Pro:drug Use among teens

[4denise20]

I have to do a debate for school. The topic is that it's ok for teenager's to exeriment with drugs. I need help, does anyone know where I could start with this? I know what to say with marijuana...but not any other drugs because the only info i can find are how it's bad...So if anyone has any idea...please reply.

[TheMadcapSyd]

if you need drug info, goto


www.erowid.com (http://www.erowid.com)

[psilonaut]

Psycadelics, for me, have always been purely spiritual, allowed me to discover things about myself that I wouldn't of otherwise... I feel like it made me aware of some deeper connections that we have with nature. Taught me respect... but as far as scientific proof...you're screwed.

O yea, MDMA is good for theraputic bonding, and resolving issues between freinds and family...

[sugrmag]

Like, what kind of other drugs do you want to talk about? Crack? Heroin? That may be a little harder to support!:p

[Angel_Headed_Hipster]

Nahhh ya, crack and heroin are great for you when your a teenager, life just flysssss byyyyy lol...

Peace and Love,
dan

[PhotoGra1]

Look up articles by Patricia G. Erickson. She has researched this extensively. Also, you may find this bibliography useful (CLICK HERE). (http://paranoia.lycaeum.org/biblio/bib25)
This is a good place to start your research.
good luck.

This is also a very interesting article, and possibly relevant. (http://www.druglibrary.org/think/~jnr/phony.htm)

[xaosflux]

You are best to go with the psycedilcs drugs and look at them as spiritually enlightening..things like LSD, peyote, mescaline, salvia d., have had historic use in native american cultures, and in others.

[4denise20]

thanks guys...i think this is supposed to be about any drug that teenagers use....so ya it's gonna b knida tough

[psilonaut]

thanks guys...i think this is supposed to be about any drug that teenagers use....so ya it's gonna b knida tough

If thats the angle theyre giving you to support I would go with the argument of, why are you singling out teenagers? Or illegal drugs? Why do adults drink? Same reason that teenagers, or anybody for that matter, uses any kind of recreactional drugs....Recreational drugs have been used for millenia...there must be somthing to it...

[WeeDMaN]

I think its ok for a teenage to use marijuana if used responsibly, and recreationally, because I used to go to school baked every day and now my grades are shit. And I gotta work harder to get em back up, as for LSD,Peyote,mescaline etc; I think may be a little extreme for a teenages brain development. But mushrooms I think are ok if used at a responsible dose(ie:Dont eat 10 grams at once or on ur first time), and not to overdo it. But thats just my opinion.

[gnrm23]

check out these books by andrew weil:
the natural mind
from chocolate to morphine (with winnie rosen)


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there are of course many good arguments AGAINST the use of psychoactive recreational drugs by the under-25 crowd...

(& of course, the anti-drug authoritarians automatically equate drug use with drug abuse...)