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am_Unition  ·  3513 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: April 8, 2015

    I'd love to hear the arguments, for and against.

That's just the thing, it's totally dependent on situation. The heroin addict who shoots up and says "better living through chemistry" isn't making the same argument as someone about to go under anesthetics for life-saving surgery.

It's much more fun to play in the morally grey areas: 'roids, psychedelic drugs, the social appeal of a few drinks... those things spring to mind. Every now and then, you'll come across a newspiece that trailblazes new moral questions in the area of "chemically-assisted living". I wish I had a bigger mental RAM so that I could remember specific examples. Don't you? Well NOW YOU CAN!! FOR THE PRICE OF JUST $29.95 PER MONTH, WE GIVE YOU AN-..."