I do it for either: 1. beating depression or 2. the experience.

If I'm depressed drugs are a temporary escape from the things that I have to deal with.

The reason I first tried drugs was because I wanted to know what the experience was like, what I felt. I'm into drugs that have a much more spiritual effect like LSD or Salvia. It can make you feel more connected to the world or give you like visions.

I don't recommend doing drugs though, I think in the end it's not really worth it. I've managed to stay clean for a while now but mostly because I've already been in trouble for it, I'm low on money, and it's hard to get LSD in my area.

I'm not proud of it, but I have also tried drugs before. Marijuana to be exact. I got off it relizing the long term affects and the consequence if I got caught. But some do it because of stress. Some do it to give there a Ego a boost. Personnaly I choose to do it because it does bite off stress.

Honestly, I was smoking for the shortest time (cigarettes) because I thought it'd help relieve some stress. I admit, the feeling was good after I lit one up, but the long-term effects are much worse and I realized that, so I stopped. I also (once in a while, which is still stupid) take the ONE drug that I have always had problems with OTHER people taking: Ecstasy. And, honestly, if my parents or family ever figured out I've done ANY drug, they'd have my ass beaten so bad I couldn't sit down for weeks. Anyways, I take it because of the short-term happy feeling I get. It's great. I'm not telling everyone to go out and like... start takin it because I said to. But, I'm saying why I, personally, take them.

skatergirl4ever is dum for saying that people do it to be cool or to fit in..you obviously think so . you must think its cooll to . ya smoking weed is so cool that EVERYBODY does it. not!! for me, being cool is haveing your life together and knowing what you want in life and haveing someone to share it with. oh and i guess looks can help out to. lol. but i think your cooler if you dont smoke cause that means you havent given in yet. yes i said yet. cause chances are you will try it at least once. even if you swear not to . i used to swear on everything and when people would say i would give in i would hit them and get mad . but to a certain piont wen you cant handle things and life just sucks and your not stupid and want to hurt YOURSELF over it , smoking just helps alot. it lets you forget and you dont care about anything. wen you cant take another person hurting you anynore, it helps. its way better then hurtib=ng yourself cause of everybody elses fuck ups. but i addmitt that it does mess up some things. but not enough
. its not addictive . its just a way of doing things. ha ha and if your body doesnt like it you can tell. lol you throw up .it does mess up your memory to . but thats only if you do it alot.
its not like i set a time and place to do it ya know. if its there then its there. or it depends if your in the mood. youths should do drugs thats all bad but i believe smoking (pot) is ok . i mean its not the end of the world. im sure your parents will get mad if they find out but they get over it cause they did it before to. so grow up and make another excuse why you think "youths" do "drugs" if you do drugs ill pry for you but i think pots harmless.

I smoke cigarettes because I know that mixed in with those 400 plus cancer causing chemicals there are (roughly) 65 different chemicals that lower my anxiety.

Not to mention the strawberry tobacco taste sugary and smells nice.

Its because there is nothing fun for us to do anymore so we find some other way, life threatening or not to have fun. Its not to be cool or something like that anymore its because we are bored and just want something to do.

Lots of people taked drugs as an escape.

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Why youths take drugs and smoke when they know its life threatening?

Conformity. I'm one of those people who says they would never smoke, drink, or do drugs. But I'll meet guys I like who smoke and I think, "well maybe I should." it's the same with new friends. I don't want differences to get in the way of a potentially great relationship. Then I have to reconsider, would it really be a great relationship if the other person was using drugs? I swore never to do drugs after seeing what it's done to my dad, but it's still hard to not consider it.
All kids think they're never going to do drugs, but sometimes you just want to fit in.

I would say peer pressure and to fit in with the crowd. I have never done drugs but my dad does them. Drugs takes you away from the people you love. I mean my dad left me with a whole in my heart where his love should be because he left me for drugs. I sometimes blam e myself for his mistakes.

i did smoke pot for awhile. but after awhile it got really boring and i quit. easy as that. its not addictive its just a "gate way" drug. people at school think its so cool to brag about what they did over the weekend and "guess how much he/she smoked" its so stupid. i realized that they just sound like idiots and its not worth my life or getting arrested.

just quit now. its so stupid.

Drugs are not bad, what is bad is the use people make of them.
Saying drugs are inherently bad equates to saying plastic is bad, because if you where to smoke plastic you would get just as screwed up as with any other drug.
Demonizing an inanimate substance because people behave irresponsibly is childish, and only a way of relieving oneself from due responsibility of one's actions.

I've had quite a history with various substances, taking various drugs frequently over a 2 year period, but I never developed an addiction for any of these substances because I was conscious of my actions, and I never put myself in the psychological predisposition necessary to become a junky.

I believe drugs should be legalized, it's everyone's choice what they do with their body, not the governments. The main reason drugs remain ilegal is because they are an untaxable and unprofitable bussiness for the government, a legal drug industry can't be created with ease and just suplant the usual providers most users obtain their product from, thus the government cannot effectively take over the market and make it profitable.
The ban on drugs has nothing to do with public health issues, it has been patently proven in the past decades that public health is not a primary concern of the government. Just look at our absolutely horrible medical services, and the costs one must pay for to get a cut stitched up, or to have a doctor check you out when you have the flu.
If there was any interest at all in public health medicare would be drastically improved, we are the only first world country where people die in the emergency room because they don't have money to pay for treatment.

Okay. I will admit, Pot is harmful (wow, how many times do I have to say this?) but so is eating too much. Basically even good things can be bad for you if you have too much of it...

Other drugs however, stay away from them. Don't even think about trying them, they can do some serious damage to you and trust me it aint cool.

Told ya.

Any drug, weed included, is harmful to your body.

Calm down, kid. People will always have their ignorant opinions. That is why.

why are we still bitching about weed? its fuckin weed! its harmless. we should be bitching about the ACTUAL drugs that carry withdrawal, actualy physical addiction, and overdoses. quit being a pussy and judging people, and try to help people, and our country with the worse things.

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This isn't harm to your body??

She said it was harmful. Just not as bad as other things.

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It can however make you paranoid. But really with pot, it just slows you down, and not all you higher thinking processes are working. Hense why I don't remember a lot of the movies I watched while stoned.

This isn't harm to your body??

True, but so does a lot of things.

even so in small doses it hurts you in little doses.