I am most likely some kind of radical in my stance towards drugs/substances. I feel complete and total legalization of all substances is the answer. I also don't really feel that age limits on who can buy what are useful, IE I dont think the legal age to buy any substance (whether it be alcohol, cigarettes, heroin, ecstasy, Prozac, etc) should be instituted. No matter what age you set, you end up criminalizing some small section of youth who decide to do it anyway. Whats better is just making it socially and morally irresponsible for parents to let their kids do whatever. If anything parents should be punished if their kid takes a drug and gets hurt or hurts someone else.
I dont want 5 year olds smoking cigarettes or shooting up just like everyone else, but to me its a matter of principle legally. I feel that it should be morally irresponsible to sell potentially dangerous objects to people under a certain age, but I dont think it should be a law that "any under age X can't buy this thing".
I also feel that governments need to quit forcibly regulating all substances. I feel that government can help play a role in making these substances safer for human use/consumption (maybe through reduced taxation if certain standards are met?), but I shouldnt need to get permission from the government to create alcohol and sell it to other people for a profit.
I only know the american perspective on healthcare which is fucked, but as a part of total legalization I feel I should have access to all prescription drugs without seeing a doctor. If I want to buy any drug, I shouldn't have to get approval from a government approved practicing doctor.
On that note I am a total drug user. Going through my psychedelic phase right now (2-cb has been my new dig lately). I dont do pills usually but ive done xannies before. will never do meth or heroin. Ive done cocaine and I enjoy it, I will end up doing it again but coke is like weed for me: the less I do it the better.
Mescaline is my favorite all round experience. Acid a close second. molly rawk third. 2-cb fourth, and ketamine my fifth favorite.
For whatever reason the world is not sure how to feel about drug users. Thanks to the US and its puppet the UN, most nations across the world have implemented authoritarian scare tactics and ignorant laws in an attempt to help people decide what is right for them. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.