> Stop and ask this question: Why do we as a society need more and more and MORE mind-altering substances to cope with life?
Citation needed.
> Is society headed in the right direction if almost everyone needs some type of external chemical influence just to get through the week?
Who are you to decide what the "right direction" is, for anyone but yourself? Right vs Wrong is a moral judgement, not a legal one. No one should have the right to tell me what I (or anyone else) can put into my body. On a similar note, I think assisted suicide should be legal as well, but that's a discussion for another day.
Stop and ask this question: Why do we as a society need more and more and MORE stimuli to cope with life?
Seriously.
Is society headed in the right direction if almost everyone needs some type of external influence just to get through the week?
I already have a answer.
Problem is, every time you fire up a computer or a phone or a TV, you're seeking a stimulus which is going to fire off chemical signals in your brain. Your mind CRAVES the stuff. You COULD just sit around creating things all the time and stimulating yourself, but that's not convenient, is it? Drugs just eliminate the bullshit by applying direct stimulus without the idiot boxes, or obviously unnecessary items like books or live performances.
Oh, and drop the coffee and tea. And sugar. And salt. And any food that tastes good. You don't need those either. External chemical influences, after all.
Ha ha. You're ignorant. They're stimulants. If tomorrow all sugar and salt were banned, you'd have the same sort of violent cartels importing them illegally.
Answer me this: Have you ever consumed an alcoholic beverage? Have you ever consumed alcohol to the point of intoxication?
Well, if you answered yes, then you used a mind-altering substance / external chemical influence for your personal enjoyment. Don't you deserve jail for this? I mean, shouldn't you have been able resist the urge to intoxicate yourself, and instead pushed yourself in the "right direction" of sobriety? Since you failed at this, we might as well throw the book at you for it, right?
Alternately, if you answered "no" to my above question(s), then you're a liar and you can see yourself out.
Stop and ask this question: Why do we as a society need more and more and MORE mind-altering substances to cope with life?
Seriously.
Is society headed in the right direction if almost everyone needs some type of external chemical influence just to get through the week?
I already have an answer.