The line between using a drug therapeutically and recreationally is difficult to determine. Benzo prescriptions and over-the-counter codeine sales in my area have recently become much more tightly regulated, much to the detriment of those who had been taking advantage in one way or another of their relatively easy accessibility. So, using these drugs as examples:
If someone is taking codeine when they are experiencing pain or taking valium when they are experiencing anxiety- this seems reasonable to me.
If someone who experiences these symptoms chronically, wakes up and takes a dose of codeine or valium so that they can get through their morning feeling a sense of normality- that is understandable to me.
When someone who is not necessarily anxious or in pain is taking these medications just to feel a high.. That is up to them though I do find it self-centred the number of people in my area who have done this, because it has made it difficult for those who can benefit from the medications' intended purpose to be able to access it. That is unfair in my oppinion.
There was a post on Bluelight yesterday asking about the best way to "catch a buzz" off of some diverted morphine tablets that this person had got a hold of. Not cool.
I do believe that opiate-addicts should have access to clean pharmaceutical opiates though as I see this as a form of pain management, but someone who does not experience pain or addiction looking to "catch a buzz" off of something rare that can be of some actual benefit to someone, yeah.. that goes a bit far.
As for cannabis; I think it has been controlled unnecessarily for too long and nobody has the right to control it in my oppinion. If someone is using it too much, to a point that it is having a negative effect on their life, they are abusing themselves really.
