(June 29, 2009 at 5:57 pm)meowmeow Wrote: I think drugs are part of the things you may wish to experience in life and are not very dangerous to grown-up well-balanced people.
But drugs, alcohol, and all substances that have a central neurological effect are highly dangerous to young people (children and teens) and they should stay protected, even if drugs are legalized for adults.
When you are growing up and coming to terms with who you are, all the sensations you can feel and finding your life goals, if you are subjected to these substances on a regular level it can really mix you up (cannabis and schizophrenia for example) because your brain is maturing and these substances can influence the pattern in witch your synapses grow and rearrange themselves. If your idea of satisfaction becomes the immediate relief drugs can give you there is a high risk you’ll stay hooked up and unable to tolerate frustration and find and appreciate other pleasures of life.
Even in adults every real addiction (I’m not speaking of occasional use of course, but when you start to experience withdrawal symptoms) or addictive behavior (like anorexia) can potentially change your personality! And it takes years and lots of efforts to treat! If you need an example observe older drug users on the street even after they have been clean for several years they stay affected!
A friend of mine uses ecstasy on a regular bases (each weekend) and he’s became nervous, has memory loss, even is sometimes really suspicious of everything even paranoid!
I agree. I only smoked weed for about two months, and then I quit cuz I decided it wasn't for me.
