Why are people so negitave towards drug use?!

Why are people so negitave towards drug use?

in no way am i saying go out and become a junkie.
but i feel there are TONS of misinformation about drugs that we have been tought since our youth. yes drugs can be bad, like most everything, too much of anything can be bad for you. but i notice some people ask about smoking pot, and the responces are insane! responces come back like your going to die! when its hardly anything close to that type of danger.
the drug use today in teens is rising and the ages of the users are becoming younger, but the information is getting worse! insted of craming kids with the misinformation available today we need to state the facts. drug abuse is a bad thing but drug use in moderation isnt going to cause any more of an ill effect then sitting in a tanning bed for 20 minutes.
so what are your thoughts od the anti drug programs and the information they provide to us today?

2 weeks ago
like the 1st post below...

2 weeks ago
i know of noone that has died from smoking pot, or anyone who has died from trying a drug once. if they did die its most likely from improper use and information. my spelling sucks i know and im ok with that, as for drugs being illegal, tell me you never broke the law?

I agree, they make it seem like it's the worst thing on earth. Certain people can handle drugs, others can't. I think misinformation in a way causes people to be more reckless with drugs because they try out pot and see that it's not that bad, then they realize that all they were taught was mostly BS, then they go out and do every drug out there.

It also has a lot to do with it being illegal which is dumb. If alchocol and ciggarettes are legal, all drugs should be legal. (with the exception of meth) That way they could teach about them just as they do with alcohol that it is ok if done responsibily and in moderation. They can give out unbiased information, but they wont because it implies that it's ok to break the law.