@Silence:
Add the numbers of legal drug abuse to your tally.
Not getting an STD is as simple as having sex with someone who doesn't have STDs. For many illegal drugs, there is no equivalent – you get lucky, or you don't. And there's a pretty big difference between safe sex and safe illegal drug use. They both have risks, but the risks are very different.
The chances of someone you talk to randomly deciding to kill you are pretty goddamn low. The vast majority of people don't die when giving birth. Nor do they die playing football. These examples are pretty weak.
@SSM:
It's up to the person to evaluate whether the experince is worth the risk, like there is with any activity
@SSM:
I wasn't comparing the depths of either activity or the mangnitude of risks, just comparing that they both have risks.
Hence the two inclusions of the sports and socializing examples. I included them so the tiraid of "SEX N DRUGS AINT THE SAME!" wouldn't happen.
@Silence:
Some seem pretty intent on convincing people that they're being close-minded by not trying drugs. Well, let's talk about risks then: the risks of me going to jail for having sex are pretty low, the risks of me going to jail for substance abuse are high. The risks of me losing control and hurting someone else or myself during sex are low, the risks of losing control and hurting someone else or myself while doing illegal drugs are unarguably higher. The risks of me getting hurt by someone over the matter of sex are low, but drug-related violence is a very serious affair where I live. The derived risks of consensual sex aren't high for me, because anyone I have sex with I know or go to get tested with, or use contraceptives. The derived risks of illegal drugs are just flat out higher – physical, mental, emotional. I'm in control of myself when I have sex.
@SSM:
It's up to the person to evaluate whether the experience is worth the risk, like there is with any activity.
@Silence:
My friends and my uncles and aunts, who I've seen under the influence of anything ranging from weed to alcohol to cocaine to LSD? They aren't in control of themselves. That's part of the problem of substance use. It can easily turn into abuse. There's no "danger" of me becoming so addicted to sex I'll do anything just for one more lay. I'm not gonna get lung cancer or have heart problems from sex. Me having sex with my girlfriend doesn't run the risk of tearing apart our families because one of us becomes so lethargic we can't be motivated to do anything but smoke weed to not be lethargic.
Probably the only new text I'll add to this post but honestly aside from the heart problems and lung cancer the existince of rapists kinda weakens this paragraph. Sex can turn into abuse, sex can tear families apart (drama lol), and sex can lead to someone not being in complete control of themselves. I know examples of all three.
Besides the point though, I'm just saying.
@Silence:
You're kinda jumping down people's throats for not being willing to make the choices you have. Perhaps it's a matter of open-mindedness, but I've weighed the risk and supposed reward and I flatly don't think the reward is at all worth it. And I don't need to "experience it" to make an informed decision. I've seen enough people fucked up horribly by what drugs they've done - I don't need to "feel what they felt" to understand why it's not a good idea. Do you need to jump from three stories up and break your leg to know that jumping from three stories isn't a good idea? No, of course not.
Well for one, congradu-fucking-lations! You weighed the risks and decided it wasn't worth the experience. (That seemed vaguely familar)
@Silence:
Now talk to me about factual sense. Because I'm with Mog. Drugs are shameless self-indulgences with little to no practical benefits whatsoever.
And so is recreational sex, but I digress.