Have you ever heard the phrase “Say YES to sports, and No to drugs”?

Of course, everybody knows that.. at least in the world of sports.

A big realization came to me while exploring the world of plant medicine, from Ayurveda to psychedelics to physical strength for the body & mind.

As a kid, I remember seeing a sign on the tennis courts where I would practice 5-6 times a week, a big banner that said: “Say YES to sports – NO to drugs” with a picture of a lit cigarette and a needle which represented the drugs obviously.

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As I grew older, that image was always with me. Today I’m 33 years old and can still remember it clearly. But what I came to realize is that no one ever explained to me what are these “drugs”? Why would people do them? I thought to myself “Why do you need to tell me not to do them? Why would I or anyone want to do them?”

As you can see, I had a few questions..

What I have come to understand today is that most people are uneducated around this topic, in a lot of ways.

As a teenager, I thought people did drugs because it was cool. Or at least that was the reason teenagers around me did them. Sometimes people want to show off to other folks around them, just to be liked or respected.