Drugs

As we are all aware, drugs have been around since the beginning of time. In places where marijuana is ground and smoked; where opium is chewed, people are sometimes unaware that what they are taking in is an intoxicant and can be harmful to them. Soon enough a little hobby will turn into full-on addiction and then there will be no hope... http://kidshealth.org/teen/drug_alcohol/getting_help/addictions.html

The origins of drugs were sometimes looked at as well. This was done in order to distinguish the type of drug. For example, the origins of opium were suggested to be devilish just because it came from Spain.

In the 1800s, where laudanum was an everyday used sedative, drugs were often used as well. Laudanum contained a high content of alcohol as well as opium and was often used to put patients at ease.

Personally, I am against drug use that has to be injected/swallowed/sniffed (heroin/ecstasy/cocaine) as I feel that these are the most fatal form of drugs. I think this because such methods allow the toxin to get to the bloodstream fast and so can become addictive. However, I also feel that drugs such as marijuana (which is smoked) are acceptable (in my little world anyway!) as they cannot cause grave harm to someone. I am not suggesting that marijuana is not as addictive as the others, but now that smoking in public places has been prohibited, many people have cut down.