It is crazy that when you're young and not involved in drugs, they seem almost exotic. You have this naive notion that they are scarce and that only the poorest class (homeless etc) and the wealthiest (businessmen) really partake in them. At least that was the narrative I was fed as a youth.
I honestly believed it was only the lowlife scum who indulged in heroin, the rebellious teens who became stoners, and the richest Wall Street types/Mexican drug cartel types who abused cocaine.
Then I grew up and began to dabble. Before long I learned what it meant to be a functioning addict, and I began to recognise others I knew in the same position. Relatively quickly I learned how rife drug abuse is amongst all walks of life and societal classes.
Even people you wouldn't ever have imagined having a penchant for drugs would suddenly reveal their dark attraction for ketamine or amphetamines, or whatever other drug of choice they have. It's strange how when people know you have done/do drugs, they feel completely at ease to confess their sins to you for validation.
I think these people provide confirmation bias for abusers to legitimise their addiction and convince themselves it isn't a problem - because after all, if everyone is doing it, it can't be that bad right?
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