I notice that none of your quotes from him discuss risk of addiction. I think that’s the most powerful argument on your side. If it were just a matter of trying e.g. Adderall or LSD once, that’s one thing, but as you said, that’s not always how it goes. Looking from the outside, it seems to me like nowadays many teenagers specifically become dependent on stimulants in a way that it would be better to avoid.
He isn’t wrong about alcohol and coffee, but assuming that you are a kind of “have a coffee in the morning, once in a while drink a beer” person, then to the extent that’s OK, it’s OK because you have incorporated those habits into your life in a way that is sustainable and doesn’t cause obvious problems. I would be nervous about introducing them to my kid, because you don’t know that’s how it’s going to come out ahead of time. The same goes for other psychoactive drugs.
I notice that none of your quotes from him discuss risk of addiction. I think that’s the most powerful argument on your side. If it were just a matter of trying e.g. Adderall or LSD once, that’s one thing, but as you said, that’s not always how it goes. Looking from the outside, it seems to me like nowadays many teenagers specifically become dependent on stimulants in a way that it would be better to avoid.
He isn’t wrong about alcohol and coffee, but assuming that you are a kind of “have a coffee in the morning, once in a while drink a beer” person, then to the extent that’s OK, it’s OK because you have incorporated those habits into your life in a way that is sustainable and doesn’t cause obvious problems. I would be nervous about introducing them to my kid, because you don’t know that’s how it’s going to come out ahead of time. The same goes for other psychoactive drugs.