I didn't start until the day before fall break during my senior year of high school, when I was 18. Me and a few of my friends at the time, skipped class and we went to one of their houses to smoke. I smoked every few weeks with them during my senior year of high school, then didn't start regularly smoking again until last year when I was diagnosed with crohn's disease. Cannabis is the only thing that helps me feel better, without it I would probably be in pain most of the time.