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Age cut off age with drugs?

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So after speaking to an acquintance who used to use drugs I started wondering about age.

Basically, we are the same age (25) and she thinks that using drugs should be something you get over by the time you are in your early 20s - think 21-22 and after this age it starts to become weird.

On the one hand I can kinda see what shes getting at. I mean I don't like to judge people as it is NOT my place to judge anybody but bouncing around on MDMA is not that unusual for a 20 year old but I guess by late 20s an awful lot of former drug users seem to have 'grown out' of other drugs and stick to alcohol...

I'm sorry if this has been discussed before or w/e but do you have a cut off age? or an age where you feel it just becomes 'weird'?

I'm not trying to rub anyone up the wrong way, just after chatting to this girl I wondered everyones thoughts..
 
Where do you live? Different areas/places have different views on it.
I don't think there should be any cut off age, its purely the ignorant view of a society and or individual.
Alcohol is just as much of a drug, and I actually view it as more of an immature drug depending on how it is used.
 
I myself am 20 and the crew i hang out with are all 24-28 and a couple of 30 year olds. I've never found it wierd. I live in a moderately small town and these are the only guys i know who actually smoke gear, all other kids my age just do a line and think they're Tony Montanna or something. I hate it here lol.

Although funnily enough In the past 2 years I've never seen a dealer in my town get done under the age of 35. At the same time I would never purchase anything in my town as it's usually cut beyond a joke.
 
I think that as people get older they develop tastes and preferences with drugs and so it moves from an experimental phase into a more controlled, "I know what I like so I'll do it less often." Comes with maturity.
 
Before the age of 23, I was only drinking, and very occasionally smoking weed, but after rolling for the first time in 2005, I did get into some serious experimenting. Now, approaching the age of 29, I've had my honeymoon period of wanting to have a constant stash, and now I partake when the opportunity presents itself. My view is that I'll continue to use for as long as I find it to be fun. Once the fun is out the window, then it'll be time to close that chapter of my life and probably stick with weed.

I will admit though, I'll probably be bouncing around, completely off my tits at Psytrance parties at the age of 35. Does this bother me? Quite frankly, not in the slightest. I couldn't give two drizzling shits. =D
 
like euphoricnod said, you just kind of move out of the experimental phase. at 75 years old, i will still like and occasionally indulge in a fingerful of vicodin and a hit of weed. but even now i want nothing to do with a lot of drugs i also used to play with (pharm-speed, lsd, shrooms, mdma), and certainly do not want to try wild, new drugs. i'm sad about never trying K, but at this point in life i doubt it will happen. maybe.
 
I think it has less to do with age and more to do with growing out of the experimental phase. I think most people who get 'into' drugs (those who could be called 'drug users' and not just people who've tried drugs, if you're on BL I think you automatically qualify...) start out by finding one drug or a few drugs they really enjoy, or have a really good experience, then start to wonder what all the other drugs out there are like.

So for a few years they go a bit crazy, indulging constantly in their favourite chemicals to recapture that feeling they love, and constantly seeking out or trying new chemicals. After a few years of this, they've either tried most of what is available or most of what they care to experience, or they've grown out of the need to constantly experiment, and they cut off some drugs they don't care for or can't handle then settle into a routine with the ones they do enjoy.

I think for most people, this takes place between the ages of 15 - 25 simply because those are the ages at which most people are first exposed to drug use and drug culture, but it seems to follow much the same pattern even with people who're older. I've seen a lot of people start to burn out in their mid - late 20's and cut back a lot, or drift out of the drug scene, but I've also known a lot of people in their 30's or even 40's who are exposed to drugs for the first time after missing out in their earlier years, then subsequently get very heavily into it for a while, much like most people do in their youth.
 
you've gotta remember, late 20's early 30's is when a lot of the harder users might drop off the end of the earth so too speak.. and those who watch them don't want to meet that same fate.
 
^ that. your 20's are when you make those important life choices. those who pick drugs (and not just here and there. im talking about having an addiction) will most likely run into trouble with the law, OD several times, just basically keep digging a deeper and deeper hole.

so i think it comes to a point where people start asking "is this really worth it any more?" and some decide to move on and get clean, and others dont.
 
I think many older users either quit or gain the maturity to realize that getting high isn't what their life needs to revolve around. While they might still enjoy using, they don't feel the need to make it the centerpiece of all their activities.
 
I stuck to booze and weed during my teens, right up until i was 22 then i started on speed and do a lot of downers when i get the chance so, i don't think there is any cut off point, i can't wait to try proper mandy, i stayed back from that as a youngster (well i'm only 24 now) due to all the propaganda involving eccies, like that story about Leah Betts.
 
Didnt touch drugs until I was 18 which was coke & I didnt like it & then weed for several years. If you use in moderation. you can use drugs forever w/o knocking off banks & pharmacies for your next high.

Know of several pot smokers in their 50's that have been smoking pot for over 30 years & have businesses & families. Dont know any hard drug users because the friends I have dont use them. I mean, I know of people that use pharms like vicodin, oxycodone, etc....but when I talk hard drugs, im talking heroin & coke. The friends that did do alot of coke back in the 90's have all stopped using.

