I say youth because young people aged 16 to 24 are the main users of these mind-altering substances. |
One consequence of this is that taking mind-altering drugs with a high risk of rationality-reducing side effects is of dubious rationality. |
And I grant you, smoking is a very efficient way to get mind-altering drugs such as nicotine, marijuana, cocaine, or heroin into the bloodstream and hence to the brain. |
You have remarked that mind-altering drugs offer only a hint of the transcendental experience that many people seek by using them. |
Perhaps, except for older Australians, the term wowser is nearly obsolete, as the state fights to keep other addictive mind-altering drugs illegal and difficult to obtain. |
As if being bored to death wasn't enough, Cassandra now had to withstand emotional torture, complete with mind-altering drugs. |