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I don’t know where to post this thread so here goes . Can men, on average , take much more drugs than women?

I am female . I could always do our outdo as much drugs as the males around me . I know that there will be fluctuations , but Curious if this is the norm

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the_void said:
I don’t know where to post this thread so here goes . Can men, on average , take much more drugs than women?

I am female . I could always do our outdo as much drugs as the males around me . I know that there will be fluctuations , but Curious if this is the norm

Thanks
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The average guy has more body fat then the average girl which is something that will affect drug dosage but each person is unique some can tolerate alot more then others i have to smoke 4 joints before i even feel weed while others take a few puffs
 
It depends on the drug in question. Somebody who is a heroin addict will "outdo" someone who isn't. Gender isn't that important. Constitution is made up of all sorts of shit. Most of the time - for me - men tend to outdo the women because men are more likely to be well versed in these subjects.

Alcohol consumption directly relates to size and gender, on the other hand... or, maybe, size and gender/fat distribution. I don't know exactly, but I know (just by looking at them) if I can outdrink them. I'm more likely to look at a man and think I might have trouble in a fight against them, but not likely the same thing with a woman. Unless you're talking about mg/kg about certain drugs other than alcohol... then it is impossible to tell.
 
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yes. Pretty much every single drug. But of course some people are different. But in the average population by the time they have did whatever amount i did they are at a higher risk of dropping dead.
 
I think it depends on the drug. First of all, men, in general weigh more than women so they could theoretically consume larger quantities of drugs for that reason, although how much body weight affects drug metabolism also varies from drug to drug. However assuming you are going to control for bodyweight then I don't know the answer. With alcohol, we know that generally even controlling for weight men can drink more than women although it's highly variable and it's not difficult at all to find exceptions. For instance in college I knew a girl who took 21 shots on her 21st birthday and could easily outdrink all the guys she hung out with. I knew another girl who used to just line up shots of vodka and take four at once. She wouldn't even show any signs of being drunk after 10 shots.

Considering that, if I had to guess I would say that other drugs are probably more uniform in their effects on different sexes once you control for weight so it wouldn't be unusual for a girl to be able to take more drugs than a guy but if you really wanted to know I think you would have to look at it on a drug by drug bases, as it can have to do with how the drug is metabolized through the male or female body.

With psychedelics if I had to guess I would say that men could handle more because women tend to be more risk averse than men and taking massive doses of psychedelics drugs is quite risky to your mental state and overall mental health and stability. Of course it also would be highly variable as there are men who wouldn't dare take more than a gram or two of mushrooms and women who will eat a whole quarter oz but generally speaking I think men would be more willing to accept the risks that so called "heroic doses" impose.
 
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Women have more body fat than men.
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As a percentage yes, in total.... Iunno?

the_void said:
I don’t know where to post this thread so here goes . Can men, on average , take much more drugs than women?

I am female . I could always do our outdo as much drugs as the males around me . I know that there will be fluctuations , but Curious if this is the norm

Thanks
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This thread strikes me as more appropriate for drug culture so after I reply I'm gonna move it there (I'll leave a redirect for about a day so it'll still be visible here in health and recovery for everyone to hopefully realize it's moved).

Ok so.. My experience is much the same as yours, I haven't noticed any especially significant differences, at least in terms of drug strength, between me and guys I've known.

I used to use at the same time, and the same amount with my boyfriend nearly every day for several years. Maybe occasionally I got the sense that I was feeling it maybe a little stronger, but not much. Not enough that I'd be confident that it wasn't just him being more critical or me being more forgiving of the same experience. And apart from that we'd generally start getting sick at exactly the same time.

Here's what I think, I think there probably is a sex difference between men and women when we arent tolerant to a drug, but I think as soon as tolerance comes into play it kills the sex difference.

Women have more body fat percentage wise and are generally smaller than men so it would make sense all else being equal that women would feel drugs stronger, and scientific evidence seems to show that's the case. But once you get into drugs and tolerance I don't think it means very much.

