Drugs are as old as humanity itself, and they certainly fulfill something of immense value. I am against drugs, but my being against drugs is for the same reason as for thousands of...
      
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                Naval Ravikant @naval
              
            
            
              
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                Sep 15, 2020
              
            
          
          
        
              There is a great Osho lecture titled “the attraction for drugs spiritual”. He talks about why do people do drugs (everything from alcohol to psychedelics to cannabis). They’re doing it to control their mental states. They’re doing it to control how they react. Some people drink because it helps them not care as much, or they are potheads because they can zone out or they do psychedelics to feel very present or connected to nature. The attraction of drugs is spiritual