Personally, I agree with the progressive ideas of drug rooms. Outright banning of anything does nothing, because there will always be a market, and if governments want to do something about a national issue, they need to control that market in the most effective way possible. Drug rooms basically limit usage to specific rooms throughout a country (probably easier done in the UK than in the US), and in places where everyone there actually wants to do it.
I think all smoking should be illegal in public places, including the streets. As a social smoker, I say this on principle. Smoking in your own home, fair enough (as long as you don't have kids around for which you should be responsible). Marijuana should follow the same principle.
As per E, that's a difficult one. The times I've enjoyed it most are when I've been at raves, and while I can trust myself to be sensible with it, I can't really trust others to be. I have met many people who I can trust absolutely - they are normally of the mindset similar to mine. But some people just by pills willy-nilly, having no idea what's in them, then taking them. And then things start to fuck up, especially if people around you are so fucked themselves they can't hear you going "water", and then you dehydrate.
Oh that's cool did you go to Goa or was it just like a Goa-themed party?
We also wouldn't function properly and would inevitably die out. When have you wanted to plough fields when on any drug? When have you wanted to make a decent, filling meal for yourself and those under your care? When have you wanted to exercise?
Arguably they're different genres. Hardstep, techstep, darkstep, trancestep, clownstep, neurofunk, liquid funk, IDB, drill n' bass, darkcore, breakcore... - it's all drum and bass, yes, but then Venetian Snares is breakcore, while Danny Byrd is more aptly neurofunk, and Evol Intent is a mix of pretty much everything badass.
In my eyes it's all bullshit and I prefer to steer clear of genres altogether and just enjoy good music. I actively delete pre-existing genres when organising my iTunes. People say "oooh, Chase & Status/Pendulum have gone all mainstream and shit THIS ISN'T EVEN DNB - WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OLD SKOOL SHIT!!!!????" (sometimes I've even heard them say "bring back jungle!!!!" or something ridiculous because they're living a decade and a half into the past) because they have a evolving, developed sound and sound fuck all like Ed Rush & Optical. The reason they do this is because they categorise all these artists in their head into different genres, and when they do something that sounds slightly different, they take major issue with it, because they don't know how to adapt.
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