Closest legal substance to cocaine?

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Hypothetically - if one were to try to scale back one's cocaine habit due to shrinking finances, what could one do to wane oneself off the ol' bolivian marching powder and still attain a fraction of the high associated with said fundust?

My experience with energy drinks, gas station trucker's speed, Vivarin, etc is minimal, and I don't like coffee nor the shaky feeling I get from it.

Obviously there's nothing close, or it wouldn't be a gazillion dollar industry. But there's gotta be SOMEthing, right?

PS this is not a cry for help - I just hate waking up tired and hate the social connotations / risks / expense of blow

If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Monday, 20 August 2007 06:29 (eighteen years ago)

Religion (haha sorry)

Trayce, Monday, 20 August 2007 06:30 (eighteen years ago)

Illegal drugs are a surprisingly cheap alternative to their legal "counterparts", in terms of the money-to-buzz ratio. Even if you find a half-assed replacement, it's probably not gonna be price-performant.

libcrypt, Monday, 20 August 2007 06:41 (eighteen years ago)

you could always just go cold turkey and feel tons better about your self/finances/sleeping habits/well-being in the near future?

I mean, it probably won't be fun or pleasant, but perhaps it's your best bet?

Stevie D, Monday, 20 August 2007 06:52 (eighteen years ago)

go t'yr doctor & social engineer some provigil

luriqua, Monday, 20 August 2007 06:58 (eighteen years ago)

The answer is like five shots of espresso, btw.

Clay, Monday, 20 August 2007 07:03 (eighteen years ago)

Balzac on the Dangers of drinking too much coffee.

Sounds like a cokehead to me!

Clay, Monday, 20 August 2007 07:13 (eighteen years ago)

Pure root kava's buzz isn't that comparable, but will for sure take your mind off it. Tastes kinda foul (best in the blender with some juice) but sorta gives you a social dazed mellow sort of feel. realkava.com is where I bought a bunch from a while back, really potent stuff - it lasts me forever, I only like to feel altered/buzzed once in a great while.

J0hn D., Monday, 20 August 2007 11:38 (eighteen years ago)

Another coffee overdose story

Madchen, Monday, 20 August 2007 11:49 (eighteen years ago)

she works at a coffee shop (and presumably made her own coffee?) but didn't realise they were double measures?

i went to a festival the other day, the beer queue were too long but found a place that did irish coffee, so I drank about 5 cups of it. it made me really bad at coconut shy.

ken c, Monday, 20 August 2007 11:53 (eighteen years ago)

you could always just go cold turkey and feel tons better about your self/finances/sleeping habits/well-being in the near future?

Rofflicious.

nathalie, Monday, 20 August 2007 12:01 (eighteen years ago)

Guarana is very stimulating. But do not mix it with other stimulants because it will make you freak/tweak out-->heart palpitations, etc.

saudade, Monday, 20 August 2007 16:43 (eighteen years ago)

LOL, is this the guy that was asking about salvia and absynthe?

P'zone, Monday, 20 August 2007 17:46 (eighteen years ago)

ritalin. although i think it's closer to speed from a chemical standpoint.

Will M., Monday, 20 August 2007 17:53 (eighteen years ago)

yeah I was going to say ritalin. of course, it's probably pretty expensive without a prescription and insurance.

will, Monday, 20 August 2007 18:33 (eighteen years ago)

ritalin/adderal >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> coke from a $$/aftereffects standpoint but unless you have a script its not exactly "legal"

max, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:43 (eighteen years ago)

novocaine!

hstencil, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:44 (eighteen years ago)

Luvvins and huggins and going to amusement park (NB I have never tried cocaine).

Abbott, Monday, 20 August 2007 21:09 (eighteen years ago)

J0hn D, you are not wrong about the kava - tastes like blergh, but mellows a person right down to nothing from the inside out.

Jaq, Monday, 20 August 2007 21:21 (eighteen years ago)

argh when I typed ritalin I meant adderall.

I don't think I've ever actually tried ritalin.

will, Monday, 20 August 2007 21:59 (eighteen years ago)

in what world is cocaine mellow?

sexyDancer, Monday, 20 August 2007 22:16 (eighteen years ago)

A friend of mine had an really bad adderall addiction a few years back. He ended up in jail for unrelated reasons but his stories of adderall withdraw in a jail cell are pretty ugly.

