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I don't do any drugs, and I very very rarely drink. I like being fully aware and in control over all my senses. I find I'm very powerful when I'm in control, and I don't like it when that's taken away from me.
If I were to try and drug, pot would be the one. I think it's the least harmful out of any of them, certainly less harmful than alcohol, and the people I know who smoke it really enjoy it.
I was at a concert in 1996, one of the best concerts I've been to. I was really diggin' it. The guy next to me offered his joint. I took it, held it for a sec, and then gave it back. I decided the moment was so awesome that there wasn't a drug in the world that could ever make it better. That's how I feel about many experiences in life. I don't need anything to make me happier than I already am.
In college, what I really didn't like about pot was that it was "the great divider." We'd have a big party at our house, everybody would hang out, then the people who wanted to smoke would go downstairs to a corner, or go to a separate room and close the door, and then that was it for the big group social aspect. Suddenly there were two groups, and most times they never converged again afterwards. I hated that.
My brother smokes a lot of pot. I don't know what his frequency is now, but I know that before he left for college it was everyday. When he first started, he told me it took away a lot of his depression and made him feel better. I haven't asked him again specifically about it, but from talking to him, it seems like now his stoned state is his normal state, and so...now what is he going to do to ease any pain he's feeling in the stoned state? That's what worries me.
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