That's a good question, I don't know if I have too much to contribute that's "unique", but I did see an anti-drug pamphlet recently and... it's not how I would go about it.
One problem is these programs peddle things that are false, and once people learn the truth, they start to think maybe drugs are ok or not as bad as they thought. So it's important to maybe talk honestly and clearly about things.
I guess my philosophy is that people turn to drugs when some kind of need or desire isn't met, and they could basically just meet that need or desire in healthy ways.
I classify drugs into three basic categories of uppers (give energy), downers (give relaxation), and psychedelics (stimulate the mind). Does that cover all of them, and if not what am I missing? For something like an upper substitute, a person could exercise, or for downers a person could relax, or for psychedelics people could consume pieces of art. I think that's a simplistic way of describing it - does that seem clear? So possibly they just need some healthy substitute, and if they don't have that, they try to fill things with drugs.
So if we have a culture that already has people who have decent fulfillment, they won't turn to legal or illegal drugs. We already have things like alcohol that not everyone thinks to themselves, "wow that's legal, I need to go get drunk off it". I remember Ron Paul had asked people that if heroin was legal, would they go shoot up tomorrow or whatever? Probably a lot of people wouldn't, so if we can create this kind of culture of "alcohol's legal, but I only have a glass of wine now and then at dinner" then I think we would have less drug problems.
I suppose if such a culture existed as well, it would vote to legalize drugs anyway without concern of them being abused.
That's a good question, I don't know if I have too much to contribute that's "unique", but I did see an anti-drug pamphlet recently and... it's not how I would go about it.
One problem is these programs peddle things that are false, and once people learn the truth, they start to think maybe drugs are ok or not as bad as they thought. So it's important to maybe talk honestly and clearly about things.
I guess my philosophy is that people turn to drugs when some kind of need or desire isn't met, and they could basically just meet that need or desire in healthy ways.
I classify drugs into three basic categories of uppers (give energy), downers (give relaxation), and psychedelics (stimulate the mind). Does that cover all of them, and if not what am I missing? For something like an upper substitute, a person could exercise, or for downers a person could relax, or for psychedelics people could consume pieces of art. I think that's a simplistic way of describing it - does that seem clear? So possibly they just need some healthy substitute, and if they don't have that, they try to fill things with drugs.
So if we have a culture that already has people who have decent fulfillment, they won't turn to legal or illegal drugs. We already have things like alcohol that not everyone thinks to themselves, "wow that's legal, I need to go get drunk off it". I remember Ron Paul had asked people that if heroin was legal, would they go shoot up tomorrow or whatever? Probably a lot of people wouldn't, so if we can create this kind of culture of "alcohol's legal, but I only have a glass of wine now and then at dinner" then I think we would have less drug problems.
I suppose if such a culture existed as well, it would vote to legalize drugs anyway without concern of them being abused.