This is mainly directly at the writers on the forum rather then the readers, but their input would be interesting to hear from as well. 

Whereas I limited my previous thread of vice to the arena of smoking, this one, as a continuation of it will involve characters that are decidedly users of alcohol and/or drugs.

Philosophical elements of legality, vs. illegality and/or the morality vs. immorality of such usage might be an issue in a story.  Usage could be one of abusive, even misusage or just as easily an aspect of responsible usage for occasional relaxation.

In addition, I’m not limiting it to recreational drugs (Marijuana, et al) - it could also be a character using plausible real world gear (steroids, et al) to jack up their physique, rather then those involving some kind of fantasy-magical growth serum.  Such has been repeated discussed elsewhere and isn’t germane to this thread.

As a writer have you ever included such a character as a part of a story or if you haven't up until now, would you considered including one?

If so, as the principal hero / heroine of the story - or as the villain / villainette of the story - or simply as one of the supporting characters, major or minor of the story?

I guess my response to your question would be, since most of the girls in the stories acheive their size by other than natural means, then it really doesn't matter.

I believe it depends on the story being told. People are vulnerable to all sorts of temptations both lawmakers and violators alike. Depends on how I'd exploit the issue to serve the entertainment of myself and folks that might read it. Anything morosely cautionary might be too much of a downer to explore on paper. That being said if I was to look at plateau to install a moral judgment on it would be a soap box made from delicate glass.

I like my fictional Substance-users blissfully ignorant of the less than equal footing they'll face both from society and their rebalanced hierarchy of needs. More 'Cheech and Chong' than 'Trainspotting' and the 'Basketball Diaries'.

Seeing folks trapped within themselves with or without a 'substantial' assist is frightening. Exploring the line between addiction and love might be nice in story format.

I've written one fan-fiction where the characters were surrounded by and users of illicit substances. However it took place in Rockstar's "Grand Theft Auto;Vice City" which was the better of the two games based on the movie "Scarface". The plot device that saved the day was actually uncut 'Spank' being illicitly refined cocoa within Rockstar's crime games. The 'evil' plot device was Soviet breast implants hopefully an absurd enough balance.

Since it was in a video game setting based on a movie about the drug wars in the early 80's it seemed a matter of being accurate and capitalizing on the allure of ill-dressed psychopaths blasting each other to smithereens.

I'd be all for it if it adds something to the character or to the story.  It all depends on how real or how fanciful you want your world to be.  If a story starts out and the world is light, airy and obviously a fantasy realm, then all of the sudden the heroine starts snorting a line of cocaine, you might have a problem there.

I have a character named Moria Kelly who started out as a villain.  Lisa Sanchez was my first super strong character, and I realized early on that she had to have an enemy to fight, so I came up with Moira.  She was a chemistry professor and strength athlete who used to do well in powerlifting shows until she found that some of the other competitors were using an illegal synthetic steroid.  She fell into using it, and after a while she used her knowledge of chemistry to make the drug even better.  She spent 12 years of her life working on the drug and on her body.  She of course became immensely strong, but it had consequences.

This type of story is not for everybody, but its worked pretty well for me.  A character with a little dirt under their nails gives you all sorts of things to write about to keep the stories fresh and new.  I also have a character who is a borderline alcoholic.  To me, in the world that my characters live in, it makes sense.

I would love to read a story where a main character is a good person who uses her strength and skills for the greater good, but she has a dirty secret.  She uses 'roids or whatever to get the strength to do the things she does.  There are all sorts of possible angles there.