Like the rest of you, I myself am a connoisseur of cannabis; I have been for about 5 years now. My first year of college had its series of obstacles, my grades slipped and the failure of my long term relationship turned me in to hermit who refused to leave his room. I eventually got over it through a stable base of friends and countless bowls of good herb.
My second year was different; I decided that I wanted to be more involved in college life instead of sitting around. I decided to research the fraternal organizations that were available at my school and I had set my eyes on one of them. The members of the fraternity approved my application since I had known quite a few of them. None of the members of the fraternity knew of my personal hobby.
After I was approved, my evaluation period had started. Times were great, I had found some members who were also connoisseurs and to this day they are still good friends of mine, one of these friends happened to be on the Executive Board. I was a quiet member and never started trouble with anybody within fraternity and never disrespected it. (Of course I was blazed during these times but no one ever knew it except the members I was blazed with) I went to their events and meetings, but always placed emphasis on school and made the dean’s list.
As initiation week rolled around, I really questioned myself if the fraternity was really what I wanted. And it was. I looked forward to joining and saw the benefits it would have on my resume. The Initiation of new members to the fraternity must have a unanimous vote, I got 90%. Three of the members found out about my personal hobby and gave me no votes. I was kicked out of the fraternity without a chance to defend myself.
The explanation of the three members who had voted no believed that cannabis was bad for Public Relations and were afraid of my actions disrespecting the fraternity. They also believed that I had influence on the members who smoked. (Keep in mind these members smoked before they even knew me) After I found out, I was crushed. This made a lot of members angry and some threatened to leave the fraternity because I was pretty much a victim in the case.
This Fraternity allows their under aged members to drink, act retarded, and possibly hurt someone, while I can’t sit in my room and chief a little herb and not harm anybody.
Am I going to Stop? Of course not! Why should I be looked down upon for consuming what God had created?
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