If you like talking about drugs and knowing what they do to the body, you can become a drug abuse counselor. It is much better to be talking to kids/adults with problems/etc if you have experience with drugs, know their effects first hand, and understand some psychology and pharmacology, than a straight edger who only knows what a textbook tells him. You also have the opportunity to tell people the truth, and not propaganda. They don't drug test or anything, and most places actually look for people with "experience" because they know whats up. Researching drugs on your free time would also make you a better counselor.
You'd be surprised how many drug users there are that don't have a clue about drugs, but just want to put whatever in their body to get high: Educate the masses, become a human erowid!  Training shouldn't take too long, and jobs shouldn't be that hard to find.
The work is also good, because the job market is expected to grow, and if you work with the courts you can help people lessen their charges (rewarding work). There was a court system where I used to live, where you could get misdemeanors lowered to infraction charges by taking the class.
The person who ran it was really chill, and told us legitimate stuff about drugs (pharmacology, etc) and not DARE propaganda. They would also tell us about their trips, and how to use drugs responsibly. Eventually you could move up in other aspects of harm reduction.
On another note, there are things you can do which take aspects of things you like about drugs, but don't involve them - but go in their direction. For example, if you like growing the weed as much as smoking it, you can learn about botany and grow some crazy legal plants and orchids for a living. Not really drugs, but it is still rewarding growing something amazing.
I could also suggest synthetic chemistry (making perfumes and such) but that may involve a huge time investment etc.
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As for personal experience, I also loved learning about drugs and how they work. That led me to study pharmacology. After a few years, I realized that what I truly loved was knowing about how drugs can manipulate the body (not just the mind) to alter it or heal it. I am moving towards medical research now, and hope to cure a disease one day!
Edited by Anonymous (05/12/09 01:22 PM)
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