The Recreational Use of Drugs

"Junk yields a basic formula of "evil" virus: “The Algebra of Need”. The face of "evil" is always the face of total need. A dope fiend is a man in total need of dope. Beyond a certain frequency need knows absolutely no limit or control. In the words of total need: "wouldn’t you?" Yes you would. You would lie, cheat, steal, and do “anything” to satisfy total need. Because you would be in a state of total sickness, total possession, and not in a position to act in any other way. Dope fiends are people who cannot act other than they do, “a dog cannot choose but bite." There is a large variety of recreational drugs available today and it is evident that they do not all have only detrimental effects.

There are essentially two categories of drugs: mind expanding drugs and mind constricting drugs. It might also be useful to consider a category of drugs which are neither mind expanding or mind constricting, though, it would be difficult to find any recreational drugs which would fit in this category. The division of categories should be based on how the drug affects intellectual stimulation. The drugs in the mind-exp

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