Do you plan to drink? yes/no.

[Lunchebox]

I'm a bit too paranoid in my life when sober right now to try any of that stuff. Maybe in the future but I have no aspirations to do it or not do it either way. Without having tried it, I rather think I'm the type to not have a great reaction to that and have mini freak outs or something. I think probably two or three times more than I should about everything.

I would try a hallucinogen in the right environment maybe, if only as a curious artist.

Honestly, I've smoked weed before (What kid from Cali hasn't) and it just really did absolutely nothing. I get a bit chattier when I'm high, I guess, but I don't feel any better or worse.

And I've been curious about hallucinogens myself... But due to some personal reasons, I've never seriously considered trying them.

[Chron]

Weed has an extremely mild hallucinogen in it. Most people aren't effected unless they smoke a whole lot of it, but some people are more sensitive than others.

It mostly just mellows you out and makes you hungry, from what I hear.

Old coworker had a story where he and his buddy made some spaghetti, but used weed instead of oregano (which doesn't go in pasta sauce anyway).
It was terrible, but they ate all of it anyway.

[Edgecrusher]

Their mistake was using the weed directly. Instead, you cook the weed into the oil/butter (depending on what you prefer or what the recipe calls for), then strain it back out.
By heating your lipid of choice to boiling, you release the THC from the pot into the oil/butter, making the leaves (which carry most of the taste) unnecessary. That way, only minor hints of the taste remain, and you're left with spaghetti that get's you high.

The same method is used to make brownies, cookies, or just about anything else.

[preventerWIND]

"Grady what'd you put in that salad?!"

"Just some wild parsley I found hangin' around!"

[Mikero]

Also, the grade of weed you use will play a role as well. The really good stuff keeps you mellow.

Apparently, there's no need to worry about that here in Canada.

  - TURN YOUR CELL PHONE OFF

This made me laugh.

My friend Kevin (the one with the car computer) was totally defeated by Disney stickers while tripping once. It was #####ing hilarious.

This too.

[AlexThePenguin]

On topic: Apricot ale.

That is all.

[Edgecrusher]

"drugs" were introduced into this topic by it's starter in the first post, so it's all been on topic.

Our subject heading just hasn't properly reflected that fact.

[AlexThePenguin]

Hey, I didn't say you weren't.

I just said that I was.

[Edgecrusher]

*laughs* If our being off topic wasn't implied, then why say it at all?

Wouldn't that just be redundant?

[AlexThePenguin]

No, I was just specifying that Apricot Ale was relevant to whether or not I planned to drink.

I guess it kind of failed, eh? x3

[ASR]

It wouldn't have failed if it weren't for that meddling Edge!

[AlexThePenguin]

*snort*

[Edgecrusher]

Yup. It's all my fault.

The post wouldn't have carried the same message without the "On topic:"

[Snare]

You guys are driving me to drink!

[AlexThePenguin]

Specified or not, apricot ale. :3

*opens a bottle and gets to work on the house*

[Chron]

You guys are driving me to drink!

At least we aren't drinking you to drive.

The last thing anyone wants is to have a flower drive around a bunch of intoxicated Mega Man hooligans.

[Mikero]

I'm buzzed right now.
SO THERE, TOPIC.

[Mikero]

Comedic.

[Edgecrusher]

I don't think you can really call it a problem if you quit simply because of an aversion to vomit.

Being forced to quit by people who love you; THAT'S a problem.

[Mikero]

It's a problem but it's not "a drinking problem" per se, since that implies chronic alcohol abuse without really recognizing how much you're damaging the rest of your life. You know... Addiction.

[von Teelio]

This topic makes my brain malfunction.

If anybody does any kind of serious (illegal) drug, I doubt they would admit it, unless of course they're fully comfortable with it and haven't a care of who knows or not. Drinking isn't really a drug. It's just consumption of an alcoholic beverage, something that pretty much anybody could get a hold of these days from your local corner store. Marijuana isn't really a big of deal to me. Sure, I haven't smoked in a while, but the only thing it did to me was calm me down, get me hungry and/or tired. Sometimes horny, but we'll leave those details out.

I don't see anything great with other drugs either, like cocaine, meth, heroin, etc. Not like I've done any of that or ever want to. I've met and known people who have been under the spell or have fallen to those drugs. I've done my share of pills in high school, from the handfuls of Vicodin to a hit or two of 30mg of oxys. Had bad highs with both of them, which led to a halt in my, what you would call,"addiction". Even though I wouldn't say I was addicted, because I wasn't desperately searching for a pill to make me content. I never had to pay for one. More like a curious thing to do.

