Lokarin posted...
Why can't it be bad and also safe?
I agree. The biggest problem I have with it is the fact that people become psychologically addicted to it then, in their ignorance, claim "it's not addictive." Well.... The thing about that is, gambling can be an addiction too, but you're not smoking or injecting anything. Psychological addictions do not require any external chemical input because it's being fueled from within. Even things that are chemically addictive will only maintain their hold if the person in question is weak-willed. I had to take medication that gave me withdrawal for two weeks after I stopped taking it. I felt like I was dying, but no part of me considered feeding my body what it wanted to make it leave me alone. I told my body "fuck you!" and rode it out. Hilariously, there were ads for that Brava alcoholic beverage going a lot during this time, and when I hear the jingle I have a Pavlovian response in the form of a wave of nausea.
One of my friends uses medical marijuana for pain, lots of it, but he at least has the self-respect to admit he's addicted to it - and I respect him for it. He also doesn't brag about it at every waking moment, like a teenager getting waste for the first time... Like anything, it's how one conducts themselves that matters most.
"message parlor" ? do you mean the post office ?
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