Why don't drugs affect everyone in the same way?
597701
Everyone metabolism is different and will react differently to certain stimulus such as drugs.
659376
I would imagine that it numbs your emotions and gives the user a feeling of eurphoria which is why many that take this drug do it so as to escape from reality. Often is the case of an unhappy childhood, unemployment or a traumatic event in their life. However, drugs are never the answer once they take a hold of you your life is destroyed and death an almost certainty.
51213
that depends.. I lost a friend a year ago to drugs.. very sad...\n\nDrug use in general is psychological thing... there are studies that suggest people who use drugs are self medicating for some other diagnosable mental illness....\n\nfor example.. many alcoholics are found to have symptoms of anxiety and panic disorders... this is a good example of peer pressure.. nobody wants to hear about a grown man acting like a sissy?. society says.. "hell no.. lets go out and drink.."\n\nthe problem with drug use is.. you are covering one problem with another.. therapists will have to spend many years dealing with the drug problem before they can even begin to address what caused the compuslion to use drugs...\n\nso yes. i believe in treatment.. i believe you should help yourself... however.. one can only get treated if they are willing to accept help.. for repeat offenders .. i offer no sympathy..
669647
I have tried just about every recreational drug out there(short of needles and pcp and heroin) and I can say that I have never had a bad time or experience from any of it. The problem with drugs is that so many people use them as a priority instead of for recreation. Work, relationships, and other responsibilities should always take precedence over drugs.
118187
First of all --- you may lead a normal and healthy life--then turn to drugs from low self esteem & depression. So, first off--you aren't mentally ill to begin with. Although, drugs can cause mental problems, it doesn't necessarily always mean--you will end up having a mental disorder.
134720
A condition isn't the same as a disorder.\nTo clarify, if you take a substance and that substance creates a result does not mean that the previous condition was a negative one, or that the new condition is a positive one. Take cocaine (or Ritalin) for example.\n\nI also think that using medications for ADD is rarely appropriate as it can be treated or cured using appropriate behavioral strategies.
371897
Not really. They dont help. Except maybe pot if you have depression problems. But the thing is, you have to get over your problems yourself. You can hooked on some nasty drugs if youre only using to get away from problems. And I'm not saying this because I'm anti-drug. I do drugs pretty regularly, but I got over my problems (depression etc) all by myself. Pot helped a little bit because it makes you happy, but the true happiness you cant get from drugs alone. Good luck\n\n\nPeace
20882
Yes, all drugs should be legal.\n\nMaking drugs legal would mean that they could be better controlled, or maybe even taxed.  The tax could be used to help people get off hard drugs.\n\nIn my opinion, governments should not have control over something an individual does to themselves.
471744
It doesn't have much to do with musicians - it's a psychological escape from "pain" usually and is very widespread throughout history, just because it's self "medication" makes it no less valid - getting high is about getting "not - low".\n\nA few people use it for spiritual experience/altered states and heavy drugs (alcohol included) can be lethal so mistakes happen -  alcohol and heroin stop your breathing, coke and x-tasy stops your heart and frys your brain (really turns all the lights on at once and leads to neurosis etc eventually depending on the person) . . . \n\nPeople who make a lot of "negative" statements about the use of drugs don't usually know much about the history - they've been around forever, but refined coke and heroin and "designer" chemicals are (modern plagues) new, concentrated and can be very dangerous. \n\nMany of these people didn't commit suicide (as in purposely end their life at that moment). It's far more complex than most are willing to even think about. They just make a simple uninformed judgement, it's sad because it doesn't help the situation out there to be blindly against something  - even drugs - remember drugs can save lives too
387789
No.\n\nPeople and problems can make you vulnerable to using drugs. \n\nUse prevention to avoid falling into the vicous circle of drugs. \n\nSuch as, don't hang with these kinds of people, get a healthy support group, like healthy friends to be around in time of trouble and stuff like that.
955213
The only people that think drugs are the in thing to do are the ones taking drugs!  Take drugs long enough and it will ruin your life.  I think you did the right thing by quitting weed; now hang out with people that think the same way you do.  Drugs are dumb & dangerous, life is complicated enough without adding a drug habit to it.  Good Luck, there are normal people everywhere that have fun without drugs.
541206
Well, No.  Actually drug laws have less to do with the death rate of people who use drugs and more to dp with how the drug effects their ablity to think.  When someone is using a mind altering drug, they are more likely to hurt or kill others. You can smoke 5 packs a day and smoking will still not inhibit the smokers ability to think clearly.  Most adults can have one or two drinks without being intoxicated.  Illegal drugs including marijuana inhibit the ability of the user to function fully right away.  That is why they are illegal.
147781
some people feel the need to make thier problems go away by not facing them. The only problem is they dont relize once the drugs have wore off the problem is still there but worse, so they do more drugs. And some people just like the energy some drugs can give them and the feeling of having control of there life (even though they obviously dont have control...the drugs do. And the amazing feeling you can get after smoking a big fat one.
37365
Only sometimes.  Usually marijuana is the first drug someone will try (because it's easily available, the effects aren't that dangerous, it doesn't involve needles or snorting, etc), but a lot of times, once someone has tried one drug, they feel less inhibited about trying another.  I've personally seen this be the case very often - someone will try pot, then later on they might smoke it laced w/ something, and then they try LSD, etc etc.  It depends on the person, of course, but when you're dealing w/ drugs, the drugs CHANGE the person and so things get more complicated!
366666
Yes, only the ones wich arent bad for me. And only every once in a blue moon. But theres nothing wrong with a little mushroom or peyote, despite what they might have you believe. Speed and other uppers are terrible stuff, I would strongly advise against it. And pot is just in the same group as alchohol with me, only every once in a while. Its killed far less people than alchohol, even far less than asperin. People are just cattle sometimes, follow the propaganda and not thinking for themselves. Thats the only reason good drugs get a bad rap. I will say some people shouldnt do certain drugs though, not everyone knows how to handle themelves. But at the same time those people shouldnt do alot of other perfectly legal things either, like driving a car or having children. Oh well I guess, I mind my own business with it and dont harm a single soul.
1078548
The above answer is right, but to give an example, a psychotropic drug alters brain functions.  This can be done through recreational drugs, those used in religious ceremonies, or medications designed to treat neurological and psychiatric illnesses such as epilepsy or schizophrenia.
221730
It depends on the drugs, the person, your current mood, and location. Some drugs will make you all lazy, paranoid, make you want to fight people, hungry, not hungry, thirsty, and other effects. Like one time me and some friends did tripple c's and it was making my eyes water but my friend she was just sitting there. If your wooried about getting caught while your high, already your going to have a really bad high your going to be trippin out and your gonna think everybody is thinking your high... so yeah like i said before it just depends on the limiting factors...