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Interesting view. What I find problematic is equating drug use with being "high." Sure, you can use enough of a drug that it impairs you, but you can also use l
by md224 11y ago
Interesting view. What I find problematic is equating drug use with being "high." Sure, you can use enough of a drug that it impairs you, but you can also use less than that.
Some may refer to this as "microdosing" but I think this gets it backwards. If anything, drugs are useful tools that can also be "macrodosed" by those wishing to experience extreme effects.
I would like to live in a world where all drugs are legal and people can use them to enrich their lives, not just escape from them.
- pc86 11y agoI'm curious what life-enriching experience you can have with "a little bit" of heroin or meth.
- rwmj 11y agoA "little bit" of heroin is good for pain control. It is prescribed as such to pregnant women giving birth in the UK (it's called "diamorphine" but it's chemically the same). Amphetamines are prescribed in the army to keep soldiers and pilots awake.
- neverknowsbest 11y agoAmphetamines are also the basis of most ADD medications. ... I think OP was using those examples because they're the stereotypical horror story drugs, but their analogues are everywhere.
- sgift 11y agoLack of horrible pain, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxycodone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxycodone which is in the same category as Heroin.
- hawkice 11y agoI didn't equate them. Saying "I don't think people should drive drunk" doesn't mean I want the legal limit blood alcohol level reduced to epsilon.
- hutzlibu 11y agoWhat I find problematic, is equating the word "high" with "wasted" ... High ... in a higher state of mind. But of course, there is a connection, because people tend to force that high so much, that they just do too much ... and also forgetting that you can't be "high" forever. What goes up, usually comes down. (just being pedantic, in general I agree with you)