Drugs are morally neutral. Doing or not doing drugs is not an indicator of how good a person is. There are addicts who’d give you the shirt off their back, and sober people who poison the homeless for fun.
no! doing drugs isn't just bad!
Drinking alcohol (a drug) isn't bad, it has benefits to using it along with health risks.
Smoking cannabis isn't bad, it has benefits to using it along with health risks.
Using amphetamines (prescribed or illicit) isn't bad, it has benefits to using them along with health risks.
There are a lot of reasons might use drugs, and as a general rule, people's reasons are quite rational. Wanting to fit and have fun in at a wedding party is a super normal reason to consume alcohol. If used correctly, in can do exactly that. At the same time, alcohol even in small amounts has a huge list of health risks. That's fine. If you're making an informed decision about your life I have no complaints.
Similarly, someone might want to consume large amounts of alcohol daily to manage mental health issues like anxiety. It's still morally fine, like drinking at the wedding party. The only big issues are that it might not be effective long term, and it has health risks. With significant daily consumption, alcohol gets quite risky healthwise.
With amphetamines, people often use them to manage things like ADHD. A lot of the time people get prescribed amphetamines to get them. Some people take illicit street amphetamines. A lot of street amphetamines are chemically identical to ones that are prescribed. If the supply is safe and the person uses them in moderation, they can then also be used just like prescribed amphetamines. Some people do this! It has benefits (alleviating ADHD symptoms), and risks (all amphetamines have issues such as raising blood pressure, and illicit amphetamines have additional risks related to contaminants, the routes people tend to take them by such as smoking, and difficulty using the lowest effective dose)
All drugs have benefits and health risks. Including drugs that aren't psychoactive or have no recreational potential. Like antidepressants, tylenol, diabetes medication etc. And on that, there's no meaningful difference between drugs (illegal, used to get high) and drugs (legal, prescribed for medical use). A lot of the time they are the same thing, just in different contexts.
So anyways if you're going to use any recreational drugs such as alcohol, that's not necessarily a bad thing. Just make sure you have a reasonable understanding of the benefits and risks so you're making an informed decision!
