Dear Kevin:

You asked: “Am I wrong in thinking that it is not productive to take drugs?”

My answer: depending what drug and in what quantity, as well as in what circumstances (while driving is one example)

I feel that it is productive for me to take caffeine in moderation, as I do drinking coffee this very morning. I feel that it is productive for me to drink a bit of red wine, sometimes, before I take a long walk in the afternoon. I believe prescribed psychiatric drugs are helpful to some, harmful to many. Pain relievers, including narcotics are necessary to those experiencing significant physical pain.

Smoking, snorting, injecting street drugs or psychiatric drugs sold on the street or overdoing alcohol, drinking-and-driving.. even overdoing caffeine, I suppose, have destroyed many millions of lives all  over the world, many, many millions of people are dead or their lives are destroyed otherwise.

anita

Am I wrong in thinking that it is not productive to take drugs?