Generation ...Gap

[John]

Lela, re

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> > I've never done drugs of any kind (not even tobacco) so I can't
relate 
> > on a "personal level"
>
>   I take it you guys are talking about illegal drugs (consumption of
which 
>   makes one a criminal, BTW)? 

Oddly in the UK consumption is not - afaik - a specific offence, but
possession is. How one would look at consumption as not being possession
I don't know :-)

I would suppose in a purist sense that consumption is a criminal offence
as it is part of an illegal transaction, ie the importation of or sale
or possession of prohibited substances.

> > It's very rare that one has never taken  aspirin, for example, or 
> > antibiotics, etc.  Coffee and tea contain a legal drug, as well.

Hmm, pharmaceuticals of course have inc,uded drugs now considered
illegal eg LSD, Morphine, cocaine and cannabis, but I don't think in the
context of the topic we were including pharmaceuticals, Lela!!

As for caffeine, in the UK again afaik it's considered a natural
substance and thus not a drug at all.

I believe the latest natural substance to be reclassified as an illegal
drug is magic mushrooms in the UK.

John