❤️ Drug Myths

I see a lot of incorrect information on drugs, and it drives me crazy.

I want to dispel some of the myths people believe about drugs. This post will be a work in action. When I encounter more myths I will add.

1) Addicts are skinny 

Wrong! Cocaine addicts are notorious for being overweight. The cycle of cocaine addiction tends to go like this. You get drunk and use, naturally you neglecte to eat. However you wake up ravenous! Because you didn’t eat the day before, you binge! You crave junk food. You scoff junk food. Even if you’re rich enough to use daily, it’s VERY rare you can afford enough to use more than being sober. In my experience cocaine addicts are chubby! I’ve only met one person who was addicted to cocaine and was slim. This person was a top earning lap dancer / prostitute, and was SLIM. Not skinny.

2) Heroin addiction equates to tin foil and evidence of needles

Wrong. When I was heavily addicted I smoked heroin in a spliff. No one had a clue. However unlike cocaine addiction, you do lose weight.

3) Addicts, especially injecting addicts, are skinny, homeless and on the streets, who would rob your granny for her pension. I am an testimony of how incorrect this myth is.

4) You can easily spot an addictwho injects. Wrong. I got away with secrecy for ages here. Look out for long sleeves in summer, or like me, someone who goes OTT with fake tan

Reality Check

Here’s my real experiences to look for

1) the person who eats junk food constantly, when no longer a teenager, who stays slim. When you smoke crack and heroin all night you don’t eat. During the day you binge on shit. People marvel at your fast metabolism.  Unless you’re undiagnosed hyperthyroidism, it’s an easy indicator you’re on drugs.

2) Pin prick pupils. The give away for opiate addiction 

3) Cannabis can make you both hyper, giggly and chatty AND quiet, lazy and give munchies

4) If you notice a colleague who’s very hungover and lethargic, only to take a early lunch and be productive and active after ‘going to the bank’ at 11am. In hindsight this was a major red flag I was a drug addict.

5) weight loss. While cocaine makes you binge, by the time you’re onto crack or injecting, you’re gonna join the size 0 club.

6) someone who flicks their ash into a container to save. Many crack heads save their cigarette ash to place on foil on their pipe. I did this often. People noticed. They just didn’t know why.

7) Ridged plans. I was not spontaneous when I was in the height of addiction. If I had made plans, I would socialise. If I didn’t make plans, chances were I would need to score that evening, so wouldn’t come out.

8) A sense of urgency, mood change. From withdrawal to high.

9) When addicted to heroin, that doesn’t equate to immediately feeling ok. In fact, I’d be feeling incredibly sick, score, smoke a b spliff AND still vomit my guts up.

10) Scabs and scars... on your face. Whilst I never circumed to this, I’m well aware that stimulant users love to pick and something which isn’t there. Scabby faces are likely.

11) Bambi eyes - Ecstasy give away. The police are clued up on this now, but I’m astonished at the number of times in the 90’s I was pulled over with bambi eyes, chewing my face off, and was let drive away. 

12) a ‘cannabis’ bong, which has been scraped. No weed smoker is going to scrap the residue off their pipe. A crack Head however!!

Anyway, comment anonymously if you can think of any others I’ve left off. I’m constantly watching films and cussing their representation of drug use. If I’ve missed anymore I’ll add. And as I encounter more this will be updated.