I am 45 years old ,and I started smoking pot in 6th grade. By 8th grade ,I was a heavy ,heavy daily smoker .Around the same time that I started smoking pot ,I discovered ,that my parents were pot smokers !!!! It really freaked me out, but I figured ,if my Mom and dad smoked it ,that it could not be bad ,so I commenced on a long career of smoking and Growing .We moved to Florida from NY in 77' ,and My dad worked for the airlines at Miami airport.Every day ,after school , I would come home and search my parents room looking for anything to smoke.the first time I stole weed from them ,I found ,a Bag full of bud ,(like 2 oz's) ,and took a small pinch ,hoping not to get busted.I had a small window everyday after school of like 10-15 minutes ,while my mom went to pick my little brother up at school ,so I would check every day.Then after taking pinches here and there , I went in their closet one afternoon ,and I could smell the raw Bud!!! It was really strong , and it did not take me long to find it .It was in a army duffelbag ,and it was a full LB. !!!! So i Pinched like a half oz out and prayed my dad would not bust me . He had to know ,but I think they were afraid to accuse me. Then the next week I went in again ,and there was the same smell ,I went to look for the Lb. ,and I found like over 10 lbs. !!!!!! I flipped ,and took a handfull from each bag and carefully put them away !! I was in 8th grade ,and that was a lot of bud for an 8th grader!!!! That bag lasted me and my friend like 2 months.We were afraid to keep it in our rooms ,so we hid it in an abandoned refrigerator at my friend's apt.complex.someone eventually found it and took it ,but I just got more !!! This went on for like year until my parents confronted me and let me smoke . (It was the weirdest thing in the world the first time I smoked pot with my dad),at which point my dad would give me a bag whenever I needed one( He also finally bought a safe. apparently ,at that time (late 70's -early 80's ) there were tons of drugs coming into Miami airport ,and my dad was a Ramp serviceman !!! I found out later ,that him and all the other guys had a system to screen all bags ,and red flag anything that looked good , then rifle through the bags ,and pool everything together ,and split everything evenly each night !!!!! They would get Pot ,Hash ,Cocaine ,Guns ,cash, jewelry anything you can imagine !!! This was before they had camera's everywhere ,and most people would not try to report their Drugs missing !!! and yes , People tried to Kill My dad several times ,so he always travelled with at least 2 guns on him ,usually 3 !!!!!He gave me my own gun at 16 !!! a little Baretta .25 I loved that little gun!!! all I had to do was knock on his bedroom door ,and he would close it ,and come back a minute later usually with like ,a 1/2 oz . For a while ,like a Year ,we lived off a suitcase full of Hash he had got !!! It must of weighed 50 lbs !!!! I smoked soo much of it ,I grew to hate hash !!! He always gave me free Bud until his airline went out of Buisiness ,I won't say which one , but it was a Major one ! I ended up becoming a professional grower for years ,and made around $100,000 in my career (back then it was a lot of money) ,plus all the bud I smoked,and the tons I always gave away to all my friends !!!!My dad passed away in 1996 ,he was a cool dude. !!!! I finally quit in 2005 ,after more than 30 years!!! I can't say I wish I never smoked ,because it led to soo, soo, many amazing adventures, but I'm sure I have some kind of severe brain damage. I know that after I quit ,and then like months later tried 1 or 2 hits to see if I would like it again,It was Horrible, like the worst feeling ever.It makes me have panic attacks ,so I will Never ever smoke weed again.
