Acronos blog

In attempt to throw away this broken record that has been playing over last few days I am going to talk about something I am sure most people would have involved themselves in at some point.

We are told from an early age to not do drugs- the reasons seem to basically entail that if you take them you will probably die. Which I am sure will put off a lot of people, but regardless, whenever you get told to not do something, lets face it, you can't help but be tempted.

Its time people stop treating people like mugs and just give the real facts and let each person make their own decision. One of the biggest problems of the general attitude law takes on to put people off drugs is very focal on telling you to just not take them and tends to avoid giving advice if you do find yourself under the influence.

I have got about a bit, still do, so I am not going to go and tell you to not do them. Though at the same time I am not here to recommend drugs nor give over the top side effects to scare you, I am purely going to give you the facts and then my own personal opinion.

Lets start with the most common drug and the place it all starts.

Cannabis

Also commonly known as marijuana, weed, bud, skunk and many other various slang.

Cannabis will give you a feeling of relaxation, sometimes chatty though I always find the opposite and just "mong out" quietly slumped in a chair.

The Risks

This is considerably a low risk drug, death rate from taking cannabis is virtually zero and would not be surprised if there are no recorded deaths purely for taking cannabis.

The real risk is becoming dependant on it, however this will take a LOT of use, so do not worry about trying it and becoming hooked. Heavy use of cannabis over a long period of time does have many side effects, albeit very minor ones that most have no evidence to prove cannabis is the cause of.

My opinion

Personally, I am not a fan. May be because whenever I smoke it, I just feel hungry, dreamy and not very talkative. Its not a bad experience, but wouldn't say I look forward to feeling like that. But as its such a low risk drug you cannot really expect too much.

Cocaine

Other names are coke, crack, charlie, gear and others.

Cocaine is a fast acting drug that you will feel almost instantly. It will boost your self confidence, make you chat random shit and give you a personal high but very much keeps you in control of goings on. Cocaine will keep you awake and alert and you will find trouble sleeping and eating is difficult aswell, as this gives the opposite affect to cannabis and actually removes all hunger.

The effect will only last about half an hour when snorted, when smoked even shorter. Most coke found in the UK has been bashed to the point you can only realisticly expect around 20% of it to be real cocaine.

Costing around £50 a gram, its one of the most exspensive drug habits to keep up.

The Risks

Cocaine will increase your heart rate and temperature which can be fatal for elderly or people with existing heart related problems. The purity is too low in the UK to really cause any damage, however if its close to pure cocaine then the risks increase dramatically.

Addiction can settle in fairly quickly, tho will take a few heavy nights to really start feeling it. Cocaine can be smoked and injected also but this has become very rare mainly due to risks and general inconvenience.

The worst aspect I have found with this drug is the comedown the morning after. Once I actually thought I had the flu and took time off work it was that bad.

There are other side effects such as paranoia and anxiety which are common conditions that relate to most drugs that you take.

Ultimately there is no real life danger taking this drug, you will most likely pass out before you can overdose on this alone, the real danger is when you take too much of a high in purity form of cocaine, however even then, risks are relatively low unless you have pre existing heart conditions or aged over 50.

My opinion

Well I'll just come out with it, I like it. However its important to give yourself long breaks in between use and never over do it. Your best bet is to get a gram between 3 of you, which will cost around £15 each which is not too extortionate and you will no way get close to overdosing. However the next morning you will feel dreadful everytime and many believe its not worth it which I can understand. Ultimately your probably better off saving your cash and waking up with just the normal headache.

I will continue with more in later posts. Ecstasy, LSD, Mushrooms, Crystal Meth and Heroine still to come.