Originally posted by Nomad
Have to agree..the older generation just dont get it,i suspect most of them,especially if they came through the war and its immediate aftermath,have that ‘all drugs are bad’ thing.Back then you really had to be rich to indulge in any drugs.
ironically though a lot of drugs now used recreationally (like amphet) were handed out during the war to keep people awake and alert! – and also to give energy for post-war reconstruction efforts.
Prime ministers Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden (both conservatives) were heavy users of amphetamines
unfortunately society (in particular the medical profession) over-reacted to the negative effects of too much drug use; IMO this is as silly as banning hamburgers and pies because they may make you fat, or cars and bicycles because some people end up having traffic collisions!
but I was surprised to read that in the business world more younger (under 35 years old) managers would support drug testing than older people….. and I bet most younger managers grew up in the early rave days and may well have indulgeed themselve;s its almost as if some people “turn traitor” when they “get somewhere in life” and try 2 stop others having the fun they had previously 😡
I have however met people nearing their 60s who are not anti-drugs, including a manager at on employer who said he would actually go 2 a rave except that he was worried his old bones were not up for it
