These are not fairy-tails, but very widespread misbelieves. Strange as it may seem, some people consider taking drugs not only a pleasant but also a useful pastime, and they actively protect their viewpoints. Sometimes they manage to produce convincing arguments of their "rightness". But is it as rightful indeed?
People say that "one should try everything in life, including drugs".
These are the meanest words. Since after trying drugs for company, you will hardly want (or be able to) try something else. There are more interesting challenges - jumping with a parachute or observing the starry sky through a telescope. But if you suggest those to young people, 7-10 of them will agree (it may be frightful); sitting at a telescope - hardly three of them (the rest are too lazy); but about 40 people have tried drugs (it's the fact)! Why? Because you can try drugs without any strain - just pay in cash. However, to justify themselves, they say: "One should try everything in life (which means drugs), have as many experiences as you can". But some of them will not see anything in life anymore, except for drugs...
People say: "Drugs make your life more diversified and more colorful".
At first they make it more colorful. You get something new and interesting. But do you know what people from Anonymous Drug Addicts Society tell? "One time is always too much, and thousand is always too little". This means when you have tried something for the first time you blame yourself in the morning: why have I only got connected with those joy rides, I have not had very much fun, and now I feel myself not very well, besides, I've spent lots of cash. But you want to try it once again, to adjust your health and choke off your remorse. And your start: "Ok, it's the last time today". Tomorrow: "Ok, today is the last day" and so on. Diversity is worse than in the army: you get up in the morning, get some cash, then buy the thing, then take it, than go to sleep. Every day just one and the same thing. There is no fun here.
I think that different activities make our lives diversified. Drugs are taken by three main reasons:
- to keep up with your friends, which is called the "herd instinct";
- out of curiosity, which ends very soon; and
- not to think how you will live tomorrow.
Some problems can really be solved by drugs: for example, for some time (very short) they liquidate the feeling of anxiety and self-doubt forcing out from you mind the thoughts about difficult but necessary actions or questions the answers to which are not simple. This solution is typical for some people, but problems remain unsolved. Deferred tasks tend to accumulate and force you to act, most often not in the most efficient way. Above all, drugs and dopey substances in case of regular use change your psychics - an abusing person becomes very impatient or increasingly irritated, suspicious (reaching the condition of psychosis), such person starts feeling guilty, becomes unconfident and as a result - alienated from close people, friends and society in general. If you have problems, drugs will only make them worse!
People say that "There are people who have been taking drugs for many years and are still living happily".
It is very seldom that they tell about their "happy lives" just not to admit their problems. Most often you can hear them saying: "What a fool I was to start taking drugs, I cannot quit now...". I have never met a person who has taken drugs for many years and has not tried to drop them (the same goes about alcohol and tobacco). Frankly speaking, some cannabis consumers (especially some marginals) may boast about their habit. Possible, this is connected with their wish to point out how extraordinary they are, which, in my opinion, speaks about the unsolved psychological problems: If everything is ok, we do you need drugs at all?
to be continued...
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