Jim Kata

Actually the funny thing here is that you are generalizing.

I know of many successful "potheads" who have families, big house, nice car....the whole "American Dream" going on for them. And they handle their responsibilites ..... legally.

I have friends who are in school now that are making straight A's (or close to it) at reputable Universities and they smoke all the time.

It all is on the person...when I smoked pot daily I stopped going to school but I did everything else. I got a "respectable" job, bought a car, a house and still maintained to be included in that cool "responsible" group.

Sure I wish I didn't stop going to school now, but who is to say that if I wasn't smoking pot that I wouldn't have made the same desicion?

Me personally...pot is not for me anymore...not because it was making me irresponsible but because I'm a bit cuckoo (ok way more than a bit).

All of the "pot smokers are losers who can't be responsible" remarks are simply garbage.

It effects everyone in a different way. Some people can handle it...some can't.

And you would be surprised to find out that a few of the people you hold in the highest regards probably are or were "responsible smokers".

And you know what....maybe some of these pot smokers are even more responsible than non pot smokers because even though they smoke the evil plant which dumbs them down some (pssht) they still manage to keep up with the joneses if not surpass them.

edit: I should add that I do know a lot of slackers that are pot smokers too.