re: Mexico resorts drugging tourists??

I am a Divemaster that used to work on a boat in my spare time. And while I agree with you on the "cattle boat" thing, everyone in Cozumel is a cattle boat. You should stay where you can dive with their dive shop. This way they can take care of your gear, you can wash it, hang it up in the shop and they can get to know you.

Rarely does a dive operation take "new to them" divers to the best or most advanced places. They need to see how you dive so they don't get you killed. As for you "taking control of the dice," I'd have sat your arse and you would have been done. And anyone I've ever crewed for would have backed me up on this. I remember when I was a new DM. I was new but I was still the DM. Their job is to keep you safe and save your life.