• Nobody@lemmy.world
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    8 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.

    • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world
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      8 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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    8 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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    8 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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    8 months ago

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

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      8 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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      8 months ago

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

      • Case@lemmynsfw.com
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        8 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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    8 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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      8 months ago

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

  • kttnpunk@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

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