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I meant “use in a way that’s detrimental to them or others “. How is abuse defined anyway?

• dsfyu404ed 7y ago
  >use in a way that’s detrimental to them or others But that's so vague it's basically meaningless. If you drink enough alcohol to be hung over is that "abuse"? Only the most uptight people would say it is. Similarly, any recreational activity that costs money and results in that money being unavailable for things that other people consider a more important could be considered "detrimental to one's self" and therefore abuse by that metric. I assure you the guy who lives in a trailer with a Corvette in the driveway is not "abusing" cars, he's making a decision that reflects his priorities.
• dtech 7y ago
  It's not a very useful definition of abuse. Big mac's or running shoes can also be "abused" according to that definition, yet if someone wanted to ban Big Mac's or running shoes because of potential abuse they'd not be taken seriously.
  • maxxxxx 7y ago
    That’s my point. When you look around you can clearly see that some food items have very negative consequences but we don’t prohibit them. So we shouldn’t prohibit other substances that may have the same or less level of risk.