text: serious question about why people do this......? i am 57 years old, and i don't remember smoking grass, or doing drugs were so out in the open.  so, why do people smoke grass, and do drugs?  why can't they just enjoy life, and make the best of life?  i am truly serious i don't understand why people do drugs. i am 53 and i went through the drug scene growing up and to be honest with you i enjoy being sober.  life is so grand that you don't need the artificial highs to enjoy it.  i get high when i see my children and my grandchildren.  i catch a buzz when i read my bible and go to church.  i get happy when i am just with my wife watching television or talking to one another.  there is life after drugs and alcohol.  i regret the times that i have missed by being high, i will never get those years back, but i do not dwell on it and just go forward.