Well...
I dunno if weed caused my smokers cough, cuz I already smoked ciggs and had noticed a change in my respiratory system before I got into Bud...
And I really don't think that pot is the cause of my short term memory loss either... I'm pretty sure that's a result of my ADD (I was diagnosed when I was 17, before I started smokin' grass)
But man, lemme tell ya, I just had an epiphany! I think good ol' marywanna may have ruined my life! (I was gonna go off to college, but then I got high... I was gonna pay off all my tickets, but then I got high... I was gonna let the cops arrest me, but then I got hi-igh! But then I got high, but then I got high, but then I got hi-igh!)
Because of ganja, I ditched the important things in my life (i.e., my education, my family, my once in a life time job, uh, my respect for the law and my common sense)
Since my first hit of weed, I've been fired, lectured, yelled at, disowned, in jail, on probation, on the run from jail and probation and greatly in debt to several of my friends as well as to the Platte county and Sheridan county judicial systems. (Opps- I- did it again, I ran from the law, what a terrible sin!)
Of course, once I tried smokin' Mary Jane, I thought, "Hey, this drug thing ain't so bad! I don't see what the big fuss is all about! It's fun! Fuck those commie pigs and all their rules!"
So? So I figured, weed's great, why not try other drugs too??? Yay, I'll discover the meaning of life! Hmmm, I wanna know what else is out there...
Where did this train of thought get me? Addicted to glass, that's where. On the streets, fighting for food, for drugs, for my life. And it all goes back to that first little innocent hit of cannabis. Dun-dun-dun!!!
And, you know what?
I wouldn't change a fuckin' minute of it man, what a blast! I never thought life could be so damned exciting. I mean, I had a total adventure out there, a once in a life time eye opening revelation of the world in it's rawest most primal form. I had a gun pulled on me, I got my tooth busted out by a drunk mexican, everything I owned was stolen from me or clucked off for drugs, I was assaulted on several occasions, my dog Lukah was stolen and my dog Shorty was killed, I ran from the cops, I ran from lunatics, I lived off of fruit that I picked and shell fish that I caught... I met a real wolf up close and personal, saw the sunrise over Pheonix from the top of a jagged desert peak, witnessed amazing monsoons, listened to coyotes sing late at night and I always had my homie's backs when trouble started. I owe it all to that first little innocent hit of cannabis. (I'm a die-hard optimist, yes)
Huh. Well, had I never partaken in smoking pot, I might be teaching sign language to autistic children right now, or maybe working on a story deadline for the New York Times or National Geographic.
Instead I'm jobless, living back with my parents, and facing some major legal problems. Not to mention some expensive dental work that I had to have done.
Sure, weed might give you lung cancer, scramble you memory a bit, and in some cases, throw you off the responsible, productive track in your life.
And yes, it may make you really fuckin' tired and insanely hungary (anyone for some eggs over easy with a side of peanut butter, some jelly beans, maybe a couple pickles, graded cheeze, SPAM, a few bags of rasinetts... I could keep going but I don't think you'd want me to...) BUT... of fuck, hang on a sec., I f'n forgot what I was gonna say...
Oh yeah! You only live once, so make it count! Weather you're smokin' weed, drinkin' beer, or participating in extreame activities like sky diving or car jacking, live it up and have a few adventures!
With almost everthing, risk is involved. You smoke, you may get cancer or have lung problems. You hist cars, you could go to prison. The key is to be smart. Use moderation, be responsable, think ahead. Take precautions. And most of all BE INFORMED! Read up on the drugs you're using; learn what they do to your body to produce the euphoric feeling, how much is a safe dose, what to do in case of a overdose, what the long term and short term effects are, and how, if possible, to reverse the effects.
Hey, I know I've been goin' off like a maniac in this post, 'n I'm sorry if I've been rambling too much (I'm a little fuckered up myself right now... I took a 30mg dose of ritalin, a few spoonfuls of hydrocodone cough syrup, and a 15mg dose of some pain medication called roxicodone? Hehe, I'm flyin'!)
Anyways, I'm not sure if what I wrote makes any kind of sence at all (even to me) but I hope that it was helpful to ya'll in some manner.
Peace out and rock 'n roll muh fukkaz!!!
-Hopa

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