Why Are People So Scared of Natural Highs?

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Why do people always say, “I don’t need drugs to escape my problems.” or some other dumb statement like that. I can understand not wanting to safe drugs(Weed, Shrooms, LSD – each of these is ranked by the National Institute of Drug Abuse, yes a national organization, as less toxic than aspirin, not making that up) because it is against your morals, but to say that people do it to escape their problems is blunt. People do it to enjoy themselves and have fun. Only a small percentage of people do it to escape problems, and those people have bigger problems than drug use anyway. Drug use is likely the one thing keeping depressed people from harming themselves anyway. Each of those only have 1 side effect(assuming you eat weed, not smoke it) and that is that it can bring out psychosis or schizophrenia that WOULD have occurred later in life. It can only happen if you are a constant user and it is in your blood line. Now I am not saying that we should all toke out everyday, or even once every weed or 2(more like once a month for weed, and lsd or shrooms about 2 times a year). Just because the government puts out propaganda against drugs and makes them schedule 1(all this means is it is likely to be abused and it has no medicinal value, though some of the drugs i mentioned do) doesn’t mean they are as menacing as people say they are.

Just some rumors to shoot down:
1) If you eat weed it DOES NOT cause brain damage
2) Unless heavily used weed does not cause short term memory loss
3) Shrooms ARE NOT food poisoning and they DO NOT cause brain bleeding. They work by bonding to 5-HT2 receptors in the brain. These are the same things that serotonin bonds to and it causes distorted vision, hearing and smell.
4) Flashbacks from LSD and Shrooms are only a psychological phenomena, not crystalization of the drug in the brain as the active ingrediants in both (Psilocybin and Lysergic acid diethylamide) are water soluble and are not detectable in a drug test after 3-7 days.
5) Recreational use of drugs DO NOT cause lack of motivation, heavy use does and none of the drugs I listed are physically or psychologically addictive meaning it does not make you want to use it again after coming down.
6) Alcohol, almost any prescription drugs, and most over the counter drugs including tylenol, advil, and aspirin.

Just an honest opinion from a mentally stable student at Georgetown University. I am studying medicine. You can say I am screwing up my life all you want, but chances are I will make more significantly more than you, and I get to enjoy myself.

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