Is it acceptable to use drugs? It seems like it depends on who you ask.
Recreational drug use is very popular. Many areas of the United States, from New Hampshire to Florida to Michigan to Alaska, and all parts in between, are struggling with high levels of drug abuse, especially heroin. Many regions are seeing huge numbers of overdoses and deaths due to this epidemic of heroin abuse.
While heroin makes the newspapers, other drugs are just as common and just as dangerous. Many people use club or party drugs such as Molly and MDMA (ecstasy) in social settings. These MDMA users feel that the drugs enhance their experiences. Unfortunately, using these drugs can also be deadly.
Other people abuse prescription drugs. These users feel that if doctors prescribe such drugs, they must be less dangerous than other types of substances. The trouble is, the users consume these prescription drugs in ways doctors and pharmacists never intended.
Many drug addicts find it easy to justify their drug use. Some say that they just use drugs at parties or clubs. Others say that they only use drugs on the weekends.
But if these users are having trouble living normal lives because of their drug use, they have real problems. If they’re using heroin, MDMA, or Molly at all, they have a real problem. The three drugs are illegal, so users can face serious legal trouble if they use them in addition to the health consequences.
Using legal drugs is equally troubling. Prescription drugs are legal—if you have a prescription. If you don’t and you’re using or selling them, you could still face all sorts of legal problems.
Users might think that using and selling drugs is acceptable, but how? Abusing drugs can create all sorts of problems with the law and a person’s health. A temporary high is not worth all that permanent trouble.
