britalicious wrote:
addiction doesn't explain it because most synthetic drugs have fewer addictive properties than regular drugs.

people buy synthetic drugs because they don't show up in drug screens, and most are legal because they're so new there aren't laws against them yet. most people i know who smoke synthetic forms of weed are guys in the army who WOULD smoke regular weed except it's illegal.

another reason is because often these drugs are aimed at reducing negative side effects of regular drugs while retaining the high they produce. at coachella this year a friend brought in C2i, a synthetic drug blend that produced a high similar to ecstasy and shrooms, but had no come down at all. i didn't take it (i've never taken a synthetic drug), but I watched several of my friends take it and they all had a lot of fun and then the next day they felt great.

i don't use synthetic drugs mainly because i never use any illicit drug except weed and it seems unnecessary to use a synthetic drug for that because there's already no come down, random drug testing doesn't happen in my job, weed is decriminalized in my state, and if i got caught i would just pay a ticket.

i agree that there's a lot we don't know about long term use of synthetic drugs. the only people i know who use them habitually are guys in the army.


That is sad that these people could be giving up their lives for their country yet can't do what they want. I know everyone doesn't have the same stance as me on different "drugs" but if people in the military are getting high off real weed in their down time and being responsible about it, how is that worse than them smoking synthetic weed all the time and damaging themselves. It's so sad. And before people jump at me and say how all drugs at the same and bad.. Well that is how you feel and that is not at all how I feel. I don't believe in doing cocaine, meth, and whatever else. But pot is so different.. Yeah I guess there are some pot heads that are just that but I feel like a lot of people who smoke pot aren't like that. And since I can only speak for what I know. Anti depressants open up your receptors so you can experience the croton in which is normally hard for you. And it's not all drugs it's your mental state of mind. You have to want to get better. I don't know perhaps I am in too deep on this. It's just so sad that people hurt people do to greed and people let themselves get taken advantage of