It&#x27;s not just about dealing with stress.  Some drugs offer transcendence, others escape, some enhanced creativity, or the potential to learn more about yourself or the world around you, or a greater bonding with people you love, or greater tolerance, understanding, and empathy, yet others are self-destructive.<p>A lot depends on who the user is, what assumptions, pre-conceptions, and goals they have, how and where they use the drug, and which drug it is.<p>Sure, some may use a drug for stress relief or to party, but others use them to expand their mind.<p>Unfortunately, escapist, ignorant, and self-destructive uses are all too common in modern societies.  It doesn&#x27;t have to be that way.