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I got introduced to pot when I entered grad school to do a STEM Ph.D. I was cool with it - I was never an addict. I smoked a couple of times a year at most. It had to be a quite special occasion for me to smoke marijuana, drink, or do other drugs. Like the author, drugs gave me the courage to do things I would regret later. I did things to hurt my very best girlfriend I could have when I was high. She later left me.

Drugs are the demon that I thought I'm good enough to control -- I have a fucking Ph.D. after all. I know the answer for myself now, that is doing marijuana or any other drug is a losing battle. Most of the times when I am sober, I can hide the asshole person I really am. But when I'm high, all hell breaks loose.

Drugs are bad M'kay.

Come on, everyone is different and plenty of people (the majority?) can use them responsibly. And drugs are vastly different as well so classifying them as as such seems fairly counter productive to any discussion.

That your response to his personal, non-generalized story is as such in very, very curious and makes me wonder why you're having such a defensive posture.

It's funny how drugs and alcohol affect people differently.

I'm probably the nicest person that you could be around when I'm high or drunk. I don't get into fights or do anything to harm others (accidental self-harm on the other hand...). I've never managed to destroy a relationship due to my substance use.

I've never woken up in the morning and had to worry if I've left a trail of destruction behind me. Sure I've done dumb shit, but it's never hurt anyone else.

I'm actually more of an arsehole while I'm sober. I'm a nicer and more agreeable person when high, which is its own problem that I've been working through.

Drugs bring out our most base traits. For some that's a good thing, for others it's not.

Had to totally ban it from our house. Too addictive for me, and easy to fall back into stoner routines.

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