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Re:Cancer Doctors Cite Risks of Drinking Alcohol by macspoofing on Thursday November 09, 2017 @06:15PM (#15666566)
>It's perfectly fine to tell my boss that I got too drunk on Friday but if I tell him that I took psychedelic mushrooms or my friend's ADHD meds I probably wouldn't be employed much longer.

So? I ask seriously - what are you arguing for exactly.

Re:Cancer Doctors Cite Risks of Drinking Alcohol by opportune on Thursday November 09, 2017 @06:18PM (#15666581)
We should gauge drugs based on how harmful they are, from a legislative and social standpoint. There's a lot of misinformation regarding the harmfulness of currently-illegal drugs, just as there is a sort of silence as to exactly how dangerous alcohol is.
Re:Cancer Doctors Cite Risks of Drinking Alcohol by Buttes on Thursday November 09, 2017 @06:31PM (#15666659)
Ya, for example, I've seen people react with surprise when they're told (withdrawal from) heavy drinking can cause life threatening seizures.
Re:Cancer Doctors Cite Risks of Drinking Alcohol by tree_of_item on Thursday November 09, 2017 @07:16PM (#15666923)
Perhaps they're arguing for the ability to share information about their psychedelic use without social sanctions.
Re:Cancer Doctors Cite Risks of Drinking Alcohol by macspoofing on Saturday November 11, 2017 @04:39AM (#15675639)
I'll restate your point: 'they're arguing for the ability to share information about their ILLEGAL drug use without social sanctions.'

That's the difference between alcohol and LSD.

Re:Cancer Doctors Cite Risks of Drinking Alcohol by tree_of_item on Saturday November 11, 2017 @09:00PM (#15679293)
Why is it illegal? Alcohol is vastly more dangerous than LSD. That's the real difference, so it's curious that the legality is the other way around.