Are drugs bad? I believe that the answer is yes-full stop. Every drug has the potential to become addictive; even before you start to consider the health risks, there's the cost of them. Cannabis is between £50-£130 per ounce depending whether you have grass or resin (this personally means nothing to me). Heroin can cost as much as £100 a day. So, taking this into account; where does this money come from? I personally couldn't afford to spend £100 a day on a drug; so what about people that are in a worse finacial state than a student? Hence, this leads to things like theft; which then causes more trouble for the individual.
So why do people take drugs? For the high, to feel confident and good about themselves, because they are addicted? I personally don't see the point! People take them before a night out and I know that when I go out I drink, and alcohol is classed as a drug, but I know the effect that it has on me. If I took a drug I'd have no idea what it would do to me and that's quite a scary thought.
Moving onto the health risks; drugs create mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety and has even been found to lead to schizophrenia. Psychiatrists have found that in 80% of cases the use of cannabis has lead to schizophrenia; now who would want a mental illness just for a little high on a night out or whatever. I know I wouldn't.
I can't really explain why drugs don't appeal to me. I suppose it's because I've never really been around people that take drugs so haven't had the experience of being offered them or the per pressure to take them. I also haven't experienced any of my friends getting addicted; which must be terrible to watch. I know there are a few of my friends that have tried weed, but really the drug that my friends like is alcohol. I'm not supporting the excesive cosumption of drink; but I feel like drinking is a social thing, as well as being for the individual's pleassure.
So, in conclusion; I have no will whatsoever to ever consume any drugs (but alcohol) for the rest of my life (this is-of course-with the exception of prescription drugs). I guess it would be interesting for someone to enlighten me on the positive things about taking drugs, cause I admit that I don't really know anything about them; I just know that I don't want to take them.
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