I think it's because I have had some very bad examples. Both my grandmas smoked like a chimney and dranke like an Irishman. One of them is dying of Emphysema, and I'm sure the other has something. My grandpa died of lung cancer from smoking, and smoked pot. My dad is an ex meth head, ex alcoholic (so he says), and ex smoker. My mom had a drinking problem and is an ex smoker. I know what not to do.

It's just not a good idea. I have worked up out of the gutter my whole life. I see no reason to ruin all that for "A good time" or to look cool. I don't get what those kids think. What are your thoughts?

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I made it rain on my hoes.Then god smote me for trying to play god.

And you don't think more than 3/4 of our parents generation when they were kids tried some form of illegal drugs?

You do realize a lot of our parents grew up in The Golden Age of Pot, right?

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The mind may forget, but the heart always remembers.

I think that your statistics may be off though.

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Just call me Katie.

I'd say thats just whats good for you. People all have different interests and needs. For instance, I was initially captivated by psychedelics because I wanted to experience that crazy faux-reality everybody described to me. The first thing I came across was pot, and I was a very impressionable and self-concious kid. I wasn't peer pressure per-say, I wanted to do it. I was peer-pressured in the larger picture though because I felt like I didn't really mesh well with all the people I thought were "cool" in middle-school. For some reason I rationalized maybe smoking pot would reveal to me what it was to be "cool" or whatever. Like how people enjoy drinking because it makes them more social.

After that I just kept enjoying it. It was a way to buy a night of fun in a bag. I sort of didn't know what else there was after a while (which is somewhat depressing). I wasn't a huge pothead by any means at that time, but I didn't know how else to go about enjoying myself. Me and my friends already just hung out, thats what we did. We hung out, talked, played video games, went to the park and generally just took shit as it came. Why not do that while your high as well and make it even more eventful?

Thats how all of my highschool was, and I wasted alot of time doing it to be honest. It makes you so much more open to the idea of spending your time getting awesome at a fighting game rather than studying really hard or doing something productive like a sport or an art.

I still enjoy psychadelics though. I eventually did get to what I was reaching for from the start. Despite all that shit with pot, my interest in drugs was always Acid, shrooms and the like. I used to love writing prose, I wanted to be a writer (till I started thinking it may be a boring profession). I felt like that shit would expand my creative pool, give me a heads-up in originality to others who hadn't had those experiences.

Personally I think my interest in psychadelics was never misguided or wrong as anybody looking to grow and learn should throw themselves into the jaws of experience, but my interest in marijuana definatly was. It's not as harmless as you think, it may not actually directly waste your brain or your body, but it wastes one of your scarcest of resources. Your time. I'm sure I'll smoke in the future from time to time like I'm sure I'll have a beer with my friends every once in a while, but the wide-spread idea among teenagers that smoking pot several times a day is fine isn't.

I'm sure some people can handle that kind of constant leave from sobriety, but most can't.

Post edited at 7:27 pm on Sep. 7, 2008 by Acid World

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    I don't understand why kids do these things- it doesn't make you more mature; in fact, it makes you far less mature, if anything. The high is temporary, and drowning your problems in booze does nothing to resolve them.

    Sadly, with the way the world is going, I often describe it in the following manner:

    "This city is dying of rabies. Is the best I can do to wipe random flecks of foam from its lips?"~ Watchmen

    Its truely unfortunate that the majority of these people won't "wake up" and suddenly realized they need a major lifestyle change until far too late- and many more will never have this epiphany at all.

    As far as finding other people with this mentality- well, you are truely a rarity, and are wise beyond your years. Be proud of yourself- you have morals and values that are unbreakable. Stick to what you believe and don't let others change you,

    Best of luck in all you do,
    - Gutz

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My aunt was an alcoholic and died of liver failure. You sure you want to try alcohol?

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I meant trying alcohol as in drinking seldomly for special occasions. Not as in getting wasted.

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I made it rain on my hoes.Then god smote me for trying to play god.

Are you genuinely confused by the idea of people looking for intoxication?

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