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by pm90 3251 days ago
I've been giving some serious thought about what future work might look like w.r.t drugs. The narrative seems to be that people in creative professions like artists, singers etc as well as people in high stress circumstances like traders need to indulge in hard drugs to keep doing valuable work. I wonder if these drugs are required by these professions, or if its just placebos to fool their brains into being creative. Whatever the real reason might be, if taking drugs becomes normal...
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For those industries you mentioned, I don't think drugs are used orimarily for their creative effects as much as for stress relief and coping.
I think a certain percentage of the population does drugs and that's just how it is. It doesn't matter if your a lawyer a welder or unemployed, people like drugs.