[Hooby]

Originally Posted by Neppy

if people want to ruin their lives, lose their job etc by tripping on drugs im all for it, more air for me.

Unfortunately, the only way my life will be ruined is if the law is involved, although I do understand how you could get that perspective... a large majority of drug users are completely irresponsible with them. It is very easy to just stop caring about the outside world when you can feel good without having to actually accomplish or work towards anything, although personally I am taking: chemistry, psychology, physics, and sociology. Hoping to become either a therapist, neuropsychologist, or pharmaceutical engineer (though I admittedly still have a long way to go, I am fairly sure I can do it without fucking up ).

Originally Posted by Neppy

Also scientific researchers cant get any acess to a lot of the most interesting chemicals because they are schedule 1 drugs, and I think anything that impedes science sucks.

That does irk me too, although more so for ruining legit medical purposes. IE: mdma is an amazingly useful drug for helping people with post traumatic stress etc, as it allows a person to look at their problems from an outside and generally unfiltered perspective.

Originally Posted by Neppy

I think that the more you know about drugs (chemically, etc.) the less likely you are to use them. Knowing "hey that will make you trip out" is one thing, knowing "hey that stuff will make you trip out by starving your brain cells of neurochemicals" is another.

Actually, I spend a large amount of time researching different drugs, researching the consequences makes some drugs look much more appealing, and others not so much so *cough* meth / pcp *cough*.

If you are the type of person who is able to read long articles to gain insight on different perspectives, I suggest/request that you read this. Always curious to see what people think (Shulgin is a great man). That man has at the very least tripped on many types of drugs Thousands of times, yet he is still full of insight and a shit load of book smarts... thus a good example

PS: Though I have had many great times involving drugs, I am proud to say that; personally, all of my best memories / accomplishments have been while sober. The reason one might not expect that is probably because sober stories, while meaningful to me, just aren't as entertaining as crazy drug adventures to an audience

EDIT: Cigarettes are gross (I love telling hs smoking kids that, it usually confuses the hell out of them that someone like me would avoid cigarettes). Good post kolle, your answer to #4 is most respectable. Also thanks for touching on a lot of legalization issues I kinda just skipped over to save space :P