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Have you been judged for being a drug user?

alot of people i know have only ever seen a certain side of a certain drug

I know a people who will go hard on anything they can get their hands on reguarly but wont smoke weed, just because mates/family started smoking every day in high school and went on to fuck round and do nothing with their lives.

People who do acid alot reckon pills fucks your mind. People who do pills alot of reckon acid fucks your mind.

Theres always stories of people going off the rails from acid and ice. I had a chat with a guy in the city who was in the junior draft for professional afl team before going on to get injured, do acid every day and come to the realisation he was jesus. Jesus was then locked away in a mental asylum.

Acid is what i credit with helping me get my life together

Best thing you can do is maintain a safe level of use and be an example. People come round and often end up wanting to try it themselves. People kind of want to see you go off the rails as a told you so kind of thing.
 
Im quite open about it with all my friends as most of them are drug users themselves, some worse then others but they are all pretty open minded and accepting.

My boss on the other hand is the complete opposite. I didn't even say I used drugs at my work but just by discussing with him and others in my workplace about how alot of my friends are addicted to meth he labelled me a drug addict by association I guess.

I came into work late once where I simply forgot to set my alarm, and when I got There he was screaming abuse at me saying iv been up all night on drugs partying with my mates etc. Saying my eyes are bloodshot and he can tell I'm on drugs, which was only due to being tired because I had to jump out of bed and race to work. He continued on throughout the day saying to other workers that I am a lying druggy and all we do is lie etc etc.

Might also add that he drinks flat out and iv seen it cause problems in his life. (but if it's legal it's okay hey)

After that I have kept everything I do a secret and do not even discuss anything to do with drugs in the workplace. Not worth the trouble it brings
 
When i was younger i was very open about my marijuana and MDMA use to fellow employees at my work.

Not much later on in my career at this company i was transferred to another store. A couple of months after i started there i was called upstairs to the managers office. He told me that work cover had been doing random drug tests at local businesses. He then put a specimen cup on the desk and said that i had to give a urine sample. My face went red and i didnt know what to say but "are you serious?" I looked out of the glass window of the office and there was another employee in fucking hysterics. It was a fucking gee up. The word must have spread about my marijuana use and i was obviously labelled a "stoner".

From then on i have been reasonably careful about who i talk to when it comes to drugs and my drug use, especially at work and with girls . I try not to bring up talk about drugs with people that i dont know well. If they raise the subject though and i can tell they are a like minded person i will fess up to my drug use.

When i am drunk though i dont give a fuck who i tell and that is a bit of a worry.
 
Older alcohol users are the worse for judging people who use other drugs, like gman said its fkin infuriating. Until recently I always worked day in day out even through the darkest times. Built loads of houses, three for myself loads for others but still have a bad rep with some people who are in the pub arseholed on booze every night.
 
muntedmonster said:
From then on i have been reasonably careful about who i talk to when it comes to drugs and my drug use, especially at work and with girls .
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How do you mean 'with girls', girls you're trying to hook up with..?
 
Yes I have been harshly judged by doctors, ambos & parents the latter have started to come around after countless years of defending my use with facts and well reasoned medical facts mostly about pharmacotherapy. Anyone else I can't be bothered with really
 
I have been judged by medical professionals on a couple of occasions - had to change dentist after I disclosed weed smoking FFS - she started to go on about methadone being bad for your teeth and was most unfriendly. So clueless AND judgemental. Also been refused pain relief in hospital twice; on one of those times I was told I "wouldn't make much of a junky" because I confessed I didn't really like getting blood tests done.

This was when I was younger and skinnier - experiences better these days. I'm pretty open at work - but as a harm reduction professional it's just as well I can be. My intake is pretty lightweight compared to some of my colleagues. We all scrub up pretty well when there's a job to be done and the level of professionalism exceeds what I've experienced in other workplaces by quite a lot.

I have a tendency to wear T-shirts with slogans like "Nice people take drugs" and "International drug users day" - my partner is pretty keen for me not to wear these shirts when I am picking up the kids from school. My civic duty to promote drug user rights has to be tempered with some consideration for possible blowback on my family!
 
Everyones definition of judging is different, and those that point out how it's wrong to judge when they themselves do it are just condemning themselves by being hypocrites.

When someone points out wrong that another is doing they tend to be defensive and say, "who are you to judge" but if what they're saying is true how is that judging?
It is true that they shouldn't point out the wrong in someones life when they themselves continue to do wrong, but are they judging when what they say is true?
 
To me it seems that in this country if youre able to function fine in life while 'recreationly' using drugs you wont find many people that will judge you, however thre is alot of cunts out there, but on the other hand I can understand non drug using people disagresing or judging peoples drug use if it effects society in a negative way.

If we as drug users want to be taken seriously and possibly have or drug laws amended we need to show that we are able to lead a life that doesnt burden society with our choices.
 
I keep my drug use and my professional life separate. I don't dabble too much with recreational use nowadays too, mostly once or twice every few months. Now that I am older, I can no longer afford to do drugs all day despite wanting too haha. My professional reputation would greatly diminish too if I were to flaunt my usage.

