Originally Posted by Jonesy

The weird thing about drugs is what they're really for. They teach us things and we can use them constructively. The main problem is we haven't figured out how to use them properly. For example, if you shoot heroin and just sit around enjoying it, you're not doing it right. If you shoot heroin and play basketball, it is possible you will get significantly better at playing basketball during a single heroin/basketball session. This is because heroin is highly addictive. The addiction is essentially something you've grown in your brain. It would be like if shooting heroin into a plant caused the plant to grow significantly faster than it normally would. The only hitch might be... the plant will wither as quickly as it grew.

If used right, heroin could allow you to make significant progress in a field very quickly, but the progress will only last for a short period of time. Of course, this is hypothetical. I have not tested this theory in any way. But, the point remains - we simply do not understand drugs. One day, the anti-drug people will be some of the most reviled people in history.

Pleasure is not a goal. It is a guide.