I think that anyone should be able to do any of those things, as long as it doesn't affect anyone else.
I don't think smoking should be allowed in public places at all.

I don't smoke, I have hardly ever done drugs just a handful of times in my life. I do drink quite a lot though - but hey, I am English after all.

When you say public places, you mean outside aswell?!?

Well, I'm undecided about outside. I meant more like pubs and restaurants etc. I guess even outside if it's somewhere people will be for a noticeable period of time (such as at a concert or football match).

smoking just got outlawed in all public establishments around here...so about 50% are happy and the rest are bitching about it haha

I know that im definatly going to sound like a hypocrite in this post but anyway, I don't do drugs, never have mostly because theres a history of mental illness in my family and there has been cases were drugs like week and e have triggerd schizophrenia in people and in my family someone has died of schizophrenia so that one reason why I stay away from it, the other is just because I think it's stupid and theres no point.

I do drink but only drink for the enjoyment of the actual drink and prefer much stronger drinks like scotch or vodka whcih when i do have it which is quite often normal have fairly large amounts but never usually get drunk. But heres were I'll proberbly sound hypocritical, I really loathe the people who just go out to not drink just get smashed and drink anyhting to do it, which is pretty much most of the people at my school that I hang around with.

I smoke but I smoke cigars, but I'm talking about reall cigars, I smoke churchills which are cuban cigar but I really find people who smoke cigarettes discusting just because of the fact of what actually goes into it, and it barely has any real tobbaco in it whereas a cigar is almost 100% tobbaco. It's not the smell of cigarettes that bothers me it's the taste, they just taste so totally poor. Like 1979 I could never go out with a smoker.

Any way thats just what I think and I hope I didn't offend anyone with what I sad which I think I proberbly did.

And I hope that everything turns ok for you Starla

I guess one thing with me is that I was not surrounded by this stuff growing up. My parents don't smoke. I honestly can't stand smoking. Not that I hate people that smoke, since it's their choice, but I just don't like it. Same with drugs. Never done them, never will.

I'm 50/50 when it comes to drinking. I have drinks occasionally, so I'm not condemning people for drinking. But I think it's important to draw the line between socially drinking and drinking for the sake of getting piss drunk. I tend to pass on the latter.

good stuff, good stuff