Comming from someone who is uneducated about drugs, I can definately see that being a problem.
My advice is simply this: Don't do drugs if you don't feel comfortable. But also, be open minded. Realize that everybody is different.
In my opinion, it is more of the persons "fault" that they become addicted than the drugs'. You only hear about the worst. You only hear about the alcoholics, or the coke heads, or the proverbial 35 year old pothead living in their mothers basement.
You do not hear about all the "cokehead" business men, or the "alcoholic" blue-collar worker, or the "pothead" that likes to relax to a bowl and some music after work.
Like I said, some people are more prone to becomming addicts than others. It is just simply how they're wired.
What I find upsetting is that the government is leading this war on its own citizens when all they need is help. Further, by making it illegal, they create the underground market for it. They drive the prices up and make it worthwhile for "drug dealers" to peddle the products. They make it so expensive that "regular" citizens find the need to commit crimes to get their fix. Instead of spending billions of dollars fighting something that is impossible to win, why don't they change the drug education system, legalize them(with the same sort of restrictions on cigarettes and alcohol)? They would then in turn make billions of dollars off the taxes. That money could go towards drug education and rehabilitation.
If there is a flaw to that train of thought, I do not see it and someone should kindly point it out to me. But as far as I'm concerned, we have it completely backwards. Nothing would change. You're always going to have the kids that cheat the system and do drugs before it's legal. Infact, evidence from other countries shows that when drugs become legal and education regarding them increases, drug use goes down!
Shocking.