tobacco the problem is more associated with health risks and monetary impact) aren't worth it to me. I also don't know how enjoyable they'd be, since I haven't tried them. If they legalize pot them I'd certainly give it a try, though.

 
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