Grey Hair/No Hair Dopers

There's no surprise here. The booze is a huge negative. This is like many things. Those who abuse drugs die earlier. Those who are not abusers and choose to use other things than pot get along just fine as well.

Personally I'm not one of the 9% below but---- would I take a couple pharmaceutical grade white crosses from yesteryear to stay awake later then when it just gets dark out to peer into the heavens for a few hours hoping to see the unusual? In a heart beat. What about some of that very mild make you laugh till your belly hurt chocolate mescaline floating around about the same time. You betcha! Somebody come around and lay a line of primo toot in front of Fly - well probably yes. Will I pay for any? Of course not. Do I have a problem? Only with those dumb asses who think I do. Am I or any others a bad person because of that personal choice we might make? Only in the mind of badges and stoopids who refuse to accept reality. Don't even try to bring up any law breaker shit. 

According to statistics from the most recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health, about 7 percent of Americans ages 35 to 49 and more than 9 percent of those ages 50 to 59 reported use of a drug other than marijuana sometime in the past year. -------people who occasionally use drugs like cocaine, amphetamines and opiates over the course of their lives are more common than anyone might suspect - some perfectly functional middle-agers still turn to the drugs of their youth.