Allow me to take on the role of mediator here. Submarinerswife is being critical of users in the present tense. Over the years I have read posts by Freepers who admitted that at one time they were frequent users of illegal narcotics, but they cleaned up. And IMHO, they are good contributors to FreeRepublic.
Enterprise is correct. I had my fun as a kid. Smoked some dope when friends happened to offer and a little bit of drinking. (Never really took to drinking)
I try my very hardest not to be a hypocrite.
But I watched what a junkie will do to a family, as I stood by helplessly. To this day, I hope my brother is dead in a ditch because of the way he terrorized my Mom and Dad.