Substances · Question 73 of 100

What “Used harder recreational drugs (cocaine, ecstasy, etc.)?” means

Item 73 on the 100-question Rice Purity Test reads “Used harder recreational drugs (cocaine, ecstasy, etc.)?”. Here is what the wording covers, where readers reasonably disagree about it, and exactly how much it moves your score.

Guidance written and reviewed 2026-07-26

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What the question is asking

Item 73 asks whether you have used harder recreational drugs, giving cocaine and ecstasy as its examples. It is a catch-all item covering a wide range of substances in a single box, which makes it the broadest entry in the substance category.

Where people disagree about what counts

"Harder" is defined only by the two examples, so takers have to decide for themselves where psychedelics, ketamine, and other substances belong. Methamphetamine is explicitly separated out at item 74, which suggests item 73 is meant to cover everything between cannabis and that.

The test is self-scored and nobody else ever sees your answer, so the only thing that matters is applying one reading consistently across the whole checklist.

How item 73 fits with the items around it

Item 73 sits between marijuana at 72 and methamphetamines at 74, so the three items form a rough escalation. The fact that item 74 exists at all tells you the checklist intends item 73 as a middle tier rather than as a complete catch-all.

Item 72, before this one Smoked marijuana? Item 74, after this one Used methamphetamines?

How it affects the score

Every question has the same one-point effect. Checking item 73 subtracts one point from the starting score of 100. Leaving it unchecked subtracts nothing, and no item on the checklist is weighted more heavily than any other.

Final score = 100 − total checked boxes

The final number never identifies this answer or any other individual answer — it is a count, so it discards which items were selected the moment it is calculated. Read the full scoring guide or look up an exact result on the 0–100 score chart.

Questions about item 73

What counts as a harder recreational drug?

The item names cocaine and ecstasy as examples and leaves the rest to the reader. Methamphetamine is separated out at item 74, so item 73 sits between cannabis and that.

Do psychedelics count for item 73?

The checklist does not say. Most takers include them, since the item is a catch-all and psychedelics are not covered anywhere else.

Does one occasion count?

Yes. Like every substance item on the checklist, item 73 sets no threshold and a single occasion satisfies it.

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