Alrighty.... this one is tough. Let’s see. Maybe some background is necessary. I’m underage, like I said in my welcome message, so I shouldn’t do drugs or alcohol for legal reasons. My parents are SUPER strict about this type of thing, because both sides of my family have struggled with addictions, spanning generations. Soo, I’m at a greater risk for issues surrounding these two substance categories because of genetics. However, my family is not what you would call religious. My mom and I might begin to approach the adjective spiritual, so, religious belief is not a factor in this equation. To top that all off, because of the amount of wealth where I live, drugs and alcohol are readily available, if you know where to go. Which I don’t.
Now for my views. These are totally personal, so if anyone is reading this, please don’t be offended. Drugs and alcohol don’t sound remotely fun/interesting/like a good idea to/for me. I understand the concept of social drinking for adults, but I mean, people should like you without your having to drink something you don’t want to! Now I sound like every book written for tween girls ever. Fabulous. Parties, in the general high school meaning of the word don’t sound like that much fun to me either. This is mostly because I go a small charter school, which APPARENTLY even has people who do drugs, but that’s only a rumor. Anyways, even if we did have parties and all that stuff, being a nerd and a nobody, I wouldn’t get an invitation, and if I did, I’d just turn it down. That statement even shows I naive I am, because I’m assuming that there are invitations to that sort of party, which there probably aren’t.
My goodness I get off topic. Let’s get back to it. I don’t think drugs or alcohol are for me, because they don’t sound like fun, or like an effective way of dealing with problems or whatever stuff they’re supposed to do. To me, they just sound like a one way ticket to screwing up your life. Please remember that these are strictly my personal views. I know that people do these things and turn out fine, but my knowledge of my family history, as well as the stories I hear from around my town just make me think that they aren’t worth it. That all they’ll do is screw up your brain and body and you’re only going to be screwing yourself over in the end. However, I don’t think that I have the right to tell people (other than my little brother, and in the future, my children) that they can’t do drugs or alcohol, because they need to learn their lesson.
Do I believe in an age restriction for drugs and alcohol? Absolutely.
Do I believe in a Prohibition law, like there was in the ‘20s? Um, no. I mean, that was practically impossible to enforce, and only resulted in a growth of crime.
Do I think I’ll ever drink or do drugs? I don’t want to. I can’t predict the future, but I can see absolutely no appeal to either one, so what’s the point? If you drink or do drugs to forget, your problems are still going to be there when you’re sober. If you do it/them for fun, then I guess that’s what you do. I don’t think that either one would be fun, so I can think of no reason to.
Do I think that if there’s a medicinal property for a drug that it should be used for that purpose. Yes, I do. If the patient is willing to try this alternative treatment, I support it fully.
Outside of medicine, I wish that drugs could be outlawed, because they destroy so many peoples lives in a variety of ways. I know that alcohol can be equally destructive, but there are more cases in which the effect of alcohol was not anywhere near the level of destruction that drugs has, so I think that alcohol is fine for anyone who can exercise moderation.As of right now, I can’t see myself ever doing drugs or drinking. I can’t predict the future or make any promises, but I think that it’s pretty unlikely that I’ll ever do drugs in my life. The path that I’m planning on taking is steering me directly away from drugs, and I don’t plan on ever turning around or looking back. I honestly can’t see myself drinking at all. Wine looks weird and beer smells terrible, and hard alcohol has no appeal to me. At all.
So that’s that. Please remember, if you’re reading this, that these are my opinions. You have every right to yours, and I have every right to mine. I’m not pushing my beliefs on you, because that’s not who I am.
Peace,
Turtle
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