Drugs

[aviator]

In my arrogant opinion, I think drug taking is a deplorable behaviour, no matter what type, how strong they are, or quantity. Yes, it may give you a temporary high and escape from all of the worlds problems, however it WILL rob you in the long run, whether it be from your wallet, or the thing most sacred to you, your life.

But as Aviator says, legal drugs are ethical... caffeine and medication are inevitable - illegal narcotics are not.

Most of this is not actually in reply to Link lol

Exactly. In cases where these 'recreational' drugs are used for medical purposes, it is in a controlled situation and has to be considered by a health professional.
People have died from medical drugs, could be any reason from abuse of the substance, allergy or being unlucky enough to experience some severe side effects (which mathematically is extremely unlikely for most drugs). Also because SO MANY people take prescribed drugs a year, so the effects will be more apparent. Yet so few people take heroin and cocaine to levels of addiction. So that point about lots of deaths from prescribed drugs is frankly nugatory. Prescription drugs are ethical... you're controlling symptoms and curing disease and helping people. I wouldn't just believe the whole weed and cancer thing, it may help with certain cancers but there are over 200 different types of cancer. Cancer is merely issues to do with genes regulating cell division (mitosis). That's why it is hard to cure cancer, especially when most cancers occur in later life when the immune response is severely limited than one's earlier years (obviously not for all cancers, as always, exceptions).

Every time you take a substance as such, one should be prepared of the consequences. It is hard to study illegal drugs because they're, well, illegal (linking back to the comment about effects of prescribed drugs being more apparent). However all side effects and safety precautions are published and easily accessed for basically every medical drug.

At the end of the day, it is one's own choice and a bad choice to take these recreational drugs.