I don't like 'to user and society' being lumped together as far as accessing harm is concerned. Physically, mentally, I do not believe for a second, neither have I read any reputable reports or findings that suggest, that alcohol is *more* harmful that E in those areas. Physiology, taking a couple of pills is nothing like having a drink - a come-down is nothing like a hang-over. Personally, I value mental health above anything else - I would be horrified, and would outright protest if my children were being brought up in a society that angled on any level that E was a better choice that alcohol because it is less harmful, whatever the hell that means. There is just no way I could condone that. Knowing the effect of a *couple of pills*, during and after, and the thought of my son experiencing that fills me with a horror I couldn't put into words. The young adults I've met who were those 13 years doing E, are well and truly unhinged.As for whether E is better for society? What does society mean in this instance?
To be honest, these days, it makes no difference if I'm surrounded by piss heads or E heads - I don't much like the volatile behaviour of drinkers, and I'm not much enamoured with the artificial behaviour of those riding high on the loved up feeling. As for myself, in recent months I've had better nights out on drink than the other, give me a hang-over over a come-down any day of the week, I lose less time from having to recover physically, mentally and emotionally from my excesses, and my life is better under my control as a result. Over the years, every time my life has gone tits up, I've been a drug user of some description, every time it starts to come right again they're no longer the presence in my life that they were. I know I'm not the only one who would say the same. I don't believe for the average person who drinks, drink has the same detrimental effect, as drugs do to the average person who does drugs. Oh and I admit, there may be some inconsistency in my opinion and in how I put those opinions across. I have been to such an extreme of E use and back again, there are still many trains of thought I haven't consolidated - learning to separate my fears and knee jerk emotive reactions from the rest of the mix because of my own experience (and the experiences of people I know or have known) is very difficult.
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Re: My rather long winded opinion...
Date: 2006-07-31 02:06 pm (UTC)To be honest, these days, it makes no difference if I'm surrounded by piss heads or E heads - I don't much like the volatile behaviour of drinkers, and I'm not much enamoured with the artificial behaviour of those riding high on the loved up feeling. As for myself, in recent months I've had better nights out on drink than the other, give me a hang-over over a come-down any day of the week, I lose less time from having to recover physically, mentally and emotionally from my excesses, and my life is better under my control as a result. Over the years, every time my life has gone tits up, I've been a drug user of some description, every time it starts to come right again they're no longer the presence in my life that they were. I know I'm not the only one who would say the same. I don't believe for the average person who drinks, drink has the same detrimental effect, as drugs do to the average person who does drugs.
Oh and I admit, there may be some inconsistency in my opinion and in how I put those opinions across. I have been to such an extreme of E use and back again, there are still many trains of thought I haven't consolidated - learning to separate my fears and knee jerk emotive reactions from the rest of the mix because of my own experience (and the experiences of people I know or have known) is very difficult.