I am not against lifestyle drugs. They are a sensible option for those who cannot achieve pleasure through sexual experience. All our states of happiness, and all success in pursuing pleasure, ultimately are brain-chemically derived.

Drugs are valuable tools to induce states of happiness when we can’t have them sexually.

Even hard drugs, primarily those derived from opium, may be a sensible choice when we suffer from a terminal disease, or when, for whatever reason, we cannot expect to get back on track in life.

The most intelligent debate on whether lifestyle drugs should be legalized or not, has for years been conducted in Slate Magazine. Here links to two articles in the online edition

Tripping De-Light Fantastic http://www.slate.com/id/2082647/

Legalizing Drugs Makes Matters Worse
http://www.slate.com/id/88934/