HEY RON! - WILL UPPERS BRING ME DOWN?

Another Tuesday, another 24-carat hunk of solid judgment from our imperturbable accounts receivable manager Ron. Keep reading to see what our guy thinks about drugs and the people who use them...

Hey Ron,
What's your stance on drugs? I'm a 23-year-old girl and think it's OK to indulge as long as they don't consume me. That said, I did ecstasy and coke all last weekend. It was a great time but now my brain feels like someone took an ice pick to it. Have you ever done drugs? I need some advice!

Doing drugs at any age really isn’t good. There are repercussions, as you can see. For example, there are just as many places and programs for rehab as there are drug stores or liquor stores or drug dealers because everyone thinks it can be controlled. But, at the end of the day, most drugs are made so that you want to come back for more. They’re made to be addictive. I don’t want to see you on that show Intervention. You will be on there one day if you don’t stop. Just think of how much more you could accomplish without frying your brain.

I will admit that I’ve tried weed. I was in high school and smoked some before a basketball game because my friend said it would make me play better. I’m all stoned and thinking I’m about to become a star on my first time out. But I was so high I couldn’t control it. I was all over the court. I wanted to do everything. I didn’t even smoke much—just a couple puffs, but it totally destroyed me. I almost got kicked off the squad. My coach wasn’t sure what was wrong. I just told him that I was on a lot of medication and wasn’t feeling well. It wasn’t a good experience for me. I never did it again.

Look, it’s your choice. But if you’re going to ask me what I think and what I’ve seen growing up, I would say don’t do it. I haven’t seen too many people who’ve done it and made it out successfully. It’s like that commercial: You work harder to buy more drugs to work harder. It’s just a repetitive cycle that you can’t win. We all want to experiment with something—you can’t prevent that. Between sex or drugs or whatever, everyone wants a new experience. But I think you should try to cut your losses and stop it and do something with your life other than wasting your money on drugs.

Love,
Ron

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Comments

[kool fartz]

Conclusion: Big Rons cannot hold they smoke...DASS WHAT IT IISSSS!

[kool fartz]

My stance on drugs is two-fold:

I know people who have seriously fucked themselves and their entire lives up with drugs....However, for every person like that, I also know ten others who use drugs like weed/coke in moderation and have perfectly normal lives, other than the fact they love to get shitty on the weekend.

I think it all comes down to the mental toughness and physical composition of someone's body. For instance, if someone is pre-disposed to certain medical conditions, then they might be more adversely affected by certain drugs more than if they were perfectly healthy.

All in all, I think one's tolerance for drugs and drug-related life shit is all dependant on knowing your limits and staying within them. Just because your friend wants you to do one more bump or smoke one more hit doesn't mean you have to do it (this is where mental toughness comes in).

[kool fartz]

sweet HUF hat too!

[yio]

what
so ron never did drugs just tried pot once?
shit
so he probably can't give the best advice after all...

[fake n bake]

wow, gotta give it to kool fartz. exactly my stance.

[megabreath]

okay ron your problem is that you tried pot and then played basketball. pot doesn't even make watching basketball fun so it certainly doesn't make playing it any fun at all. you need to give this thing another go. i suggest going to the park during the day or if it's night put on something that will blow your mind like the holy mountain or maybe foxy brown since you're into busting heads. either way it will be a fun night and you will sleep like a baby ron after a bottle full of boob milk. if you go to the park take something to drink. like a juice. nothing dairy. it's too thick. you need to think about hyrdrating. and tasting good. arizona tea has some good stoney drinks. my lady says they are full of bad things but for a buck they are hard to beat. let me know how it works out for you.

[Lashner]

Ron is high on life...and knuckling up.

[Anonymous]

I just deleted my dealer's number. For good this time. Thanks Ron.

[Alice]

Good advice Ron!!!!! JUST SAY NO!

[@Anonymous]

oh please. you can dig up that number faster than a retarded dog's bone.

[C.J. Anderson]

Ron, I'm calling bullshit.

Your "pot & Basketball" story sounds a bit too much like a plot point from the 1977 Robbie Benson film, "One on One"... Have you been watching 70's jock movies on the sly?

Mr. Benson's character accepts a couple of "bennies" (speed) from a team mate at basketball practice and proceeds to start bouncing off the walls, freaking out the coaching staff and anyone else present to witness him let a couple of glorified diet pills get the best of him.

Bill (the space man) Lee, of Boston Red Sox fame Claims he once pitched the best game of his career tripping his brains out on LSD.
So the sports and drugs thing could go either way, it truly depends on the person.. Personally, I Jumped out of a C-130 in full combat equipment tripping my face off on primo German micro-dot... Best deployment ever..

[@C.J. Anderson]

Are you sure you aren't thinking of Dock Ellis, pitcher for the Pirates, who *did* throw a no-hitter while on LSD?

[keek the sneek]

it all depends i say. if it ain't for you, then it ain't for you. if it works for you and you can hold your shit together while abusing in moderation, then by all means party up.

[C.J. Anderson]

No, I'm thinking Bill Lee. '75 Red Sox.

They Don't call him the "space Man" for nothing.

Doc Ellis? Really? I never knew.

[poop]

Did this email come from a girl named Emily from San Franciso by any chance?

[brian d]

doc otis pitched the no hitter on acid.

[eat it]

you people are stupid. it's dock ellis: http://www.sirbacon.org/4membersonly/docellis.htm

[david stevenson]

You stupid stupid 23-year-old cunt.

You should be sucking penises and striving to keep every man fully satisfied, rather than wasting your brains doing coke and e all weekend.

And if you have to write VICE (of all fuckin places) to ask for advise on your drug use, perhaps you should take that intervention you need....

And if you smoked weed in high school right before you got on the court to play a basketball game, tripped out, and insist it was the weed that was incorrect at that moment in time - you're a tool just like the bitch who wrote in.

must be slow times for VICE articles eh?

[THE TRUTH]

oh fuck you david stevenson. if you were getting your dick sucked on a regular basis you wouldn't give a shit about any of this.