Drugs R bad LOL!
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Oh, another one of these threads. I suppose we could cut to the chase:
Anti-Drug Advocate: I find your desire to stone yourself out of your mind for entertainment purposes to be thoroughly irrational.
Pro-Drug Advocate: I find your staunch prejudice against my favorite habit to be unfair.
Anti-Drug Advocate: It is addictive.
Pro-Drug Advocate: No it isn't, look, here are links about how non-addictive this thing I am oddly compelled to continue take to is.
Anti-Drug Advocate: It is bad for you.
Pro-Drug Advocate: There are legal drugs just as bad for us or worse, therefore we should have more things that are bad for us.
Anti-Drug Advocate: Repeating an earlier point ad nauseam.
Pro-Drug Advocate: Repeating an earlier counterpoint ad nauseam.
Something like that. Has this discussion changed meaningfully in the past 30 years?
Anti-Drug Advocate: I find your desire to stone yourself out of your mind for entertainment purposes to be thoroughly irrational.
Pro-Drug Advocate: I find your staunch prejudice against my favorite habit to be unfair.
Anti-Drug Advocate: It is addictive.
Pro-Drug Advocate: No it isn't, look, here are links about how non-addictive this thing I am oddly compelled to continue take to is.
Anti-Drug Advocate: It is bad for you.
Pro-Drug Advocate: There are legal drugs just as bad for us or worse, therefore we should have more things that are bad for us.
Anti-Drug Advocate: Repeating an earlier point ad nauseam.
Pro-Drug Advocate: Repeating an earlier counterpoint ad nauseam.
Something like that. Has this discussion changed meaningfully in the past 30 years?
I have a similar view as OP. I don't do drugs, and have no desire to do drugs (other than maybe an occasional beer), but at the same time I don't condemn those who do drugs. However, I do condemn those who try to convince me to do drugs when I clearly don't want to.
Honestly, I know some really cool people who always smoke pot/cigs, I just don't hang around them when they do so.
As for why I don't want to do drugs. Well, I don't feel like I really need them for any reason. I'd rather spend money on some of my other hobbies (playing music is expensive) that I feel I enjoy a lot more than I would ever enjoy drugs. I also don't necessarily like the method in which you have to take drugs, whether it be needles, through smoke, or whatever. Obviously, there are health risks, but to be honest pot isn't really that bad for you at all.
Honestly, I know some really cool people who always smoke pot/cigs, I just don't hang around them when they do so.
As for why I don't want to do drugs. Well, I don't feel like I really need them for any reason. I'd rather spend money on some of my other hobbies (playing music is expensive) that I feel I enjoy a lot more than I would ever enjoy drugs. I also don't necessarily like the method in which you have to take drugs, whether it be needles, through smoke, or whatever. Obviously, there are health risks, but to be honest pot isn't really that bad for you at all.
Having tried everything under the sun, been through the rehab circuit, the legal system, I wish I had a strong opinion about this subject. I don't condemn or condone drug use, I think each person has to make that decision themselves.
I have 2 years now stone cold sober, I don't regret the time, money and relationships that were lost because of it, for they are what make me the person I am. I now know what is to crash and burn, but I can't say I didn't enjoy the flight.
I have 2 years now stone cold sober, I don't regret the time, money and relationships that were lost because of it, for they are what make me the person I am. I now know what is to crash and burn, but I can't say I didn't enjoy the flight.
Another instance When I abdicate to the wisdom of the man.
I know I have done just about every drug short of needle drugs at some point in my life or another. I know my life would not be in any way shape or form better had I not and in all likelihood I would have ended up being a much worse person for it.
I know I have done just about every drug short of needle drugs at some point in my life or another. I know my life would not be in any way shape or form better had I not and in all likelihood I would have ended up being a much worse person for it.
It's novel to play around with your brain every now and then. Not everybody's cup of tea, and that's fine.
As long as nobody gets hurt or cripplingly addicted, there is no problem. This is why a lot of recreational drugs should be legalised. Purchasing any illicit substance will lead to somebody getting inconvenienced by organised crime, which is surely worse than the populace taking highly-regulated and taxed drugs that contribute in part to society. If you legalized and taxed marijuana, for instance, you could use the proceeds to finance dozens of rehabilitation clinics and psychiatrists to cater for those who didn't take too gracefully to the drug.
As long as nobody gets hurt or cripplingly addicted, there is no problem. This is why a lot of recreational drugs should be legalised. Purchasing any illicit substance will lead to somebody getting inconvenienced by organised crime, which is surely worse than the populace taking highly-regulated and taxed drugs that contribute in part to society. If you legalized and taxed marijuana, for instance, you could use the proceeds to finance dozens of rehabilitation clinics and psychiatrists to cater for those who didn't take too gracefully to the drug.