Ep. 96: Why do people do drugs? Is Brave New World right?

The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses, what is the purpose of drug use? By drugs we mean so-called recreational drugs and alcohol. Debates on what drugs are medicinal and what are recreational are quite fraught, but regardless, why do people use them? Do people use them to escape a bad reality? Do they use them for fun? Are the drug and alcohol prohibitionists right in that it ruins lives? Is Brave New World right about the usage of drugs as a way to maintain control over a population? What are the Marxists views on drugs? Why do some communist regimes like North Korea and Cuba have relatively strict drug laws? Did the Deep State create the drug culture in the west? What is Christianity's relationship to drug use? What in principle is the difference between riding a roller coaster and taking drugs? Why are certain drugs illegal while other drugs legal?