Theres plenty of reasons why people use drugs when they are older(over 30's), whether its pressure from every day life or boredom, its always gonna be like that no matter what others think.
 
I'm seventeen almost eighteen so I'm still using drugs been since I was fifteen.. I really don't have a set age for when you should stop drugs but I believe if you want a family then you should stop then. I just feel by that point you should be happy living a life without drugs because you had your fun. I don't plan on popping pills or dropping acid when I have kids. Not that I wouldn't want to but I feel that it would be wrong for me to do. If my kids ever discover drugs it will be because they wanted to not because mommy is an open drug user. I would rather remain drug free by then if its for my kids.
 
xstayfadedx said:
I'm seventeen almost eighteen so I'm still using drugs been since I was fifteen.. I really don't have a set age for when you should stop drugs but I believe if you want a family then you should stop then. I just feel by that point you should be happy living a life without drugs because you had your fun. I don't plan on popping pills or dropping acid when I have kids. Not that I wouldn't want to but I feel that it would be wrong for me to do. If my kids ever discover drugs it will be because they wanted to not because mommy is an open drug user. I would rather remain drug free by then if its for my kids.
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Thats exactly how I feel if I were to get married but since I plan on just living with my gf & we both dont want children, at least any time soon, so there is no settling down for us. I dont use psychedelics anymore & that is one stage I have gone threw & dont plan on starting up again. Since my gf is much younger, she dabbles in them once in a while & it is fine by me.

I dont touch psychedelics, coke, mdma, alcohol, & many others. Hmm, come to think of it, I dont do much anymore.....:p except for my pain meds.
 
in my opinion there is definatly no cut off age my best friends dad whos 55 uses coke on a regular basis and he's aright. chances r u start drugs like others have said either for experimention or from stress/pressure and theres no age that u stop being stressed or experimenting.
 
As others have said, I don't think there is a cut off age.

Personally, I'm 23 this year and have experimented with what some would consider "light" drugs. LSD, Weed, Codeine, Meth, Speed, MDMA.

Ive always thought about when I'm/If I'm going to stop experimenting and Ive come to the conclusion Ill probably cut down my usage when a women/kids/mortgage comes along.

I have plenty of time to continue my drug use though because i don't see myself settling down anytime soon ;)
 
xstayfadedx said:
I'm seventeen almost eighteen so I'm still using drugs been since I was fifteen.. I really don't have a set age for when you should stop drugs but I believe if you want a family then you should stop then. I just feel by that point you should be happy living a life without drugs because you had your fun. I don't plan on popping pills or dropping acid when I have kids. Not that I wouldn't want to but I feel that it would be wrong for me to do. If my kids ever discover drugs it will be because they wanted to not because mommy is an open drug user. I would rather remain drug free by then if its for my kids.
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TheLostBoys said:
Thats exactly how I feel if I were to get married but since I plan on just living with my gf & we both dont want children, at least any time soon, so there is no settling down for us. I dont use psychedelics anymore & that is one stage I have gone threw & dont plan on starting up again. Since my gf is much younger, she dabbles in them once in a while & it is fine by me.

I dont touch psychedelics, coke, mdma, alcohol, & many others. Hmm, come to think of it, I dont do much anymore.....:p except for my pain meds.
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total respect for both of ya's

For me if i had kids on the way i'd just stick too booze for the most part( save a few odd weekends an festivals)
I'd hate for my kids to have to visit me in prison, if something bad were to happen
 
There is no cut-off age for drug use. Scenes and crowds change, people come and go, some folks don't even start until later in life, usually for much different reasons than those who pick up as teens. With age I think comes a bit of respect for death. Having friends not wake up sometimes puts things into perspective. I try not to blow massive shots of water soluable substances any longer. But I still get high and one thing I've noticed is a lot of my friends from that life who now have really great jobs still get high too, they just happen to be a lot more discreet about it.
 
titstypedthis said:
total respect for both of ya's

For me if i had kids on the way i'd just stick too booze for the most part( save a few odd weekends an festivals)
I'd hate for my kids to have to visit me in prison, if something bad were to happen
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Thank you. Right now drugs are fun but then again I get bored with them even at this age so when I'm older I doubt ill have much interest in them anyways. I just hate when using drugs become a routine. I also watched this show tonight about mothers using when pregnant...it was very sad and I would never want for my drug use to get to that point.

More than likely I will be drug free when the time comes..except for a couple drinks here and there.
 
xstayfadedx said:
I'm seventeen almost eighteen so I'm still using drugs been since I was fifteen.. I really don't have a set age for when you should stop drugs but I believe if you want a family then you should stop then. I just feel by that point you should be happy living a life without drugs because you had your fun. I don't plan on popping pills or dropping acid when I have kids. Not that I wouldn't want to but I feel that it would be wrong for me to do. If my kids ever discover drugs it will be because they wanted to not because mommy is an open drug user. I would rather remain drug free by then if its for my kids.
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This is an excellent and very responsible attitude! I know someone who dealing coke from his house and they have a 4 year old son. When I found this out, frankly it made me want to vomit. How inappropriate.
 
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