I’d like to compare the reasons given
for the illegality and/or immorality of drugs with homosexuality.
Health - Drugs aren’t good for you. But really, with the STDs around, neither is sex, or even kissing for that matter. If it wasn’t for drugs feeling good, nobody would take the risk. The same applies for sex, only both the rewards and the risks are less intense.
Cost to society - Drugs make you do immoral things, and is to the detriment of society. Homosexuality can lead to crimes, sometimes (just as drug users don’t HAVE to commit a crime), such as sexual assault (and, it is often considered that homosexuality leads to pedophilia, but I doubt that is true). Probably no more than heterosexuality, however. I guess the impact on families due to homosexuality would be significant, given the social attitude (regardless of the cause of that attitude) towards it. Although, this particular argument probably argues that prejudice against homosexuality is immoral.
There would be more of it - If drugs were considered ok, there would be more of them. Likewise, if homosexuality was ok, there would be more of it. But, this is a useless argument for anything, because it assumes the point it is trying to argue, that that thing is bad and more of it is undesirable.
It's unnatural - interfering with ones consciousness is unnatural. Likewise, interfering with heterosexuality is unnatural. But of course, the premise isn't true, because neither interfering with one's consciousness nor homosexuality are unnatural.
There, that should give everyone some thinking material. Looks like there is nothing wrong with drugs either!
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