Hello bb7891,
Welcome to the Nexus.
So-called priveleges (promotion) come with time. It's not instant. Members get to know you via your posts and then vote Yes or No for promotion.
I'd say in addition to telling us a bit more about yourself, that a great starting point for you might be to read the entire contents of all those valuable links that came in your Welcome PM. If you take the time to read those, you will get a good sense of how things work as well as the culture here. It's NOT like other forums, including drug forums. People tend to be more mature, focused on respect, research, personal insight and growth.
So yeah, please take a good look around and see if this is the place for you. Remember promotion is going to take awhile and simply demanding it is a turnoff to members who worked hard for it themselves. You will need to earn it and I certainly hope you choose to do so.
Again, welcome to the Nexus.