Dangerous Drugs Decriminalization/Legalization

Rates for people with substance abuse would be 2-6%.

With drug education, including information regarding risk of mania and/or psychosis and to reinforce that substance use is not "getting high" or "having fun" but "entering a probably manic and/or psychotic state of mind through the use of intoxicating drugs", potential users have the choice between entering a potentially harmful state of mind or not.

This also includes recreational use of pharmaceutical drugs which may induce hypomania e.g. benzodiazepines, anti-depressants, and neuroleptics.

However, emphasis must be made on increased drug education to replace the deceptive use of euphemisms for substance use i.e. "getting high", "having fun" and street slang for substance use with the correct terms i.e. "substance use which causes transient states of mind which may induce behavior consistent with hypomania, mania and/or psychosis".

It is drugs laws that make recreational substance use harmful and such drugs dangerous.

This article promotes substance use with informed consent within the context of safe set and setting. It does not promote the current circumstances as criminalized by current local and State laws.