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I can't understand the fascination people have for coke. It's a terrible drug, and consumed in a filthy way through the nose which damages it and adds extra muc

by blindm 6y ago

I can't understand the fascination people have for coke. It's a terrible drug, and consumed in a filthy way through the nose which damages it and adds extra mucus. And as for the effects - it just makes your heart beat faster and makes you loquacious/chatty. But that's about it. For me it doesn't make me feel 'buzzy' or even trippy in any way, just makes me feel like I had a good running session, but without the effort of running (even with purer/strong coke). And it was even an ingredient in Coca-cola until it was eventually removed after cocaine became widely prohibited. For me adding lignocaine[0] to a bit of caffeine produces the same effect. I just don't see the allure and fascination. Anyone else think it's a shitty drug? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidocaine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidocaine

c-c-c-c-c 6y ago
Hollywood and status. Its the world we live that promotes it!
minikites 6y ago
When you describe it in a clinical way, what's the appeal of any drug? Alcohol is literally poisonous to your body. Cigarette packaging in some countries has to be plasters with images of tumorous lungs and other smoking related injuries. Caffeine is a result of evolution selecting for plants with the ability to produce a natural pesticide, but I doubt coffee and tea drinkers think of caffeine as a pesticide.
tmpz22 6y ago
It’s an incredibly potent high and being loquacious and increasing heart rate is like saying a car speeds up travel just a little bit over walking. For me it’s the incredibly short half life of the drug leading to a massive craving for more only ~20 minutes later. It turns people with addictive tendencies into annoying ass holes as they follow the friend who has more around the room constantly. Seeing how people act when they want to get more should be required media just so they can understand the behavioral changes everyone one misses when they are the one who is high.

by blindm 6y ago

c-c-c-c-c 6y ago

Hollywood and status. Its the world we live that promotes it!

minikites 6y ago

When you describe it in a clinical way, what's the appeal of any drug? Alcohol is literally poisonous to your body. Cigarette packaging in some countries has to be plasters with images of tumorous lungs and other smoking related injuries. Caffeine is a result of evolution selecting for plants with the ability to produce a natural pesticide, but I doubt coffee and tea drinkers think of caffeine as a pesticide.

tmpz22 6y ago

It’s an incredibly potent high and being loquacious and increasing heart rate is like saying a car speeds up travel just a little bit over walking. For me it’s the incredibly short half life of the drug leading to a massive craving for more only ~20 minutes later. It turns people with addictive tendencies into annoying ass holes as they follow the friend who has more around the room constantly. Seeing how people act when they want to get more should be required media just so they can understand the behavioral changes everyone one misses when they are the one who is high.