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Dmt and Cocaine are both "drugs" but they are nothing the same. Aspirin is also a "drug." Alcohol is a drug though society pretends it is different from other drugs. Everything you eat or smoke alters your brain chemistry. You can get "high" by breathing hard or spinning in circles or eating too much sugar.

Abuse of drugs is usually a symptom of other problems not the problem itself.

Cocaine, alcohol, THC from weed are all foreign to natural brain chemistry. They interact with your system the way natural brain chemicals would but slightly different. DMT is naturally occurring in your brain. It is part of normal brain chemistry while you dream. So if anything DMT is less of a drug than other drugs.

Getting drastically altered occasionally is a normal part of the animal experience. All sorts of animals eat psychedelic mushrooms or get high in other ways.

Doing drugs is not inherently bad. Many great ideas have directly been inspired by drugs. Altering your mind allows you to see the world from a different perspective. This can allow you to see past preconceptions and empathise with people in different situations.

DMT can be an intense experience. It doesn't affect your capacity for reasoning like many other drugs and the effects are rather short lived. This means that even if you aren't having a great time you can stay calm and know that it will end soon. This makes it have a preferential balance between the positive enjoyment and perspective shifting versus the chance and severity of a bad experience.