what is the future, for drugs?
will the next generations understand the mind better and create a whole new experience using totally new chemicals?
will the drugs of today, one day be no longer desired?
will technology replace chemicals in the future?
what is the future, for drugs? --> What are drugs? Is heroin a drug? Is DMT? Is adrenaline?
will the next generations understand the mind better and create a whole new experience using totally new chemicals? -->yes assuming the simplestate notion of mind/cognitive research is finally dropped in general both in scientific views as in drug laws (because with current drug laws, research of the mind is limited at best).
will the drugs of today, one day be no longer desired? --> This depends on the next question I guess, if technology replaces chemicals at some point, that means we have been able to wire our consiousnesses, basically who we are, into machines. Once we are able to do that, if ever, transforming fairly simple molecular substances like DMT or psilobyin into digital versions won't be that much of an issue. Once digital versions of organic drugs are becoming more perfect, the desire for their old, physical potentially dangerous versions will drop probably.
will technology replace chemicals in the future? --> If that happens, and science seems to get there sooner or later, our childeren won't be recognizable to ourselves. It means our organic being has been transformed into a digital shell where dead has become an option.