i was on both sides of the fence, so i can see where people are coming from.
though, now, ill say that the ardent anti-drug people are naive.
in my childhood, i never mixed with the crowd that dabbled in drugs... plus, the anti-drug brainwashing thats out there is pretty overwhelming.
for a while, in college, i turned down offers because i was under my own delusion that being completely drug-free was something noble or to be proud of... it was a personal pedestal to stand upon and a mental hurdle. the question then was "why should i do drugs?"....and then i wisened up.
there can be people who use recreational drugs responsibly... people who are all-around intelligent and well-respected.
if you simply choose not to do drugs, thats fine. but if you uphold some bigoted idea drugs are stupid and users are dumb junkies.. ill maintain that you are narrow-minded. personally, i'd never touch heroin, and i hate stoners as much as the next person, but to make sweeping generalization that all drug users are useless would be incredibly naive