&gt; All I&#x27;ve seen in drug users is wreckage and death.<p>Drug use is illegal and is taboo.  Many people who take drugs are not going to talk to you about it.<p>You won&#x27;t have seen a lot of drug use.  You&#x27;ll only have seen the worse end of drug use.<p>You have seen plenty of people who can have a few alcoholic drinks a week? That&#x27;s drug use that doesn&#x27;t end in wreckage and death, even though alcohol is very harmful and very addictive. (And physically addictive, not just psychologically addictive.)