By Richard Wilmot PhD
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Viewing intoxication as a biological inevitability gives us a better understanding of how drug use differs from drug abuse. Such use is not necessarily immoral or pathological but natural. Much like sex, drug use for humans is a natural drive. Everyone has a need to alter their consciousness and they will do so even at their own peril ... from skydiving to smoking "crack" cocaine. The challenge for society is to address this biologically based need to "alter consciousness" in safe, non-abusive ways that will provide people with the "peak experiences" they universally crave. Furthermore, there is a non-abusive code for "getting high" that can be learned so that people who drink or take other drugs do not end-up embarrassed, sick, dependent or dead. To paraphrase this book: the ways in which we talk about drugs both to ourselves and to others perpetuates many of the problems with drugs. The content of what we have to say about drugs is a reflection of our puritan culture and our personal history. The answer to our current drug abuse dilemma is to: "just say know" to drugs. Read more
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