why do people think that taking drugs is so the in thing?
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.
1069405
For the same reason all drugs tend to be shunned.  People do not know how to use them in moderation.  They use and use and let it take over their lives.  If drug use did not become the only thing in a users life, it may be more accepted.  Alcohol is a good example.  Some people can drink and then not drink for months, but others live only to drink.  This tends to happen more with other drugs.  Alcoholics = Junkies.
1060230
Because the substance addicted to has limited the brains ability to think clearly. Addiction is a term for a substance that has taken control over a person's ability to control thier own thoughts and speak or act in a rational manner...
857192
Drugs are just a desperate attempt to escape from your reality. Why not try to improve your reality instead?
245099
People in rock bands take DRUGS??????\n\nI don't believe it!!\n\nlol
307718
For several reasons.  One, taking drugs alters your perceptions.  A person who takes drugs is profoundly altering their world-view.  They are "learning/experiencing" things that others don't and it alters them.\n\nSecond, many people take drugs as a form of self-medication.  Ex.  They are emotionally hurting over something and take drugs to feel better; or it is a cry for help.\n\nRegardless, taking recreational drugs can potentially harmful.  Before ingesting substances that could harm you, you should research exactly what it will do for you.\n\nI work as an ER nurse and have seen the dangers of drug abuse.  Marijuana is pretty much harmless, but things like crystal meth are insane.  I wish people could see what "tweakers" look like when they wig out.  I wish they could see the PET scans of tweakers brains... the ones where the brains look like swiss cheese.
71422
Not all rappers do drugs,your stereotyping them as a whole. In some cases what they rap about is not their actual lifestyle, it just sells so they rap about it.
449811
Mainly lack of motivation and lack of initiative.  Some users are exposed to harder drugs and to hard drug users and gravitate into this lifestyle.  Not everyone of course but it is a danger.\n\nI'm 46 years old and I've seen some very smart and decent people go absolutely nowhere in life because of excessive pot use.  They're still in the same little town with a couple of divorces and a dead end job.  I never saw it help anyone to advance in life, be it relationships, education or jobs.
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
604115
Yes, you can get addicted to just about anything, and I bet it can ruin your life the same way hard drugs can. It's the same as alcohol and cigarettes - why are they legal? Because so may people use it and like it and they would be outraged if they had it taken away. People like to think that because it is legal they don't have a problem and they have this attitude that they are so much better than other addicts whose drug of choice is crack or heroin or meth. If it's legal people can feel less guilty.
627248
I have my own personal nightmares due to drug use in my teens and 20's...i thought i was using socially and had everything under control...actually the drugs were controlling me and influenced my decisions, attitudes and behaviors....in the end, I was so low...I had done a lot of things I never thought I would do, stayed out longer than I had wanted to stay and was around a lot of people I didn't even like...TODAY, I am HIGH ON LIFE...I have accepted my mistakes and changed the way I look at life...I stay away from people, places and things that remind me of where I used to be...I have a relationship with God today, other people who encourage me and support me...people who call me on my stuff cause I always want things my way...but today it's about doing the right thing for the right reasons...I know today that no matter what, I don't have to use drugs ...Using is not the solution.
597058
because there are too many things going through thier head at once.  Drugs make you stop thinking, escape problems, but they are always waiting when you return so you have to do more.
406058
A addict will chose drugs over sex any day. It is really sad, but true. All you can do for somebody that is addicted is not enable them, and be codependent to them. That is usually what is going on, and they are just taking advantage of you to use the drugs.
1113977
I think drugs r wrong.  no one shuld do them.  the more people use drugs the more our world is goin straight down the drain.  i dont kno about any one else but i would definately not ever do drugs and i wuld nevr hang out wit people who do drugs b-cuz they r jus goin to drag me and others down in life.  i and many others want a good future and drugs promise nothing but prison, HELL, and death!\nDRUGS R TOTALLY WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
49636
Why is it so important for so many people to intrude into the lives of others?  A better question to ask other than "Why should it be leagalized?" is "Why is it illegal?"  Why has the government decided that some drugs (alchohol, nicotiene, caffiene) should be legal for unregulated consumption, and a basically harmless soft drug like marijuana with debatable medicinal benifits is demonized and thrown into the same catagory as herion and cocaine which like alchohol have ruined millions of lives and killed millions of people?\n\nWhy are you so concerned with what people do with their personal time?
694626
Unfortunately and shamefully, I did do drugs in my past. My drug of choice was Cocaine. I regret it, and I am ashamed. It makes you turn into a completely different person. A person who steals, even from your loved ones! Makes you more aggressive and unreasonable, foolish acting, you lie,  you sneak and hide, you jeapordize your relationship with others, do things that you never thought you would do, you become unbelieveably selfish, your health is effected, etc...I know! And let me tell you it's not worth it! Not worth it at all. So if you've never done drugs...do you and your loved ones a favor and don't start. You will regret it. And if you're currently going through problems with drugs, seek help, and turn to God. Take care and God bless.\n\nJesus loves you.
1186476
Because they are addictive both mentally and physically. Your body is telling you one thing, but your mind is much more powerful than you think. Maybe you enjoy that lifestyle? Maybe everything around you reminds you of what you used to do when you were on these drugs? Certain things may trigger off a memory, a situation may remind you of when you did this...\n\nTry changing your environment, changing the people you hang out with, changing your lifestyle? It may be hard, but remember that this is your life, and sometimes we got to think about us for a change, and what we want, and what we have to do for ourselves!\n\nGood Luck!