Drugs can be used as a tool for introspection (psychoactive drugs for example. They can also be used as a means to counter the stress coming from other areas in

Drugs can be used as a tool for introspection (psychoactive drugs for example. They can also be used as a means to counter the stress coming from other areas in life, if they are used with care (alcohol, nicotine, cannabis, maybe even cocaine, which is pushing it). And then there's the variety that acts like shocking your pleasure centrum (meth, crack, and various other hard hard drugs). Aside from the third case, I'd argue against drugs being a waste of time. Unless you abuse them, they can actually increase your quality of life.