[Brett89]

After the Morbid Angel gig at tuesday me and my friend just started talking about the band.... and he said that they (Morbid Angel) use drugs...

Man it sucks!

Why the fxxk people use that shit, they aren't happy and drugs (or alcohol) are the only anwser or why? They just got the money for it so its a normal thing that they use it? Some people say that dope is not soo bad the other hard drugs... its stupid... its the same...

I asked some people on the Morbid Angel and they said that the drummer uses amphetamines to keep up with the speed, and one of the guitarist use/used LSD... and its normal that they smoke dope . . .

What do you think about drugs, and why "rich" musicians use it?

[Donnie]

I would imagine that more people than you think use drugs. Personally, I don't. Well, other than drinking. And I don't know many people that do. There are the pot smokers but I don't really consider that a "drug".
However, If I could afford to, I probably would. I need an escape from reallity before I put a gun to my head and end it all.

[Brett89]

Originally Posted by Donnie

I would imagine that more people than you think use drugs.

But why? There was a time in my life when I was very depressed but I never thinked about to run away from them, I thinked about that how can I solve the problem...

[Metal Ken]

Do you even know if he's got an accurate source? I know Pete drinks a lot, but.. lots of people do.

[Metal Ken]

Originally Posted by Brett89

But why? There was a time in my life when I was very depressed but I never thinked about to run away from them, I thinked about that how can I solve the problem...

Sometimes people just do it for the hell of it.

[Brett89]

I don't know... maybe I'm wrong but I can never agree with this things... ye man of my friends drink a lot and I dont like it... not because that "Ohh drunk people are stupid" . . .because its not healthy and it's just make things worster...

(Sorry if my english is not correct )

[Metal Ken]

Well, in drinking its just in moderation, and its all good. Overdoing anything is bad.

[Brett89]

Well yes... drink a littel it's not bad thing... but drink until you get drunk is stupid, and using drugs too.... those people are weak in soul...

[The Dark Wolf]

There are many, many, many factors as to why people drink and use/abuse drugs (there's a difference there). Some genetic, some psychological, some environmental. Saying that they're "weak in soul" is a cop out. Much more going on there, not to mention the whole pathology of addiction in general.

There are a few different schools of thoughts on drugs, too. In the 60's, many people veiwed drugs as a way to open their minds to new ideas. Plus, "drugs" is a pretty generic term to describe something that's incredibly varied. Cigarettes are pretty benign, except for the health hazards, but highly addictive. Marijuana is somewhat psychotropic, but again, pretty benign. Somewhat addicting, depending on the person. Alchohol is also somewhat addicting, but far from benign, when abused. However, many people are very responsible drinkers. LSD - not very addictive compared to smokes or heroin. But what a different high. Pills - eh, they run the gamut. Some weak and mild, almost harmless, some wicked. Heroin, coke, crack, meth... these drugs are alot harder, esepcially the opiates like heroin, and medical derivatives like morphine and oxyconton, and very, very addictive. Plus, they can cause hell on earth.

There's a lot to "drugs", and blanket statements don't really do the issue justice. Just consider our drug policy here in the US, and what a terrific success that is.

Personally, I do not do drugs period. And I drink only in moderation, barring the annual bender.

[nitelightboy]

Dude, back in the day, I was a major druggie. As long as it didn't involve a needle, I probably abused it somewhat regularly. Why? It started out that my buddies were smoking pot and I was kind of down about things in my life. So I smoked once or twice a week with them. Then I started smoking more and being introduced to new things. For the most part, I did drugs because they made me feel better than I could make myself feel.

Once I kicked that crap, I started to drink more. Not to the point where I was an alcoholic, but probably pretty damn close. I'm sure I made Drew look straightedge But even that settled down when I realized that I had problems in my life that it couldn't fix.

WHy do these bands do drugs? One, they're away from their homes and loved ones for extended periods, riding around on a bus or in vans all day, and various other stressful triggers. For the most part, bands just smoke a little pot and it really doesn't go much farther than that. At least not nowadays.