I like the first one myself.
As far as the second goes, it deals with drugs that are
a.) unknow to most
b.) do not yet carry a social stigma
There are all kinds of things that will get you high (morning glory seeds are an example), but that doesn't mean they are any safer.
X was not illegal until rave culture brought it mainstream. In fact alot of pyschologist touted it as break-through drug.
Same thing with LSD in the 60's. You could get it in head shops.
Mainstream cultures embracing of it, changed all that.
If your willing to try new drugs because they aren't legal, and eschew tradional drugs because they are, somethings wrong with your thinking process.
I have a friend who drinks bottles of cough syrup to trip, but won't smoke pot because it's illegal. Cough syrup will produce more of a mind fawk than pot or alcohol can.