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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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After a certain age, it absolutely should. The false equivalence is shown by the applicable ages.
So if a 13 year old girl, say, gets pregnant, it's easy to see how carrying the baby to term and being a teen mom will drastically affect her future, so if she says she does not wish to be pregnant and a mother, it's fine for her to request an abortion, ethically, because her life is up to her to decide.
The thing about drugs is, they are a strictly elective (whereas the 13 year old could have been forced to have sex) pastime. And the mind is still developing until around age 25.
As an advocate for "my body, my choice," I am pro-choice (while having pro-life morality to an extent). I am also pro-legalisation of drugs, or at least decriminialisation. I also support medically assisted end-of-life measures when a person has something that cannot be cured or a condition that will never improve. I believe they have the right to make that call.
So yes, it should apply to drug use, too — at a certain age.