In 1833, the Lord revealed to Joseph Smith a health law that has become known as the "Word of Wisdom". That health law was not intended to list all of the harmful things we might consume. Since that time, dangerous drugs have been developed and are being illicitly used. Our church leaders counsel us to avoid becoming dependent on drugs, and I think this counsel applies to both illegal drugs and legal drugs. Just because drugs are "legal", that doesn't mean that they can't be abused by those who want the effects or "highs" from the drugs. My own opinion, and it is nothing more than my opinion, is that I don't want to take any drugs unless I have to in an emergency. Because of this, my wife and I use homeopathic remedies instead of drugs for our medications.
LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley has spoken out against the abuse of drugs.
This modern drug scourge has become as a plague on the world. But in most cases, the death it brings is not swift, but rather, it follows a long period spent in misery and pain and regret. Unlike the plagues of old, from which there was no known defense, the defense is clear and relatively easy in the case of illicit drugs. It lies in simply refraining from touching them....Let no member of this church, be he man or boy, girl or woman, fall prey to this frightful scourge. Some things are right; some are wrong. You know this as well as do I. God grant you the strength to stand free from this enslavement and from the personal holocaust of destruction which inevitably follows.
Drugs are a real scourge on people of all ages. The LDS church teaches that we should be in control of our actions, but those on drugs have given up that control to chemicals.
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