The drug "Ice"

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Originally Posted by blakef6

Its in our instincts.

No it's not.

Originally Posted by blakef6

People self medicate now through legal drugs like tobacco, alcohol and prescription meds so why not illegal ones too

Why, not?? Because they are illegal.

Not everyone uses legal drugs, there is actually a huge and growing amount of people who don't. Personally I have never smoked as I see it as being weak, and I have no inclination to shorten my life, stink like an ashtray and pay through the nose for that privilege.

I used to drink regularly, but have not done so for years, a case of beer will last me 12 months these days, I bought one last year and still have a few left in the fridge.

I will have the occasional social drink when out with family or friends, or at family functions, which are rare and far between these days.

Originally Posted by blakef6

I mean its in our instincts to self medicate if something is wrong. People take drugs (legal/illegal) for a variety of reasons, not to just get off their face for fun. A lot do it to forgot traumatic experiences in their life (child abuse etc) and a variety of other mental health issues reasons. I used to do drugs because it was the only way I could stop thinking about the horror I was subjected to as a child. It numbed a pain and made me feel normal and good again

Plenty of people have had bad experiences, the stuff I have personally seen and dealt with would make your hair stand on end, and stop you sleeping for a week, does not mean I have to take drugs.

Junkies will always find an excuse to justify their behaviour, as will most other criminals. A person needs to be able to justify what they do in their own mind, so they can deal with stealing persons property, injecting illegal drugs, selling drugs to kids etc etc

How about if people did something positive to take their mind off bad things, I take my dogs out to the river or beach, go for a bike ride, have a gym session, work on my cars in the shed, rather than lock myself in a darkened room smoking pot or ICE which only makes things worse not better.