Drugs are both helpful and detrimental depending on how you use them. Drugs are very powerful substances that require great caution for a variety of reasons.
When used correctly, drugs can cure diseases, treat depression, control pain, improve one's insight into reality, and be of great benefit.
When used incorrectly drugs can result in a lifestyle of addiction, can ruin one's health, and cause one to make regrettable decisions. While under the influence one might crash a car, might be killed. Some drugs are illegal and you can go to jail if you are caught using them.
Whenever a realist considers the use of drugs, legally or illegally, great care should be taken to ensure that drugs are used in a manner that is best for the individual and the people around them. No matter what drug you are thinking about using a Realist should act in a responsible manner and always use good judgment when deciding to use any drug whether legal or not.
Realists culture includes the idea that the individual enjoy a great amount of Freedom in their personal choices and that we are strongly individualistic and that we Own Ourselves. However the price of personal freedom is Personal Responsibility. If we are to be free to choose the path of our lives then we also must Respect society and the lives, safety, and rights of other people. We have to use Wisdom in our decisions about drugs so that any decision that we make regarding drug use takes into account all aspects of the consequences of our decisions.
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