To all new smokers!

Before I begin to delve into the matter at hand, let me first give you a little background about myself. I am a 34 year old project manager for a major telecommunications firm. I have been married twice, ended rather badly both times. I feel like I am a pretty unbiased source on the subject of marijuana, because until recently, I have been an every day smoker for about 12 years.

Now, I realize that this post might be subject to a lot of resistance, but I think it is important to tell the truth about marijuana to new smokers before they get too sucked in to the culture, and the DRUG itself.

I was not always an every day smoker. When I was in high school, I smoked only on the weekends and thought that it had no effect on my productivity or life in general (which I still believe that it did not). When I moved on to college, this sense of "benefit" that I thought marijuana gave me grew paramount in my mind, and really, in my existence. I was too deep to turn back. From then on I felt that I could stop whenever I wanted, but the obvious truth to my friend and family is that I was an addict. I had fallen victim to this DRUG.

Having said this, I recently went through an extensive rehabilitation program and I have exonerated myself from this awful habit. I am writing this on a drug forum because I hope to convince new smokers to slow down and think about how marijuana will impact them before they get too deep into the DRUG.

Marijuana kills brain cells. This has been proven through numerous scientific studies and you can never regain that cognitive ability once it has been lost.
Marijuana can lead to psychosis and schizophrenia with prolonged use. Marijuana will sap your will and determination, slowly but surely, until it has taken over your desire to achieve self betterment and evolution as a person. Marijuana will cause you to lose distance from friends and family, as you blow them off to achieve the next high.

Now, for all you new smokers reading this, please take heed. Veteran "stoners" will flame me and tell you that what I have said is nonsense. This is because they are trying to rationalize their own DRUG use. Stoners see others around them succeeding and thriving and they cling to their marijuana because they are afraid to achieve themselves. They are afraid to fail. Please, new smokers, do not fall victim to this horrible DRUG. Don't be another statistic.

 

This example is akin to showing that Whitney Houston and Charlie Sheen were addicted to coke, so coke is OK because they are successful... Pathetic.

 

HAHA you are obviously a very selective reader. And I quote "The results of the first session were conclusive: heavy marijuana users showed impairments in mathematic ability and verbal expression on the twelfth grade Iowa Tests compared to non-users."

bye bye.