Florda_mike said:
I went nowhere in life, in fact backwards, until I gave it up after college
Whatever, everyone has to learn what works for them
My 2
I'm sorry you went through that. I've seen many people have similar issues with alcohol and prescription drug abuse. But they haven't been jailed because those things are legal. I've also seen several people that are extremely functional and smoke weed all the time. My point is, there are people across the spectrum with anything that could be abused (alcohol, smoking, drinking, sex, porn, working, drugs, etc), yet Marijuana, which is just as harmless as many of the other things listed when taken in moderation, is illegal. It doesn't make sense.
I don't smoke weed or drink much personally, but I believe we should all have the freedom to do it.