As i think back, my drug use could have been seen way back in 4th grade. let me explain...
in the USA there is an organization called D.A.R.E. i forget what the acronym means, but it is an anti-drug and anti-violence program (mainly anti-drug) that many schools participate in. one week a year we had "Red Ribbon Week" where they would hand out ribbons, pencils, weebils*, and other gaudy little trinkets. as part of this we were told (read: coerced) into signing a pledge which went to the tune of "i promise to remain alcohol, tobacco, and drug free blah blah blah -signed X". in 4th grade i resented this. i thought to myself "but i plan on drinking when i get older". i stilled signed it, though.
in 5th grade i actually refused to sign it. i even went as far as to tear it up, on the same grounds (being that some day i planned on drinking alcohol).
up until 10th grade i was *very* *very* *very* straight edge. i had some behavior issues in middle school (mainly 7th grade, when i got into over 9 fist fights** with students), but they were completely unrelated to drug usage, or lack thereof.
in 10th grade i started drinking, albiet in very stupid situations. my first time was a few sips of scotch and mountain dew, probably not even a drinks worth. about a week later i brought about half a bottle of southern comfort to school and drank it all on an empty stomach. i actually managed to go the whole day without getting caught. a few more incidents drinking at school culminating in me getting ratted out and i was pretty much done with booze (for the time being).
flash towards the middle of junior year. i drink, but this time at parties with friends, still liqour, though.
despite this, i was still VERY anti-drug. probably because all the guys i knew who smoked pot (granted, i didnt know any except the dumb asses who made it obvious and were always asking "are my eyes red?") were complete morons, so i figured pot made you stupid. every other drug scared the crap out of me due to my D.A.R.E. brainwashing.
about 3/4ths through my junior year i trip on some LSA. it is a semi-legal hallucinogen (legal until you dose it, atleast) which i dosed with hawiian baby woodrose seeds. it produces effects like a low level LSD trip.
LSA = Generic, naturally occuring, Lysergic Acid
LSD = d-Lysergic Acid Dithylemide 25, a synthetic chemical
this then led to marijuana (***** the gateway drug theory, it seems LSA is a gateway drug =p ) at the very end of my junior year. at the beggining of my senior year i became "pro-stoner" as one of my friends put it. i even went so far as to buy a bong.
i then decided to use my brothers adderall prescription, which contains AMPHETAMINE, in pharmaceutical quality, no less. needless to say i enjoy tweaking about once or twice a month.
Salvia, another semi-legal drug, has been attempted, but with no success in "breaking through" (inhaling enough smoke in approx 2 minutes to produce a trip, which then lasts about 15-25 minutes).
on the horizon i see a few rolls on ecstacy and many trips on shrooms and (hopefully) LSD.
and to think that there was a glimmer of this all the way back in 4th grade.
oddly, my reputation as a drug user is very sporadic. it seems in some of my classes *everyone* knows, whereas in others couldnt believe i had even drank alcohol when they overheard a conversation i was having detailing my weekend exploits.
*weebils were little balls of fur with feet that were quite trendy and sought after. they were a common "prize" for school fund raisers that came in different varities. some were dressed like firemen, doctors, bunny rabbits, and all sorts of things. we were all given "anti-drug weebils" which hold a sign saying "dont do drugs" and have a tag saying "Desert Knolls School says no to drugs" glued (the feet were adhesive) to my bed post. i had actually forgotten about it until a few weeks ago
** i was a bad *** in 7th grade. i "won" no fewer than 3 of those fights in a single punch. only once did i actually lose. the others were the kind that no one really won, due to being broken up early. oddly, in 8th grade, not wanting to be expelled, i became a complete *****. ironically, i got picked on by one of the kids i knocked to the ground and gave a bloody nose in a single punch.
the point of this? none. but im sitting here, high like crazy, and i think its funny that the kid who didnt sign the "i wont drink, smoke tobbacco, or do drugs" was for quite some time very anti-drug, but is now very educated (and experimental) in his drug use.