I used to think "Drug Stores" sold pot, crack, coke, etc. And I always wondered why they weren't worried about having a big sign up that said "Drug Store"--like did they think the police wouldn't see the signs?

Erin

When I was little, I used to think that taking any kind of medicine if used when you didn't need it was like taking drugs. My friends once were sucking on cough drops, and since they weren't sick I thought they were doing drugs and would get addicted. Needless to say I was freaking out.

FrEaKpRiNcEsSjEn

my grandmother had arthritis, and one time when i was visiting her she said something about needing to go to the pharmacy to get her drugs. i had never heard medicine referred to as "drugs" before, so i got really upset because i thought my grandma was some kind of druggie!

architect

i used to think a "joint" you smoke was the same as the joints in your body...i couldn't figure out how you would get one of those out of your body, or how you would smoke it.

leslie anne levine

my friend thought that "track marks" were something you got from running track. we were 16 at the time. and she ran track.

Anon

When I was 14 my chemistry teacher asked our class what THC was. I raised my hand and almost fell out of my seat because I thought I knew the answer. I said "Isn't it used in hairspray?" The whole class laughed and he said "Dear you've got yourself some good hairspray!"

melissa

In the fourth grade (I was in a 7th day adventist school) our whole class took a survey about drugs. One of the questions were, "Have you ever smoked pot?" Well I thought smoking pot was to boil water in a pot and breathe in the steam. So I put yes. Boy was I so embaressed after learning what pot really was...

Damian

My mother worked in a drug rehab facility when I was young. I fully believed that instead of marischino cherries, the name was marijuana cherries and no one bothered to correct me until much later in life because my parents thought it was hilarious.

Anon

When I was about 10 my mum asked me if I would ever sniff glue. I had no idea what she was talking about and so i asked her. She said that if i sniffed glue I would die. When I was about 11, I had a big fight with my parents and I was so wound up, I decided to "Kill myself". I got out my clag glue, wrote a will, took one sniff and convinced i was going to die. I started crying and woke up in bed an hour later, much to my relief!

just bored

When I was about 5 or so I remember first hearing about people "taking pot". I used to think people ripped open cigarettes, poured the contents into a saucepan, light the stove and smoke the pan like a cigarette.

Pablo

when i was in the 3rd grade i thought that "smoking pot" was a big gigantic cauldron with smoke comming out. It wasn't until i was about 11 when i really found out what it meant.

Erin

When I was about 4 i used to think that people only did drugs in the winter. (u had to do the in the dark and it wasn,t dark before my curfew in summer!)

Engerlund child