I have been judged for my use, especially when I was younger and still in uni. Despite maintaining a high GPA/and generally successful, there is negative stigma and I have lost out on relationships with friends/ex because of how the drug naive perceive our hobby.
 
Yeah Iv'e been to Oddessy Houses 6 week re-hab in a small country town called Mollyulah twice now. For all medication and prescriptions for all drugs dispensed while you stay there, they use a local chemist in a town where I live, very close to the re-hab. Anyway just the chemist Nazi's... as they know me as a drug user because of my association with Odessy house, my name has been black listed to buy S3 drugs..."Because I'm an addict".

I talk to my Doctor and she gives me a 'Private' script for Panadein Forte with a few repeates and they still said no because of my drug past they tell me.
Absolute bullshit. I do now use another chemist but am judged and asked each time weather I can handle the drugs that im on that are prescribed.. Rivotril, Celexa, Seroquel, Valium, P.Forte and Campral. Fuck off pharmacist.... My doc been prescribing this for years...stay out of it.. I have a prescription.
 
I do now use another chemist but am judged and asked each time weather I can handle the drugs that im on that are prescribed.. Rivotril, Celexa, Seroquel, Valium, P.Forte and Campral. Fuck off pharmacist.... My doc been prescribing this for years...stay out of it.. I have a prescription.
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Yeah, that shit gets old real quick.

Sure, pharmacists have a code of behaviour to follow, but if you've got the script and and it checks out then they should shut up and do the business transaction. It's not for them to ask whether you can 'handle' the things that you've already been prescribed, and which have been prescribed by a professional whose job it is to diagnose, discuss, and write out scripts.

Why should you have to justify it to someone who doesn't know you, and wasn't present during the consultation in which you were prescribed those medications?

It's rude and invasive.
 
Halif said:
Why should you have to justify it to someone who doesn't know you, and wasn't present during the consultation in which you were prescribed those medications?

It's rude and invasive.
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Ive always found this strange. i wouldnt say that it bothers me, but when i hand over a script and then asked if ive used if before, have any allergies...blah blah blah... i answer politely, but in my head im thinking "this is a doctor prescription u dumb fuck!" dont you think ive been asked this already?"

I guess it does bother me after all.

I also find it patronizing when they remind me of dosage/usage at the end of the transaction. again, ive been advised/instructed by a doctor obv. i dont need a reminder. i dont have a short term memory lose problem.
 
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i think all druggies have been judged at some point. thats why i became very good at hiding it. but i wasn't fooling those closest to me - ironically they judged me least, or at least hid their contempt for my habit as well as i hid my using...

my family has always been very supportive of me, i would not be alive if it were not for them <3
 
aussie101 said:
i think all druggies have been judged at some point. thats why i became very good at hiding it. but i wasn't fooling those closest to me - ironically they judged me least, or at least hid their contempt for my habit as well as i hid my using...

my family has always been very supportive of me, i would not be alive if it were not for them <3
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Im going to guess that those with larger social distances are more likely to stereotype you. "oh that aussie101, did you know he's a heroin/Ice/Cocaine/Pre Meds addict!?"
 
mooms said:
Im going to guess that those with larger social distances are more likely to stereotype you. "oh that aussie101, did you know he's a heroin/Ice/Cocaine/Pre Meds addict!?"
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right on! but it has actually made me into quite a "hard headed" person now that i am off all that. theres a Drew Barrymore quote i found the other day: “In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.”

Rings true with me right now :)
 
Absolutely, I have been judged for being a drug user. First and foremost would be family and friends, I lost almost all of my "friends" when I first started getting heavy into IV drugs around 17. Those "friends" started treating me like an alien, and distanced themselves from me greatly. Once my family members got a whiff of my drug use, they look at me and treat me totally different. Also, I have had medical professionals (GPs, psychiatrists) completely lose interest in my health problems, basically refuse to treat me because of my drug use, and they passed judgement based upon current drug use and even past drug use (like 10+ years ago).

Sometimes you get treated a bit like a junkie by certain pharmacists when picking up your methadone/buprenorphine. I have been treated like a street urchin by police officers before because of my drug use (i.e. finding a fit-pack in my bag), though for the most part they're generally pretty cool, as long as you're not a smart ass and be honest with them. I had a parole officer once treat me like a real scum bag because I was on methadone and had substance abuse problems alongside mental health issues. I'm sure I could think of heaps more examples where I have been discriminated against based upon my drug use.

I learned a long time ago, not to advertise the fact that I use drugs, specifically intravenously. I don't care how non-judgmental the person is, most people will look at you completely differently if you tell them/they find out you inject drugs. It's just not worth the hassle, so it remains one of my dirty little secrets.

Ash. <3
 
I think most people on here have experienced this. I mean drugs get a bad rap because a lot of dumb ass people use them. Drugs are like anything else, it's not a big deal unless you make it one. People also assume that drug user means drug addict which is certainly not the case at all, most users I know aren't addicts. Either way, I enjoy drugs so I will continue to do them when I see fit.
 
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