| I'm going to quibble your 2nd sentence:
"Highly addictive ones do indeed ruin lives" Today, I'll agree with you. Question is why? Clearly heroin ruins the lives of people who commit crimes to pay for it, as they're pulled into the criminal justice system. If you can afford to buy all the heroin you need from your checking account - well obviously it 'ruins your life less' as you're not in prison. Maybe you decide to turn up at 9am for your job, or stay in bed - but that's an additional choice you have, as you're not locked up. My point is, the drug's the same, you're the same, and the difference is the access to it you're afforded. Anecdotally the highest every number of opiate addicts was post the first world war, where it was handed out as an anesthetic by the government. To bring my meandering back in, I think we simply need to clarify what we want to achieve in society.
Reduction in drug use - or a reduction in drug harm. |
Still, my main point is that mushrooms should NOT be controversial.