Drugs are for Everyone

I'm going to come at this from a cognitive behavioural perspective.Anything that makes the organisms fell good will be attractive to the organism. Anything that makes them feel bad will be aversive.We chase drugs (and all kinds of positive experience) because it makes us feel good.I don't think that it is a case of absolute dissatisfaction with life that makes us chase drugs but it does help. If we are aware of an avenue of positive experience we will exploit it because our nervous system is geared to avoid aversive stimulous.After all, we eat because we are hungry and being really hungry is not pleasent and begins to dominate our thoughts (just like the guy jonesing for that next hit, or smoke or drink).As to evolving away from a need to press buttons, we would need an nervous system totally different from the one we have and said nervous system would not evolve because avoidance or aversive stimulous is what keeps us alive.

I have a fag or two every month or so and sometimes they can really hit the spot; tasting very smooth and gentle but but other times (like when I'm sober) they are metallic and harsh and I don't finish them.It varies.