As a Police Officer I deal with drug addicts on a daily basis. I also see the families of the drug users.
Drug addiction is a disease that affects the entire family.
I have heard that the use of drugs will enhance your playing ability, but I believe that the long term consequences of choosing such a stupid method will eventually catch up to someone. There is a player who came through El Paso not too long ago who should be the poster child of this topic. Twelve years ago this guy was sitting on top of the world. Today, he just shuffles himself from town to town trying to scrape up enough money to get from place to place. A few nights ago I was dispatched to a room at a Motel 6 where a young man in his mid-twenties had suffered a seizure.