The biggest thing here is that like all drugs, not all people mix well with it. In fact I can't name anyone I know who was academic whilst high. Most people are

The biggest thing here is that like all drugs, not all people mix well with it. In fact I can't name anyone I know who was academic whilst high. Most people are of the mindset that to get the most out of smoking weed you need to do something fun like a concert, beach trip, movies etc. Now that I work full time, I smoke as a release after work, never before, it really clears your mind and helps you mentally disengage from even the most stressful work. When I studied, I always preferred to smoke and get stuff done, my last semester of university was my most successful and most influenced by weed. I've never met anyone else who's like this, but when you stop hanging around the people that "only reference the world in relation to the drug" you find it's less acceptable to talk about it openly with most "normal" people. Most of the people that I tell I was high as a kite for my entire tertiary study can't understand how I did the work and how I stayed motivated. If you can't retain cognitive skills whilst high, don't do it when you need to get stuff done. Several times I had to throw away my paraphernalia in order to stay on top of things, drugs are a very easy 'way out' when faced with a difficult decision, task or goal. It takes a lot of mental self control and will power to succeed in any field and for some people THC does provide a way to forgot the unnecessary and focus on the important.