<p>Nope. I think the count is 0/20 now</p>
<p>@Confidenceiskey In all fairness I used to smoke copious amounts of weed. Never cigarettes, but definitely weed in excess. Hell, I used to take dabs on dabs (I assume as a smoker you’ll be one of the few people on here that knows what those are). But in my experience all it’s ever come with is trouble. And for what? I used to love the reputation of being completely off the wall but somehow still in the top 5% of my class. People HATED it. Cause they couldn’t do the same. But, even though smoking weed never held me back academically, yes, as cliche as it may sound, I could’ve done even better. And like I mentioned, it brings so much unnecessary trouble. If you really do smoke at a recreational level, every couple days or maybe weekends or every couple weeks, I’d honestly say you’re fine. But I’ve never been able to do that. Despite the million times I’ve claimed ‘Marijuana isn’t addictive’, it seems like no matter how many times I’ve been grounded by my parents, or gotten tickets from the police, I always just try harder to not get caught instead of stopping. And Marijuana isn’t the only thing I’ve ever done, don’t get me wrong, but as ‘harmless’ as it is it’s the one thing that’s really been a problem for me. I’ve been grounded so many times that I haven’t been able to be a normal teenager, and as fun as marijuana may be, it’s definitely not worth that to me. And as sad as it is, every administrator in the school keeps a painfully watchful eye on me because I’ve run from the school police officers so many times. So I’m with you, I’ll be a senior in high school, and to answer your question again, I am probably far more familiar with smoking weed and all drug culture than 99% of people on CC. And I’ve even jammed to Chris Webby’s music while I did smoke a while back (noticed your prof. pic). But yeah, because I am one of these ivy angst filled CC kids now, I’ve had to make a 360 degree turn, but I still have things on my disciplinary record that I now have to overcome that absolutely were not worth it. Even so, a couple disciplinary tarnishes aren’t enough to make me give up. Now that I’m staying out of trouble, my life has become so much simpler and I can’t tell you how awesome it is to not be constantly trying to fake drug tests anymore hahaha </p>
<p>To be honest, I’ve been offered to smoke weed by a lot of friends. Their smoking has sort of caused us to drift apart. I’m not talking about that moment in adolescence where you sort of** tend to figure out who you are and who you want to associate with and getting into the “I’m holier than thou” crap. I think youth should not be taken for granted. I want to be “here” throughout my youth because I will only go through it once. I feel more determined than ever, more energetic than ever, and I feel so silly and giggly (which I assume you need weed for 
), and I feel immensely enlightened! Right now, the opportunities in life seem endless. Maybe I’ll smoke it when reality hits. And even then I don’t really want to smoke it. It’s just not for me. Same goes with alcohol. That stuff seems so pointless to myself. I think we already have enough less harmful tools to reach new heights and develop fresh perspectives with. I want to really live and be present. I mean I’m not against others smoking around me; whatever it takes for us all to have a great time. Realizing that everyone (mostly my friends and peers) are smoking and drinking makes me yearn for the idyllic setting in which the sun is about to sit and I am a child running through a field, having lost my shoes and dismissing very care in the world; the childhood I never had. Anyway my answer to anyone will always be “I am good.” I just don’t need it. </p>
<p>Does smoking weed impair people? Internet trolls on CNN say it doesn’t.</p>
<p>@Pikidikitiki isn’t the phrase, “180 degree turn”? </p>
<p>@lbad96 Yeah 360 would put me in the same exact direction I started in XD. Surely though, you could tell what I meant out of context! lol</p>
<p>Teetotaler checking in. No drugs and no alcohol for me.</p>
<p>@Pikidikitiki Wow man that’s some intelligent stuff, I can tell you’re a lot like me too haha. Thanks for the insight.</p>
<p>@Confidenceiskey Hahah yeah man, I would honestly go so far as to say I don’t regret all of it though. My experiences with drugs have exposed me to things in the world both epic and hideous that I would have never been able to understand if I’d never been around them. It has shown me different sides of people and taught me so much about human interaction that I would say I am actually a lot more prepared to be successful than some of my peers that have never experienced the things I have. The work hard, play hard mentality I picked up living a much faster lifestyle will never leave me, and my socially thriving personality will never become introverted. But after everything I’ve been through in such a short amount of time (there’s things I wouldn’t dare put on CC), I’ve had to mature and see what’s right for me and my own life. There really are people who can just smoke weed casually and never get caught up for it. There are people who can experiment with hard drugs and never suffer any negative consequences. But there are also people who only have to try it once to begin their snowball. I’m closer to the latter than I should be comfortable with and it’s taken a lot to realize that. In the end, my views on drugs are actually really interesting. I am actually not against them. But they are certainly not for everyone, or anyone in excess. If you wanna smoke weed and everything, that in and of itself is NOT
You just have to realize when enough is enough. Even a lot of the hippies eventually grew out of it. If it negatively affects your life, it’s never worth it. But people are gonna do what they wanna do, and everyone will come to their own conclusions, and that’s perfectly okay. That goes for everything in life, not just drugs. But MY personal conclusion, is definitely that my best chances for success in the future are going to be achieved by staying clean.</p>
<p>^tl;dr 420 BLAZE IT!</p>
<p>i came in like a shreking ball</p>