Drugs or more specifically non pescription drugs have a rich and colourful history rather like this picture here.
It used to be the case that a gentleman in the Victorian era would not be frowned upon for having a heroin addiction and we used to openly trade with it so much so we made the chinese give up Hong Kong with it. All this while it was freely considered an alright thing to do.
Today however Heorin and other Opiate products aside from Morphine are considered class A illegal narcotics and punishments are harsh for possesion and distrubution.
Is this really bad? I would say the act of taking drugs themselves was not bad but the actions drug users go to in order to get their next fix are. Some of the most famous artists and thinkers have been on drugs when they have come up with masterpieces and other creations. Within the right atmosphere drug use is fine. Addiction in a world that frowns upon it creates an atmosphere in which it is very hard for someone to give up drugs.
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I always have mixed feelings about this theory...that if drug use were less criminalized, then drugs would be more readily available and people would be less likely to commit crimes to get them. While it might be true, there are still pretty nasty effects from using certain drugs, particularly opiates and cocaine, on the lives of the user and his or her family. I don't know that legalization or prohibition either one hold the key to the solution to these issues.
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