I have never taken illegal drugs and I've never took anything I was prescribed for fun, but this is an issue very close to my heart and if I can convince one person out there not to get mixed in with this kind of stuff, I would feel a great sense of achievement.
At a young age I was prescribed Lorazepam, An anxiety medication and because I was so young I thought I was being a "good boy" by taking it twice a day.
First thing was not being able to talk, I'd crash into things a lot and fall over when I walked my dog, People would try and help me up but I'd start slurring and scare them off.
Next it was the hallucinations and because they seem so real it's also very scary, I'd see horses and pots and pans with wings, However it never really hit me how scary it was until I started hallucinating on bus and thought we kept crashing, I scared a lot of people and I still hallucinate to this day after not taking them for a long time, Sometimes it's scary white faces that hang around my bed, Sometimes I don't even know where I am or the room i'm sitting in.
Now if you take them long enough you'll get withdrawals, No, It's not as simple as feeling itchy when you stop taking it, I'm talking about spending time in hospital being hooked up to a machine that monitors your heart rhythm, You wont get much sleep either, they have to check on you every hour or so, Make you drink water, Check your pulse, that kinda thing.
So i'm asking you, Not because i'm an anti-drug lunatic but because I have experienced this first hand, Do not play around with Benzodiazepines, Even if you don't become psychically addicted, There's a chance you'll become mentally addicted because of the kind of escape they bring, Which leads to a psychical addiction, They are not a "fun" thing to have to take.