Clay, Monday, 20 August 2007 22:17 (eighteen years ago)

Sparks

Steve Shasta, Monday, 20 August 2007 22:38 (eighteen years ago)

where closest = worse (and yet legal)

Steve Shasta, Monday, 20 August 2007 22:38 (eighteen years ago)

I thought someone answered "shasta" for a moment

roxymuzak, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 00:09 (eighteen years ago)

SPARKS is totally my guilty pleasure. They're like $1.25 and 7% alcohol and taste like rotten tangerines, a combination that for some reason I CRAVE about once a month.

Abbott, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 00:11 (eighteen years ago)

sparks plus is the stuff

roxymuzak, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 00:12 (eighteen years ago)

http://majikthise.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/cocainecrab1_1.jpg

CRABS

Abbott, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 00:54 (eighteen years ago)

I had a Sparks plus today. I like how it leaves an orange crust in your glass that needs sandblasting to remove.

wanko ergo sum, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 02:21 (eighteen years ago)

Yellow Jacket Nutrition Facts:

Serving size: 1 Cap
Servings per bottle: 100
Proprietary Blend: 661mg

Ingredients:
Ephedra Extract, Sida Cordifolia, Citrus Aurantium (standardized to 4% Synephrine), Kola Nut Extract (contains caffeine), Ginseng, Ginger Root, Capsicum, Stearic Acid, Magnesium Stearate, Gelatin, Activated Carbon, Black Iron Oxide, Titanium Dioxide.

Suggested use:

One capsule after meals, do not exceed three capsules daily.

Warnings:

Not for use by individuals under the age of 18. Intended for use by healthy adults.

milo z, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 02:26 (eighteen years ago)

sadly, no longer legal.

milo z, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 02:26 (eighteen years ago)

I took some Claritin a few weeks ago and it made me strangely stimulated and euphoric. Subsequent doses did not have that effect. Perhaps I was just giddy with the initial relief from the allergy symptoms.

Beth Parker, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 02:26 (eighteen years ago)

I had a similar claritin experience. I think it has some anti-drowsy drugs in it.

Andi Mags, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 03:15 (eighteen years ago)

We are such cheap dates!

Beth Parker, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 03:34 (eighteen years ago)

wait.. sparks PLUS?!?!??

WTF IS THAT I MUST KNOW

ken c, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 12:38 (eighteen years ago)

THE PLUS MEANS... more alcohol

wanko ergo sum, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 12:56 (eighteen years ago)

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/5388/0141717qy4.jpg

This stuff kept me up for a day, minus the asshole 'tude. I heard they no longer sell it, but my local CITGO bought CRATES of it.

valoss, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 17:31 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.walgreens.com/images/drug/0163459020101.jpg
this shit is indistinguishable from shit cocaine, but if you drink your liver turns to plastic, and if you smoke pot (which causes brain damage) you vomit parasites.

luriqua, Thursday, 23 August 2007 00:38 (eighteen years ago)

<a href="http://M.assetbar.com/achewood/uua4fphnc";>Don't you dare do cocaine at ME, you son of a bitch!</a>

Jordan, Thursday, 23 August 2007 01:00 (eighteen years ago)

i mean

Don't you dare do cocaine at ME, you son of a bitch!

Jordan, Thursday, 23 August 2007 01:00 (eighteen years ago)

Apart from the fact that it is pre-packaged, Sparks is pretty much like the ubiquitous (maybe not now, since 'Jaegerbombs' have been so aggressively marketed) vodka and Red Bull, no?

S-, Thursday, 23 August 2007 01:35 (eighteen years ago)

i love the artie appearance in this thread

chaki, Thursday, 23 August 2007 01:47 (eighteen years ago)

WHAT, lower class cocaine is similar to PROVIGIL???? That shit...if that's what cocaine is like then what's the big deal with cocaine? (NB: I have an RX so it's not like a funtime goodstuff)

Abbott, Thursday, 23 August 2007 05:18 (eighteen years ago)

"what's the big deal with cocaine? "

It's a total blast, that's what.

Bill Magill, Thursday, 23 August 2007 14:20 (eighteen years ago)

cocaine kept me awake one night, and that was it.

ken c, Thursday, 23 August 2007 14:33 (eighteen years ago)

maybe it was the wrong setting cos it was just me and my mate watching spaced. rather than a crazy shouting party

ken c, Thursday, 23 August 2007 14:34 (eighteen years ago)

coke, watching spaced, and drinking jasmine tea. it was a wild night, yes

ken c, Thursday, 23 August 2007 14:34 (eighteen years ago)

valium would have helped that bash

sexyDancer, Thursday, 23 August 2007 14:38 (eighteen years ago)

valium more like rohypnol Amirite.

luriqua, Thursday, 23 August 2007 21:11 (eighteen years ago)


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