<p>I have friends who do drinking/drugs but do not know anyong who smokes cigarettes. I do judge and am very vocal about it but am still friends with people who do these things (probably 98% of my grade participates in this stuff regularly). However, some of the smartest people in my class are known “druggies” and our valedictorian was recently caught drunk at school.</p>
<p>I judge for pretty much everything except weed. Weed being illegal is insane. Makes no sense. But, drinking in high school, smoking cigs, other drugs I definitely judge for.</p>
<p>Yes, but I don’t care much. It’s their life to screw up - I just don’t want to foot the bill for their stupidity someday.</p>
<p>yah, I’d have to say that I judge kids who drink/smoke/do drugs, to a certain extent. I just think it is a reallllly bad choice, and most of the kids who I’ve met that party and drink are followers and just do that kind of stuff to try to be cool and fit in. but, for the most part, as long as their a nice person and dont go around school drunk or high, im cool with it.</p>
<p>I do judge a little - even for things like smoking pot. I know that the majority of people do it, but do to how I was raised, I can’t help but judge a little. However, it doesn’t interfere with my relationship with that person, as long as they aren’t into “serious” things.</p>
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Sorry, but all drugs should NOT be legal. Have you ever seen meth users? They’re literally rotting corpses - no teeth, sores, etc etc. It’s disgusting and they are absolutely 100% addicted. The government SHOULD protect people from dangerous substances - which is exactly what meth and heroin and whatnot are. </p>
<p>Pot could be legal, sure. But dangerous drugs, especially ones which can make people more violent or become so dependent that they would kill for it (come on, how many drug related shootings have you heard of?) should be banned for public safety. I’ve sat on a bus next to meth users; if the drugs weren’t illegal and anyone could get them with ease, a lot more would be addicted to them, and people would ruin their lives. As I said, the government doesn’t ban these drugs because they feel like it, they ban them to protect people from them, so that you can’t get them easily. Most people “grow out” of pot once they graduate college. You never grow out of heroin or meth. You’re addicted forever.</p>
<p>Honestly yes, I do. However, I know the situation is often more complex than I perceive it and I am acquainted with stoners who have great hearts.</p>
<p>Hell, I judge people for drinking soda.</p>
<p>I don’t judge if it’s done in moderation.</p>
<p>When you act like it makes you cool or it starts to harm other people (e.g. drinking and driving), then you’re just a dumbass.</p>
<p>^ I’m with you on the second one. But yeah, I don’t judge. I could care less about smoking and drinking but if you do drugs then just don’t pressure me to take them and we’re cool.</p>
<p>drinking is fine (in moderation), but why do people at my school honestly think that they’re so bada** when theres pics of them on facebook passed out in their own drunk-sick? </p>
<p>Cigarettes should be illegal, maybe mj legalized. </p>
<p>Drugs, no way. My mom knew a guy that got shot by a crackhead. The crackhead was stoned and just knocked on the door and shot they guy and took his money. Hard drugs addict people and often make them violent and harmful to society. It’s not just THEIR lives that theyre screwing up.</p>
<p>so yeah, i judge drunkards, smokers, and druggies.</p>
<p>i judge addicts.
i find harming yourself extreme stupidity and to me extreme stupidity is intolerable.
alcohol is alright as long as you don’t get crazy drunk every time, just for the hell of it. if you can’t control yourself using those substances, then you have no right to use them.
i also find people who just can’t stop themselves from talking excessively about their substance abuse habits judgable. i don’t think they realize that most people really don’t care how drunk or wasted they got the night before.</p>
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<p>I really disagree with this. I understand that drug related shootings do happen because of addicted users, but I’d wager that a significantly higher amount of drug related crimes are a result of illegality. Where there’s demand, gangs are going to provide the drugs, and conflicts over supply and geographic areas and whatnot are going to spur more violence. Do you really think that the Mexican border would be nearly as violent if drug cartels were driven out of business?</p>
<p>I also take issue with your very last statement. “You’re addicted forever.” People are going to do drugs, legal or not. We should focus on prevention, obviously, but by keeping drugs illegal (or at least criminalized) we marginalize users and brush the problem of addiction aside. In Canada we have one safe injection site for heroin users in Vancouver, and the area has cleaned up significantly (still not that great) and a significantly higher number of users in the area are getting help as a result. </p>
<p>Portugal decriminalized all drugs in 2001 and it’s been a huge success. [url=<a href=“http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1893946,00.html]link[/url”>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1893946,00.html]link[/url</a>]</p>
<p>Drugs can do terrible things to people, but I don’t think that it’s my place to pass judgment or to restrict them from that choice. When there’s a social harm as a result of their decision, making it illegal doesn’t make that harm disappear and potentially exacerbates the issue. As morally repulsive as drug use might seem, how can Americans justify the difference in punishments observed between crack and cocaine users? How devastating have those differences been in some lower income minority neighborhoods and what are the ultimate repercussions there?</p>
<p>I think the real question should be how we address the social harm that drugs and addiction cause if we just throw people in prison, and then, how do we address the social harm as a result of incarceration?</p>
<p>Yes. They are too maliable.</p>
<p>I couldn’t care less what people do unless they’re really bad. Like this:</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - Very scary 15 year old](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9kpkWqav60]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9kpkWqav60)</p>
<p>It depends. I don’t have a problem with drinking until that’s all they do for fun. I think it’s pathetic when someone needs to be drunk to have a good time. I judge people more for smoking, since I don’t and think it’s a terrible idea.</p>
<p>Nah, I’ve got good friends who do all of the above. I’m rarely around them when they get drunk and I never hang around the guys who smoke pot outside school, but they smoke a lot of cigars when I’m around and I don’t mind (They smoke a lot of nice flavors so I don’t mind the smell). I don’t know what they’re like when they’re drunk (The most I’ve seen them is a little buzzed) so I can’t really judge them there.</p>
<p>People who drink - don’t mind it at all. My circle of friends doesn’t exactly have the wildest parties, so I very rarely drink myself (drinking alone is just sad).</p>
<p>People who smoke - stupid. This is true of everyone who smokes at my school, no exaggeration.</p>
<p>People who smoke pot - funny to talk to when they come to school high. Might try it in college.</p>
<p>At my school, its more of a “school-wide activity” in which pretty much everyone joins. I only jugde those who overuse (abuse) it. Like, the mega-bops and the 24h-stoners. But, there are 24h-stoners who have 4.5 GPA so i cant really say anything about that. As long as they get good grades its ok.</p>
<p>The problem at my school is that people drink for the specific purpose of getting drunk, and that is seen as the only way to have a good time.</p>