How old were you when you first smoked dope?

[be-bop]

Smoked my first joint at school around 1971/2 then spent most of the 70's and 80's zonked outa my face,was sitting here thinking just how many drugs I've dabbled with and I'm surprised I have any brain cells left to play with.
Lived through Edinburgh's Trainspotting days and lost 3 cousins in the family to heroin o/d's/aids although I had a dabble with smack i've never shared needles with anyone and i had the test just to make sure.
Drugs can be fun but like anything moderation is the key but hey who am i to preach.
I'm a good boy now don't even use tobacco and barely drink these days..
the worst experience i ever had on a drug was when i worked in a bar and there were some US saliors in to see the strippers an i did some Angel dust with one of the guys 36 hours or so later I crashed back to normality way too heavy..

[Stormieweather]

I was about 15. I'd already started smoking and drinking a year or two earlier. My first drug was pot, but I was also given mescaline, heroin, and amphetamines. I didn't use regularly, but I did start selling various types of speed in school in return for a "commission" in the form of some for me. I did cocaine for the first time at approximately 17yrs old. I continued to use occasionally until I was in my mid-20's. Drinking and smoking cigarettes continued much, MUCH longer.

Amazingly enough, this was in spite of (or as a result of?) being very protected growing up. I was raised in a fundamental Christian home, went to private church schools, had no television or secular reading material and was extremely isolated until I was a teenager.

I finally quit drug usage when I noticed I was losing some mental capacity - memory, comprehension, analytical abilities. Three times since my 20's, I've done some type of drug on a single occasion, but the risk is simply not worth it, to me. My children, my life, my freedom, my mind, are much more important.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Stormieweather

the risk is simply not worth it, to me. My children, my life, my freedom, my mind, are much more important.

agreed.

[Radar]

Originally Posted by be-bop

Smoked my first joint at school around 1971/2 then spent most of the 70's and 80's zonked outa my face,was sitting here thinking just how many drugs I've dabbled with and I'm surprised I have any brain cells left to play with.
Lived through Edinburgh's Trainspotting days and lost 3 cousins in the family to heroin o/d's/aids although I had a dabble with smack i've never shared needles with anyone and i had the test just to make sure.
Drugs can be fun but like anything moderation is the key but hey who am i to preach.
I'm a good boy now don't even use tobacco and barely drink these days..
the worst experience i ever had on a drug was when i worked in a bar and there were some US saliors in to see the strippers an i did some Angel dust with one of the guys 36 hours or so later I crashed back to normality way too heavy..

I've never messed with Heroin or crack. They scare me. Crack because one hit and you're hooked. Heroin because I just think I'd like it way too much and also get hooked.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Radar

Crack because one hit and you're hooked.

Urban myth.