Why would Christ turn water into wine if drinking it (responsibly, and under His supervision no less) was such a malign act? Why would He advocate something like that?
THC, specifically the herb called hemp, is not a drug in the colloquial definition of the word. Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol is a chemical compound in the hemp bud that, when subjected to temperatures above 770K, is activated, creating affects such as increase in metabolism, increase in serotonin levels, pain relief, increase in melatonin, and other affects. How wide is the tooth of the comb that we are using to define mind-altering? Sunlight increases serotonin levels, which is a mind alteration. Is sunlight a drug? Of course wine alters the mind at the very basic level, and you have established that it is a drug. Yet, there is wine drug use throughout the bible (even in responsible ways.) Chocolate eaters that really enjoy the taste have their minds altered, specifically in the subcallosal region, caudomedial orbitofrontal cortex, insula/operculum, striatum and midbrain. Coffee drinkers have their mind altered, as caffeine compounds are similar in size and structure to the adenosine compounds, blocking the "lock and key" mechanism in the part of the brain for sleep. There is a difference between drugs that have been methodically concocted in order to alter the mind for a given purpose, and "drugs" that exist in nature. Pharmaceuticals are drugs concocted to alter the mind. Caffeine, cocoa, sunlight, grape fermentation, and hemp are naturally occurring. You can, from these naturally occurring objects concoct stronger substances to provide stronger alteration of the mind; this is the divination and witchcraft. Even consuming the objects in excess is a form of witchcraft, or drunkenness. But, pharmaceuticals are drugs. Pharmacy/Pharmakeia/Witchcraft. They even made it easy for you, and kept the Greek name for their product.
There is a drug war because there is a lot of money to be made in it. Guns are built to fight the drug war, which means someone has to buy guns. Drugs are manufactured to perpetuate the drug war, which means money is to be made on illegal drug trade. The illegality of these drugs allows for more violent crimes to obtain drugs to trade, which means more money goes to organizations to "fight" the drug traffic. It is political, not medicinal. Like I said before, if it was for the benefit of the public, then cigarettes would be illegal. If all drugs were legal, there would be no incentive to have drug wars, as the drugs would be readily available to anyone. Of course, I do not advocate drug use such as cocaine, heroine, PCP, ecstasy, etc., but I do believe the reason so much blood is being shed is because of the politics of making drugs illegal. Anytime something is illegal, people find clandestine ways to get the service/product anyway. These ways are most always accompanied by violence. It is about politics.
I don't think that it is the purpose of this forum to justify using illegal drugs. I have gotten into discussions with drug users before and there is no reasoning with them. It is like talking to a parrot who has been taught to mimic speech. I just don't do it.
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