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If you haven't done drugs, then you can't really comment on them. That would be like me having a strong opinion on a topic I've never studied or have practical
by Evgeny 15y ago
If you haven't done drugs, then you can't really comment on them. That would be like me having a strong opinion on a topic I've never studied or have practical experience with. In fact, probably everything you know about drugs is wrong.
That doesn't sound right. What if I put it this way:
"If you haven't got cancer then you can't really comment on it. In fact, probably everything you know about cancer is wrong."
But in fact cancer is being studied by people who don't have it - should they not be allowed to comment on it?
- lee 15y agoYou can't put it that way. Part of understanding the effects and experience of drug use requires the actual experience of drug use, unlike studying cancer. It's like someone criticizing the taste of a mango without ever experiencing eating a mango directly, or other life experiences like sex, having a child, riding a bike for the first time, etc... It's more like: "If you haven't ever tasted a mango, you can't really comment on the experience of it."