I see that most of the replies have to do with intelligence and drug use. I have close friends who use drugs and most I do not agree with. Please, let me label their career next to their drug of choice and you tell me who is the most intelligent.
Criminal Defense Lawyer- Pot (daily user)
Tax Lawyer- Pot (casual user)
Music Law Lawyer- Pot (daily user), Cocaine (daily user), Alcohol (daily user).
Acupuncturist who studied in China for 18 years- Pot (daily user).
Teacher, grade school- Pot (daily user).
Teacher, high school- Pot (daily user), Alcohol (casual user).
Professor, Painting- Pot (personal grower and daily user), Alcohol (casual user), Prescription Pills (casual user).
Brain Surgeon- Pot (casual user), he will not touch alcohol.
Police Officer- Medical Marijuana Card Holder and daily user.
Realtor- Pot (daily user).
Craft Bartender- Pot (daily user), Alcohol (casual user).
Hot Rod Mechanic and Engine Builder- Pot (daily user), Alcohol (casual user).
Mechanical Engineer, this guy has built and designed something huge (I can’t say what because he is a personal friend and it would give his identity away)- Pot (daily user), Alcohol (casual user), Cocaine (casual user), Prescription Pills (casual user), Opiates (casual user).
I could keep going, all day long. My point is that you cannot associate intelligence or career path or schooling with drug use. Drug use happens on all levels all the time and to overlook it and single out one drug that absolutely has no bad side effects when casually used is moronic and asinine. To believe something is bad just because you have been told so by the government makes you no more intelligent than anyone else who turns their cheek and stubbornly saying “well enough.” People whom abuse Prescription Pills because of pain are no better than those who abuse Heroin on the streets. Placing drugs upon tiers and then saying one is bad but one is good is contradicting. Everything abused is bad, whether that be caffeine and sinus medicine mixed together, 5 hour energy drinks, donuts, meat, sugar, etc….Casual use is not going to kill anyone. Drugs are only illegal so that the government can control who uses them and where they are sold. It is all part of the bigger picture and those incapable of seeing this picture should probably stay away from relaxing their brains a little bit and get to focusing on some intelligent answers other than, Oh well, it’s just bad.
I dislike all drugs with the exception of Marijuana and while I may be an advocate for it, I am not standing on the corner dressed as a leaf with a legalize it sign. Legalization of drugs makes sense on so many levels, number one being the number of drug related crimes. This alone is reason a plenty to destroy the “war on drugs.”