Santa Cruz decriminalizes psychedelic mushrooms
I just wished their was fairer representation online of impact on people&#x27;s lives when drugs get brought up. I never done drugs. But still, I suffered thanks to people who chose drugs as a way cope - and it&#x27;s soul sucking.<p>The problem with decriminalizing&#x2F;legalizing recreational drugs is its interpreted as officials of the state validating drugs as a coping skill.<p>In almost all cases, getting high is maladaptive coping style.<p>My anecdote from being raised by substance abusers: Makes you think you&#x27;re smart, maybe even makes you look competent to other people. Until you don&#x27;t have the drug anymore, in which case you&#x27;re left with an anxious person who can&#x27;t cope with difficult circumstances.<p>It&#x27;s excruciating to have to endure loved ones who become dependent on substances. It saps the energy out of you to deal with. Their brain is rewired to get high - at the expense of their social connections, family, reputation, and so on.<p>Suffering and enduring a drug abuser is a silent pain. The incentive for users to get high and for rehab clinics to make money show why the conversation is so lopsided.