Marujuana

I am so sick of pot.

All my friends do it usually on a weekly basis, some daily. I'm tired of all the excuses and misconceptions around about it.

People say it's not a gateway drug, people say it's not addictive, and they say it's not even a drug.

I've lost a best friend to pot. He had a kid, and soon after starting smoking pot. I really don't consider that father material, and when was separated from his girlfriend and suddenly had to pay child support, he couldn't afford it. Yet he still always had pot and was getting high every day. I cut him lose after close to nine years of friendship, that's totally despicable. I couldn't even stand to be around him after that, I actually found myself nauseated that he would choose pot over his own little girl.

I've seen a guy go from 245 pounds of solid fat to 140lbs. He smokes every day and he won't go out anywhere unless he's high. When he's high he loses his appetite so he basically stopped eating, he found he has energy when he's stoned so he could go out and do things. But when he's not he's always tired and doesn't do a thing.

Everyone I know has done it or does it regularly. I am the only person I know who doesn't smoke or has even tried it.

People prescribe it to help you sleep, help alter your moods. Anything that as accessible as pot that can be used for medical reasons as well is terrifying. I honestly hope it stays illegal forever.

I have no sympathy for anyone who's depressed and continues to use it to 'calm down' or 'ease nerves.' I know too many people that say that time after time but continue to get worse and worse in their social and mental health. It won't change. Altering and killing brain cells repeatedly is not an answer for anything, it will only make things worse.

I'm an outcast for my beliefs. People won't do it around me, people shy away from the subject around me and make excuse after excuse to what they were doing last night. I know though, it's not some big fucking mystery. I'm not an idiot. I'm tired of being treated like one on my beliefs on the subject.

Besides, even if I really wanted to do it, I can't afford to be pumping that shit into my system as much as people do.