good post bucky, but i still have to disagree.
many of these addicts are people, like i said, who have addictive personalities. there are a lot of weird addictions out there, and i'm talking real addictions, which have no phyical addictive agent in them. almost all addicts of anything are predisposed to it.
i'm 18, i've smoked for a few years. not in huge regular amounts, but as a recreational drug with friends, when we feel like it. i am in no way addicted or feel any connectinon to the drug, and i'm careful with how i use it. the first time i took hard skunk i had too much for a first time, and had strong paranoia, and lost much of my short term memory while talking to people for a few hours while i was high. it kinda scared me, so i didn't touch the stuff for a few months, i had nothing like addiction whatsoever, i didn't even think about weed for a month. at the same time though, i was perfectly happy lighting up again, it in no way changed my mind or perceptions.
i've tried my fair share being a teen, E, coke, LSD, but dope is the only one i really take. i don't like artificial. smoking anything has health risks, but i choose to smoke.
also, being an 18 yr old, i drink a fair amount, as you do. i'm a nice drunk, i'm happy, funny, and usually not too stupid. but i've overdone it, just like we all have, and you can get really stupid, and even really angry. alcohol is SO much more dangerous than weed. it's FAR more addictive (TBH, i've never heard of a PROPER weed addiction. perhaps some emotional dependance, but that's because the guys are freaks and need to see a shrink).
i have no history of any mental health issues in my family, or in me, and i seem to be just fine. my memory is good, i'm smart, healthy, play a lot of sports, i'm in good shape, and feel quite alive and alright. i have never noticed any adverse effects from weed apart from mild paranoia and very short term mild memory loss (for a few hours while high, and it's nothing major, you just tend to forget what you were going to say, and what the conversation was about), and this is only when i've taken too much, and usually only with strong skunk (we're talking white widow stuff here). a morning after can be groggy and a bit slowed down, especially if you were also drinking, but this passes by mid afternoon, and you are totally back to normal. the grogginess is nothing like a hangover, there is no sicky feeling, no headaches, nothing, just a slighty slower feeling, like you're tired. it passes quickly and there are no lasting aftereffects. i'd prefer a groggy come-down to a hangover anyday, it's not as nasty, and it doesn't last as long.
i've had my fair share of stuff, and i have always felt that weed was one of the healthiest and least addictive.
i don't know whether you have ever smoked, but without actually experiencing it, i can't help but feel your judgement cannot be entirely best informed.
as long as you are responsible with dope, it is a great drug. i personally see no reason for it to be illegal, and all those who do, have never touched, so how could they POSSIBLY know what they're talking about?
