I like weed, but that's about the only "drug" I do these days. When I was younger I used to be pretty hardcore with substances, but these days I couldn't imagine staying up for 2 days doing blow or something.
I agree about alcohol, its one of the worse drugs out there, worse for your body than almost any other drug. People always used to say pot was a "gateway" drug, like you'd smoke a joint and spontaneously decide to go mainline some smack, but that is such a load of shit. Alcohol is by far the biggest gateway drug. To this day if I get hammered getting a bunch of dope seems like a good idea, I just know enough to resist that feeling now.
I have no problem with people doing whatever drugs they want to, as long as they do it in private and it doesn't affect anyone else in a negative way, its fine by me.
I think if alcohol is legal, everything else should be legal. What in the sweet name of fuck ever happened to personal choice and responsibility? Its not like the shadowy bastard in politics, who are basically pimped by all the major industries (including the alcohol industry), are ever going to get rid of drugs, so why not legalize them, regulate them, and make them as safe as possible?
If you legalize heroin for instance, I highly doubt someone is going to wake up one day and think, maybe I'll stick a needle in my arm, potentially die, and potentially ruin my life and the lives of those I love. Its just not going to happen. The people who would do that shit if it was legal are the same people who are doing it now.
Drugs are illegal because of fear-mongering and misinformation and the pussification of our society which strips away all semblance of personal choice, personal responsibility, and decision making. I'd wager that eating McDonalds on a regular basis, or smoking a pack a day, is every bit as harmful as most narcotics. In my mind there is no worse or more frightening drug than alcohol.