It was fun in high school and didn't really affect my life. I got high as fuck back then, like it was a goofy psychedelic trip.
By the time I hit university, it had begun to destroy me, completing screwing my brain with anxiety that I only ever experienced when I was high. At this point, I had unjustifiable severe cravings to smoke weed, and everyone around me smoked too so I ended up continuing the habit despite that I knew I should quit.
By the time I really, desperately wanted to quit, I was physically addicted. If I didn't smoke weed, I would puke my guts out for 2 weeks. I would lose like 30 fucking god damned pounds because I couldn't eat a damned apple let alone a sandwich. I would be so depressed and lethargic when I quit that it took me around 6 months before I could lift a finger. I had to see multiple doctors to get through it and I still do because it fucked my head up permanently. I was never anxious before doing all those dabs, and now I have chronic extreme anxiety and panic attacks that is without a doubt in my mind directly caused by massive weed abuse. FUCK smoking weed.
I never ever would consider smoking ever again and I used to be your happy-go-lucky pothead. After ruining a decade of my life with the disgusting filth, I'm more than just bored of it - I have a severe, intense hatred of the stuff and I despise society's casual attitude towards the filthy, nasty bad habit that's all about people getting stupid and high. If we're legalizing weed, then crystal meth, heroin, and cocaine should all be legalized too. What should only the potheads be allowed to get their fix? All drugs should be legal. Anyone who says cannabis is just never addictive is completely full of shit. I have experienced extreme physical addiction first hand. I mean, the ability to eat food is rather physical in nature in my opinion, and I could only ever do this when I was stoned until I went through a severe withdrawal, and my appetite was back in full force after one month of hell.
I know more cannabis addicts than I know addicts of all other drugs combined, yet each and every one of them is in denial about it. Everyone has some lame excuse for why they smoke, whether it be insomnia or OCD - all typically self-diagnosed of course. There have been so many benefits since I quit, I'm not saying it does this to everyone but did it do any good at all for me: FUCK NO. And I notice some negative commonalities in the personalities of every pothead I have ever known in life, so the stereotype is pretty well justified in my mind. I simply really don't like the effects of the drug, not only on myself, but from the changes I see in people I know who smoke that garbage. And I instantly judge and dislike anyone who smokes it, especially the chronic users.