Weed and alcohol add no benefit.
Neither does personal happiness from a financial perspective. Their benefit would be merely shaking up one's perspective, albeit you can and should do this in as many ways as possible, like reading and climbing mountains and trying new sports.
they are a means of escapism
Only for the weak, for the strong they are a form of amusement. Are you against people being amused, are you against humor? Are you against fox hunting or horse-racing?
False equivalency. Going out and embarking on the world is positive and leads to personal as well as spiritual development. There is nothing challenging or developmental about getting drunk until you make a slurring fool of yourself or ripping bong hits until you forget your name and binge on pizza while playing video games.
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Cognitive dissonance hitting you hard. Drugs are largely self-sabotage. Everyone will do what they will do, though.