> Drug use is illegal and is taboo. Many people who take drugs are not going to talk to you about it.
Indeed. As has been well known in the addiction literature for a long time now, the overwhelming majority of addicts just sort of... get over it. The addicts that show up more prominently are a very selected subgroup. To give an example that will doubtless be familiar to many HN commenters personally, modafinil is used more widespreadly than it is acknowledged; in the survey I'm running now, most respondents just use it practically with no drama or mess.
Indeed. As has been well known in the addiction literature for a long time now, the overwhelming majority of addicts just sort of... get over it. The addicts that show up more prominently are a very selected subgroup. To give an example that will doubtless be familiar to many HN commenters personally, modafinil is used more widespreadly than it is acknowledged; in the survey I'm running now, most respondents just use it practically with no drama or mess.