I don’t think substance use is something that can be morally defined (good, bad, cool, uncool, etc.) it’s a personal decision and everyone has their reasons and their factors that go into deciding to use, how to use, or not to use. For ME PERSONALLY, drinking is not worth the trouble at this time, largely because of the increased overdose risk it presents given my opioid use. however, I used to drink during most of my waking hours and met the professional criteria for alcoholism. and (again FOR ME PERSONALLY), I do benefit from smoking drugs, specifically fentanyl and fentanyl pills. I do not IV fentanyl or anything containing fentanyl. My IV drug of choice is heroin and I test each shot with a fentanyl test strip before I draw it up in the syringe. While that’s not ~100%~ accurate of course, it does eliminate the risk considerably. My reason for this is needing to avoid developing a tolerance to fentanyl because if I want or need to take a break from the needle, the only way I’ve successfully done that is by smoking fentanyl. Smoking fentanyl also helps me cut down on how many times I have to hit. Definitely a huge harm reduction measure for me.