SO true..
"It's just like alcohol...."
It's MY body, I am not hurting anyone else"
"I can quit any time, I'm not an addict..."
And other fables abound, and the distribution and use are glorified by award winning shows.
It is particularly tough to be a parent now, and when your kid can end up in deep poo over a cigarette or a beer, why not do whatever?
Even a 'clean cut' peer group is little guarantee, and it is almost as hard to escape references to it as sex in the media and pop culture.
Agreed.
I've never heard that said about any drug - although I and others have correctly said that alcohol is a drug whose effects can be compared (NOT equated) to currently illegal drugs.
It's MY body, I am not hurting anyone else"
More accurately, the hurts done to others are not government's business to prevent - with the exception of parents who drug themselves into inability to meet their responsibilities to their minor children, a problem that does not appear to be properly addressed by banning all drug use for all adults including childless ones.
"I can quit any time, I'm not an addict..."
Some addicts tell themselves and others this as a lie - and non-addicted users say it truthfully. It's not "impossible to inform" people about the reality of addiction ... there are many people in 12-step programs who are ready to tell their stories.
the distribution and use are glorified by award winning shows.
I've never seen one - have any examples? I have seen the award winning show Breaking Bad, which presented the drug world in a quite negative light (and correctly so).