Alright, for the sake of listing, here goes all the intoxicating substances I've taken recreationally:
Alcohol
Tobacco
Weed
Ecstasy
Speed
Mushrooms
Cocaine
2CB
Ketamine
Laughing gas
Amyl Nitrate
Valium
I think that's everything. Not surprisingly, most of the experimentation occurred during my 4 years at university, though I was drinking, smoking weed and occasionally taking pills by the time I got there.
More recently, I don't take much (though still drink a shitload), but mainly because I travel around so much I don't know any dealers any more, plus I'm liable for drugs testing at work, though with 5 weeks off at a time that only really affects my ability to smoke weed.
My job, by the way, is a geophysicist involved in offshore oil exploration. Been doing it over 2 years now; salary, including bonus and expenses is around £50,000 a year, tax free due to loopholes in the UK tax system.
During all of this, with the possible exception of alcohol, I stand by Bill Hicks statement:
"I had a great time doing drugs. Sorry. Never murdered anyone, never robbed anyone, never raped anyone, never beat anyone, never lost a job, a car, a house, a wife or kids, laughed my ass off, and went about my day"
Any possible harm from the drugs occurred to myself. I'm 6'1" and 176lbs and my most recent medical had me in a perfect bill of health
Why do I tell you all this? To show it's perfectly possible to get fucked up different substances without somehow or other ruining your life. That said, I have no desire to try crack or heroin, as very little good seems to come of using them.
Now, if you don't want to try chemically altering yourself, fine. Just please don't assert that those who do are automatically an idiot that will come to no good. Frankly, I think smoking weed actually made me a better person. Oh, and getting drunk isn't fundamentally different from taking anything else, in my opinion