So I've found that I'm now anti-drug use. I never really railed against it previously in fact I kind of liked it once upon a time. But today someone let it slip that they were smoking pot last night and my emotional response was one of disgust. I didn't mention it to the person in question but it started me thinking: what caused this shift in attitudes?
My main reason for disgust is simply one of self-control and to a lesser extent a view that drug use is...trashy. The legal issue doesn't really bother me, in fact I think pot should be legalized. I just think that people who sit around and smoke pot are wasting their lives away. I'm up and out, getting stuff done while they are sitting at home stoned. Maybe this is some sort of superiority complex?
I honestly don't think that my displeasure towards drug use is because of the Corps. Even though I can't and won't do drugs, I think it should be every person's right to do what they want with their own body.
Maybe it's more of a disgust at the person I was talking to. I thought they were a fairly respectable, intelligent person and then I find out that they spend their weekends smoking. I think my view would be different if it was a once-in-a-while thing, like going out every so often with your buddies and getting trashed, but as a consistent practice? Hell no.
My main reason for disgust is simply one of self-control and to a lesser extent a view that drug use is...trashy. The legal issue doesn't really bother me, in fact I think pot should be legalized. I just think that people who sit around and smoke pot are wasting their lives away. I'm up and out, getting stuff done while they are sitting at home stoned. Maybe this is some sort of superiority complex?
I honestly don't think that my displeasure towards drug use is because of the Corps. Even though I can't and won't do drugs, I think it should be every person's right to do what they want with their own body.
Maybe it's more of a disgust at the person I was talking to. I thought they were a fairly respectable, intelligent person and then I find out that they spend their weekends smoking. I think my view would be different if it was a once-in-a-while thing, like going out every so often with your buddies and getting trashed, but as a consistent practice? Hell no.
