Why Are People So Quick to Condemn Illegal Drugs?
Question by Alex: Why are people so quick to condemn illegal drugs?
Okay so its been proven that some recreational drugs are bad for you (I believe strongly that there is a difference between “use” and “abuse”). I’m not denying this fact. But why when government officials broadcast information about the dangers and what can happen people believe it without question, yet when research and evidence shows that these substances are not as bad a previously thought, people are so reluctant to accept this. Why is this?
Adding this for the benefit of the first two respondents, my question was regarding the stigma around drug use not the bad effects. I understand that drugs have negative effects and tragedies happen. Just as alcohol does yet drinking is acceptable in moderation why not other substances proven to be eqaully bad or even in some cases better for you. Please answer the question I am asking not crap that I already know. As for drugs fuelling crime; if the drugs were regulated by the government then it wouldn’t would it? Fyi I don’t use drugs myself
Best answer:
Answer by Ben Frank
Maybe because too taking many drugs causes some people to ask stupid questions!
Drugs. Lets see, rot your nose out, cause blackouts and overdoses. Impairs driving and other motor skills. Makes some people lethargic and more stupid than normal. The income from illegal drug purchases goes to criminals. Medical care costs skyrocket when the patient is a doper. People do stupid things when high on drugs, some even go without bathing or eating properly. Some guys sell their bodies to other men when they get so hooked they do anything for a fix.
Answer by .
Try working in a hopspital emergency room and then come back and ask this question after you have seen what even a first try of some illegal substances can do to a person.
Additional 12 hours later :
I clearly have a few more years on AND more experience in dealing with marijuana users than Keith Murray.
If you NEED to use marijuana to FEEL happy, you are suffering from depression. The marijuana eith er brought it on OR you first started using it because you were depressed at the time. Happy teenagers do not feel the need to try something illegal, they do not NEED to feel they ‘ fit in with the crowd’; they JUST be.
Some may find it difficult to understand my phrase “they JUST be”. Think about it!