• Nobody@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I was disappointed to find out that people aren’t aggressively offering you free drugs everywhere you go. Those DARE bastards lied to me.

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      10 months ago

      The only people who have offered me drugs are friends who were offering to be polite. I always decline, but use the phrase “No thank you” to let them know I appreciate the gesture.

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    10 months ago

    I was one of the very small number of children that bought that bullshit, that all drugs are bad and what have you, but even I thought signing that pledge was kinda fucked up. Like you were required to sign it, we didn’t have a choice.

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    10 months ago

    My arms were folded like that when I realized cannabis does not in fact make you go crazy or do unspeakable things. So many lies for so many decades. All for what, as now it is 100% legal in my country and almost all the stats are positive not negative. Why is no one being held accountable for the blatant lies?

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    10 months ago

    Children can’t legally sign a contract, so D.A.R.E. has no authority (and never did).

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      10 months ago

      Yeah they were right about shit like heroin and meth, I knew enough people who threw their lives away to that shit. But my stoner friends were successful and chill. It’s the only drug I care for. I know about benefits of psychedelics but it isn’t for me.

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      10 months ago

      They told me people would hand out drugs for free to get me hooked. Where are all these free drugs?

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        10 months ago

        I mean, I was walking home from school on my usual route, but didn’t really know this little stretch of suburbia and an older kid (a couple years older than I was) offered to smoke me out.

        I passed because I was in middle school and this was a stranger.

        Dude seemed really disappointed. I think he just wanted to smoke and chill with somebody, anybody.

        Never saw them again.

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    10 months ago

    I crossed my fingers while signing it and prayed to Jesus and he said it’s alright because finger crossing is totally legit, bro!

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      10 months ago

      Jesus is the one who sold it to me… out behind the strip mall with his friend Carlos

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    10 months ago

    Pretty sure you’d have seen a shit show for anyone who chose not to sign. Especially in like 5th grade when you got this stuff. Most 10 years olds are scared shitless by cops.

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      So funny story about that, because I decided I hated going to school I went to an “alternate” high school that was also where kids who were kicked out of traditional school went.

      They’d be like “you get this candy bar if you pledge not to do drugs or drink underage!” And some teens would straight up say “nah I’m good” and I just appreciate the honesty of those kids.

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        10 months ago

        Meh, seems to be both. Don’t get me wrong, alcohol is way worse overall. But in my experience the biggest gateway drug to harder stuff is music festivals and learned household behavior from kids in shitty situations.

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    10 months ago

    Follow my OF so this stoner can get hers framed? I’ve wanted to put it up right behind the bongs forever