Just found out a while ago about the hype with DXM (cough syrup, basically). Supposedly makes you a big brain-dead couch potato. Nothing I would want to ever do again, nor recommend.

I'll stick with the bowl, blunt or two, and the occasional beverage, thank you.

[Johncarllos]

I TAKE LSD DAILY

[ASR]

WHO DO YOU TAKE IT FROM

YOU THIEF

[Edgecrusher]

Drinking isn't really a drug.

You fail.

Drinking is just as much of a drug as any of the other items you listed; the only difference being the level of social acceptability.

[von Teelio]

Just like marijuana, I suppose? I bet there are twice as many people that use that than alcohol. Then again I have no #####ing clue. SHOW ME THE NUMBERS.

[ASR]

I would definitely think more people drink alchohol than people smoke weed.

If only for the reason Edge stated, that it's socially acceptable in most situations.

[von Teelio]

Well, y'know. I guess it's the whole legal deal between the two.

[Edgecrusher]

The wrong one of the two is legal.

[Chron]

That really should be a tobacco VS marijuana thing.

Alcohol might be dangerous, but humans wouldn't be anywhere near as interesting or advanced if it wasn't for the wonders of alcohol.
Paradoxically, of course.

[von Teelio]

Is caffeine really considered a lethal drug?

[Vinchenz Rock]

I think eating an ounce of it can kill you.

[von Teelio]

lol as if anybody's braindead enough to.

[Chron]

There are people.

[Vinchenz Rock]

And people have probably already done it.

[Chron]

That's what I meant, Vinch.
There literally are reports of caffeine-overdose related deaths.

Rare, but they exist.

[Vinchenz Rock]

Oh, I thought you meant there would be people who are willing to try it. >_>

[Chron]

Yeah, I see that now.
Note to self: don't use vague catch-alls.

[Mikero]

Don't worry, I got it. And that's all that really matters this moment this second on this forum.

All that stuff messes with how your brain is working, and in that right you can classify them together. So alcohol counts as a drug.

[Chron]

Drugs need not necessarily effect the brain, but yeah.
It is.

[Mikero]

Well, I mean, alcohol affects as much as anything else...

[Vinchenz Rock]

I'm pretty sure everything you put in your body that isn't food is considered a drug.

But its been misused to the point that saying the word drug means illegal drugs.

[Mikero]

There are a lot of things in food that aren't food...

[preventerWIND]

Yeah, theres tons of things that you can eat that aren't food, and they're not considered drugs. Drugs are just things that mess around with your body.

There are a lot of things in food that aren't food...

I think about a good percentage of dog food is ash..

[Vinchenz Rock]

Yeah, theres tons of things that you can eat that aren't food, and they're not considered drugs.

Do you mean things like cough medicine? Because those are considered drugs.

There are a lot of things in food that aren't food...

The food part is still food!

[preventerWIND]

Yeah, theres tons of things that you can eat that aren't food, and they're not considered drugs.

Do you mean things like cough medicine? Because those are considered drugs.

Cough medicine is a drug because it messes around with your system. I'm talking things like.. uh... rocks or dirt or something, it aint food.

[Mikero]

Food affects your brain too so this conversation is getting stupid. Of course that's how the thread started in the first place sooo...

Yeah, theres tons of things that you can eat that aren't food, and they're not considered drugs.

Do you mean things like cough medicine? Because those are considered drugs.

Cough medicine is a drug because it messes around with your system. I'm talking things like.. uh... rocks or dirt or something, it aint food.

Preservatives. A better example..

[ASR]

My brother eats boogers.

Also, you're not supposed to eat gum. So. Gum is a drug.

[preventerWIND]

Yeah.

Besides, all this talk of illegal substances and #####, isn't it against the rules?

Also, you're not supposed to eat gum. So. Gum is a drug.

You're not supposed to eat glue either, but I ate that in kindergarten. Am I a drug addict? No, I just liked eating glue.

[Mikero]

When I was a baby I apparently ate the dirt from the potted plants.

[Edgecrusher]

Alcohol might be dangerous, but humans wouldn't be anywhere near as interesting or advanced if it wasn't for the wonders of alcohol.

I'm curious regarding this advancement.