All I have to say is do not touch this kid's Doritos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0EVSP_6XZA
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
4/20
So today is 4/20. This means that pot legalization advocates around the country will be lighting up in observance of Bob Marley's birthday. Some of my friends will be participating from their dorms or from wherever they won't get caught. I have nothing against people who choose to smoke pot. I just feel that a lot of the time it can take over people's lives. I would never want to do it. If I tried it, what if I liked it? I am one of those people with addictive personalities. Once I like something, and it is available, I don't stop myself.
I don't want to become the kind of person that needs to be medicated so much that they can't just LIVE, without being under the influence of something. I know it is not addictive because it doesn't have nicotine, but the truth is, I know plenty of people who are addicted. They smoke every day, and they say it's bad and they shouldn't, and they say they could give it up whenever they wanted to, but then they don't. Really what is the difference? That is still addiction. And then eventually pot stops working for them and they need to get into other drugs, because I mean really, after that much time smoking pot you are going to have some connections and a a lot of exposure to other drugs. So pot is definitely a 'gateway drug.' Why would I want to risk it?
And finally, I just have never been drawn to it. I am calm and relaxed as it is. Of course I get anxious sometimes and worry about stupid things that I shouldn't be worrying about. And when that happens I wish I could just drink some magic potion that would make everything fine again. But that is substance dependance. I want to learn to deal with problems on my own. If I have to depend on pot to relax me then I will never become an adult. Life has its ups and its downs. It can hurt, it can be so very unfair, and I can see how people would want to find a little way to cheat or a little shortcut, or some little magic device, whatever you want to call it. The truth is, I don't want anything to do with it. Drugs change you. You are not yourself when you're under the influence of some drug. Life is too short to waste on being slow and most importantly, not yourself.
I don't want to become the kind of person that needs to be medicated so much that they can't just LIVE, without being under the influence of something. I know it is not addictive because it doesn't have nicotine, but the truth is, I know plenty of people who are addicted. They smoke every day, and they say it's bad and they shouldn't, and they say they could give it up whenever they wanted to, but then they don't. Really what is the difference? That is still addiction. And then eventually pot stops working for them and they need to get into other drugs, because I mean really, after that much time smoking pot you are going to have some connections and a a lot of exposure to other drugs. So pot is definitely a 'gateway drug.' Why would I want to risk it?
And finally, I just have never been drawn to it. I am calm and relaxed as it is. Of course I get anxious sometimes and worry about stupid things that I shouldn't be worrying about. And when that happens I wish I could just drink some magic potion that would make everything fine again. But that is substance dependance. I want to learn to deal with problems on my own. If I have to depend on pot to relax me then I will never become an adult. Life has its ups and its downs. It can hurt, it can be so very unfair, and I can see how people would want to find a little way to cheat or a little shortcut, or some little magic device, whatever you want to call it. The truth is, I don't want anything to do with it. Drugs change you. You are not yourself when you're under the influence of some drug. Life is too short to waste on being slow and most importantly, not yourself.
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