Tuesday 5 May 2009

Response to Alexandre Denis on Drugs, dated 6 April, 2009

Alexandre, I found your article very enlightening. As you say, there is such a variety of reasons for drug-taking. There are some drugs that we need to combat illnesses and control pain and obviously these are acceptable. However, when it comes to taking drugs to deliberately alter your mind for the sake of art, I feel this to be unnatural and risky behaviour. I take your point that drugs have always been around and that young impressionable people might be tempted to experiment with them, especially if they experiencing an anxious period in their lives. However, they are taking a chance of becoming dependant on them. Once on this downward slope their quality of life diminishes and unless help is obtained to come off the drugs, they will be full of regret, and also at risk of becoming dangerously ill. There is also the worry inflicted on family and friends.


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