@Weedkiller
I was never into harder drugs, but plain old alcohol can fuck your life. If weed had never been illegal the world would be better. I never liked drinking as much as smoking in my tweens and teens. I had a few older neighbors and relatives that got the good stuff and thought a 12yo getting high was a hoot. I never got in any law trouble but in high school a few of my friends got rolled up for long term vacations over the ganja. I picked a job where I had a steady salary and advancement was easy, but there were piss tests. No herb, but drinking is part of the culture, and prescriptions are preferred to convalescence as long as you don't feel it you can go back to work.
I had shoulder surgery and left the hospital with a 200 count scrip of the percocets with several refils. It took about 2-3 months to get hooked real good. And getting refils was a snap. But then a few years later they collectively decide "oh wow, maybe we need to be careful with that stuff" and shut off the tap. Now there's just alcohol - and the scrips whenever you can coax one out of the doc. There was the tobacco fix as well. Had to have that since it was also acceptable - for a time.
But with weed I would never have done any of the other stuff. Live and learn. At least I got to retire young, I am being paid to grow my weed and veggies, and I no longer need any of the acceptable vices.