I've seen guys waaay bigger than me floored by waaay smaller doses of heroin. Tolerance just makes a way bigger difference than sex.
 
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No doubt that tolerance is by far the most important factor. For example, a 120 pound female who is dependent on heroin would have no problem taking enough heroin to kill a 280 pound male non user. However, this provides an example of how it differs with different drugs because a 120 pound female who gets drunk regularly might still find it difficult to outdrink a 280 pound male who rarely drinks. Tolerance and body weight work differently with different drugs.

Then there is natural tolerance, which isn't built upon prior use but is based off the fact that some people need more of a drug than others to reach the same level of effects. This would be what we would want to measure in order to assess the difference between men and women since it would eliminate the confounding variable of usage history.
 
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No doubt that tolerance is by far the most important factor. For example, a 120 pound female who is dependent on heroin would have no problem taking enough heroin to kill a 280 pound male non user. However, this provides an example of how it differs with different drugs because a 120 pound female who gets drunk regularly might still find it difficult to outdrink a 280 pound male who rarely drinks. Tolerance and body weight work differently with different drugs.

Then there is natural tolerance, which isn't built upon prior use but is based off the fact that some people need more of a drug than others to reach the same level of effects. This would be what we would want to measure in order to assess the difference between men and women since it would eliminate the confounding variable of usage history.
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I agree about the alcohol point. I'd say though that it's because you don't tend to become dependent to the same insane degree you can with heroin, and indeed opioids in general.
 
This is only an interesting question if we make adjustments for body mass, otherwise the answer is obvious and unsurprising.

Actually having said that - question is still too vague. Drugs is too broad a term, which ones?

Men and women have hormonal differences which all drugs interact with somewhat in ways that may not be well understood, and men and women's brains are wired somewhat differently although exactly how, and how much difference this makes in the context of drug use - is still very unclear. And then of course there is the inner phenomenological experience of living life as a woman compared to a man, even apart from all that other stuff. It's surely different in some ways which will affect both our psychologies and both our reactions to psychoactive drugs... in short, I really don't know. But I'd like to.
 
I was working 80hr weeks as a team lead for a construction job and was shooting meth 3-4 times a day at work. Main point of contact for my company means all other companies must come through me, I was in meetings with foremen and superintendents then right back to the site running the crew. No one suspected a thing I was shooting .2-.3grams every break i got.
 
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I was working 80hr weeks as a team lead for a construction job and was shooting meth 3-4 times a day at work. Main point of contact for my company means all other companies must come through me, I was in meetings with foremen and superintendents then right back to the site running the crew. No one suspected a thing I was shooting .2-.3grams every break i got.
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lt doesn't last forever: male or female.
 
I’ve definitely never met a girl who takes more acid than me but I’m sure they are out there (haha, unintended pun).
 
I find this funny. I don't think there's any difference. I mean, I can drink a lot before I'm impaired and I only weigh 120lbs/54kg which isn't an uncommon weight for women my age (I'm male), although plenty weigh less than me of course. I think this has to do with my fast metabolism. I can also eat like I don't have a stomach

By impaired I mean not being able to carry out everyday tasks satisfactorily. I should probably stop here because I don't want to sound like I'm promoting foolish behavior
 
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Ace2252 said:
The average guy has more body fat then the average girl which is something that will affect drug dosage but each person is unique some can tolerate alot more then others i have to smoke 4 joints before i even feel weed while others take a few puffs
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Women on average have higher body fat than men, at least proportionally. What do you think tits and ass are made of 🤔

Drugs are metabolized differently by gender. Alcohol is the most notable difference.
 
negrogesic said:
Women on average have higher body fat than men, at least proportionally. What do you think tits and ass are made of 🤔

Drugs are metabolized differently by gender. Alcohol is the most notable difference.
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Forgive my ignorance, but what does this mean exactly; that a female my weight would likely have more body fat than I have muscle?
 
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