Quote Originally Posted by DJD View Post
I didn't either but I knew what alcohol was because of the picnics and other functions we attended with other military families. We would take a drink because we were boys and all the military dads would laugh at how we hated the taste....even back then it was a guy thing to see if we were man enough to enjoy a cold swig of beer.

I knew about pot when I was 15 and that's only because some older friends were messing with it. Started smoking it when I was 17 and did so for many years but those days are long gone. I still have friends who do and they are in their 50's...I don't know how they can function but they do.

Kids finding and selling drugs (including alcohol and prescription drugs) is sad but it's the world we live in now.
All of the dope smokers I grew up with. Friends, Family, professionals, etc, etc, are on the lower end of the ladder.

Those professionals are in DEAD end jobs. Sure they collect a check every week, but most of them, if not all are close to getting the ax. Some already have.

Friends......lots and lots are either unemployed or extremely under employed.

Family.......most are unemployed.

Yep, this is what happens when your only goal in life is to get stoned, and think about a better life. Personally, I passed up that **** and got to the better life.

And to be clear.......I'm not talking about the recreational user. The person who smokes a doobie on vacation, or smokes a doobie with long lost friends. I'm talking about the guy who smokes it every day or every other day. Much like the alcoholic that cannot function without a couple shots a day.

And lets not kid ourselves. There are a crap ton of folks that are "dependent" on mary jane. The simply cannot function without it.....


Later,

Geo