David Brooks, columnist at the NY Times, smoked marijuana with some friends as a teenager. They did it for fun - of course - but it just petered out for most of them after a while.
It wasn't that health reasons motivated them to quit (driving under the influence can get you killed, it can be addictive, you can suffer I.Q. loss).
On the contrary, they just had some unpleasant experiences.
"I smoked one day during lunch and then had to give a presentation in English class. I stumbled through it, incapable of putting together simple phrases, feeling like a total loser. It is still one of those embarrassing memories that pop up unbidden at 4 in the morning.
"We gave it up, second, I think, because one member of our clique became a full-on stoner. He may have been the smartest of us, but something sad happened to him as he sunk deeper into pothead life."
A third factor in giving it up is the most interesting to me: tomorrow's post.
From: NY Times article, "Weed - Been There. Done That."
No comments:
Post a Comment