Well this is the thing...
I've known mates who have dabbled and have been perfectly fine. But I have also seen folk who haven't done so well.

Pot for example. I knew one lad who just sat smoking skunk and black in his room all day long, day after day, on his own chewing himself up. He was properly stuck in a rut with it. Failed exams, no job, smoke, smoke, smoke. I really do feel it effected him in a psychological sense - dunno what ever happened to him but I hope he broke the cycle and got on with his life. Seemed a real waste of a life to me to be like that at 18/19 years old.

I dunno, I don't wish to judge and those of you who can control it and not harm others whilst doing it - crack on.

On the other hand, the really serious stuff - crack, heroin - seems only to lead to bad things. Seen too many police pics of young people deteriorating because of that crap. Also too many old ladies robbed and burgled & too many dealers getting rich.

Have a nice cup of tea and a biscuit instead!
(Just a girl., Sun 19 Sep 2010, 20:40, 1 reply)

I've known people to experience a big range of effects from pot
one guy was diagnosed with cannabis-induced psychosis, basically bi-polar. Another girl textbook bi-polar, probably brought on by smoking pot. And yet, me and a reasonable number of my friends still smoke a fair old amount and carry out our lives perfectly reasonably, having achieved a lot between us (one of has just become a chartered structural engineer for example) and are all happy, lead fulfilling lives and don't suffer from a lack of ambition.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:53, closed)