Posted by Booty Princess at syr-24-59-115-15.twcny.rr.com on March 21, 2003 at 16:05:27:
In Reply to: oh COME ON posted by James_Clark on March 21, 2003 at 15:51:13:
: Besides, getting high or drunk is fun, period.
I'm the last one to judge another person; I've tried just about every licit and illicit substance out there, short of crack and heroin.
And yeah, drugs ARE fun. People wouldn't start doing them otherwise.
But have you ever seen someone covered in their own puke, their house full of broken glass and catshit, their eyes blank, uncaring about any of it? Drinking shots of cooking alcohol, shivering and freaking out because they're withdrawing from oxycontin? Have you seen someone up for four days on crystal meth, slowly disintegrating?
There's nothing wrong with the occasional drink or joint (for most people), and the "War on Drugs" is a cruel waste of money -- drug use is a health issue, not a legal one.
But when you say "getting high is fun, period" -- oh, I worry for you. People get into that game because they're egotistical enough to think they're more powerful than any substance. They only find out how wrong they are after it's too late.